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Sometimes, it’s worth the bother

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 14:39 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I felt greatly honoured the night before last to be named one of Politico's 28 individuals who are "shaping, shaking and stirring Europe". I had thought that the "28" was a reference to the member...

Hypocrisy

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 07:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

Hypocrisy is what I find most unacceptable in politics, even if since long ago, I keep being told it is an essential ingredient of the game. The latest major instance of this is being provided by...

Joseph Muscat and trust

Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 09:09 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

While there is so much public anger about the long list of scandals in which the government is embroiled, this rage is not translated into public outcry and disdain against the people involved and...

Names

Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 08:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Raymond Lately the Nationalist Party is remembering two very important but miserable events (amongst other) that have conditioned our political landscape.  The first serious incident...

Privacy

Monday, 5 December 2016, 08:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

Numerous proposals are being drafted at the moment to introduce greater transparency on an international level, in the financial services sector. The proposals include arrangements by which government...

The return of family politics

Monday, 5 December 2016, 07:59 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Last week, there were two pieces of news destined to have an effect on European politics. The first was that Jacques Fillon won the political primaries of the centre-right in France. The second, a...

Scrutiny by the Opposition leader is not public scrutiny

Sunday, 4 December 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Vitals ‘Global Healthcare’ has a medical board which it set up to lend a modicum of legitimacy to a clutch of crooks who struck their deal with the government before the public hospitals...

Between the saying and the doing

Sunday, 4 December 2016, 10:50 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

The heading reads better in its original Italian, than in English:  “Dal dire al fare “C’è un gran bel mare” ‘Between the saying and the doing...

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