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The Greek Odyssey - A betrayal of trust

Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 12:23 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

Isn’t it obvious that people would rather have more euros in their pockets than less?  The rich strive to get wealthier, the middle-class just make ends meet, and the poor dig in their...

PN loses Sai Mizzi trump card

Monday, 20 July 2015, 10:58 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

My guess is that the Nationalist Party asked for a meeting with Malta’s special envoy to China Sai Mizzi believing that it would not have been granted this opportunity. If the government had...

Ideology

Monday, 20 July 2015, 08:04 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

I read with surprise what the “Europeans” had to say about how the Greek government of Alexis Tsipras carried out its negotiations with them. Now I would agree that Tsipras & Co....

The night Greece was saved

Sunday, 19 July 2015, 14:25 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

In some improbable future, when I will be really old, I would like to think that one day I will be telling my (inexistent) grandchildren about the night Greece was saved. Or if I wanted to put a...

Notes from a small island

Sunday, 19 July 2015, 14:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Montekristo Estate somehow wangled its 'Big Fair' permit via the Police Appeals Board on the grounds that it has "cleared the area of all illegal structures at the owner's expense". Now we hear...

Wanted: an impartial regulator for political party financing

Sunday, 19 July 2015, 14:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week, Parliament’s Standing Committee for the Consideration of Bills concluded its detailed discussion on the Bill regarding the financing of political parties. I was invited by the...

Presidents of Malta and Italy unite

Sunday, 19 July 2015, 10:30 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

On 22 July, Italian President Sergio Mattarella starts an official visit to Malta. I still remember when, as a student at Paola’s Primary School, I was taken, together with the rest of the...

Only one option: the order of the boot

Sunday, 19 July 2015, 09:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Charles Flores

Cosmopolitan Malta does not – and should not – have any qualms about the ever-increasing number of foreigners seeking jobs here, raising families and offering services and talents very few...

In God they trust

Sunday, 19 July 2015, 09:45 Last update: about 12 years ago Kenneth Charles Curmi

A legal reform that will remove two articles from the Criminal Code which make vilification of religion a crime means that Malta will now be able to accommodate inhabitants of the Sixth and Seventh...

Acropolis now

Saturday, 18 July 2015, 08:01 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

The extensive coverage on the TV media, carrying interviews with the Greek people, the orderly queues at the ATM machines, the fighting spirit of the downtrodden citizens with their naïve Oxi...

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