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No Switzerland in the Med

Sunday, 19 April 2015, 10:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

Everybody seems to have had his say about the referendum result and all attention is now on the local counil election results. After the carcades with shades of ISIS and boughs tied to cars,...

Is the abrogative referendum under threat?

Sunday, 19 April 2015, 10:11 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Until Alternnattiva Demokratika announced the abrogative referendum campaign on spring hunting almost two years ago, few Malyese knew that citizens were aware that they had such a right. Now that this...

Catch the wave

Saturday, 18 April 2015, 08:54 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

Let us start at the beginning, when some young , honest and hard working people had a cause and started going out on the streets, stopping at cars stuck in a queue to Gozo, or in traffic, knocking on...

Malta in the Medieval Compass Rose

Friday, 17 April 2015, 16:07 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

Next Tuesday, 21 April, at the main hall of the Italian Cultural Institute, at Piazza San Giorgio Valletta, Enrico Gurioli will be presenting his latest publication Il Piccolo LibrodeiVenti. Gurioli...

Bikinis in Spring

Friday, 17 April 2015, 07:53 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Statistics are like bikinis. What they show you can be quite revealing, but what they never show you, on their own, is what's vital: The dynamic. In the past weeks we have been bombarded with...

Joseph Muscat and the media

Thursday, 16 April 2015, 10:10 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

Accusing the media for taking a stand on a particular subject is unbecoming of a Prime Minister – unless his intentions are to gag newspapers, TV stations and online portals. Joseph Muscat...

How apt for Malta that a cuckoo should be shot first

Thursday, 16 April 2015, 08:04 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The hunting season opens, and less than 24 hours go by before the first angry hunter, who by his own admission on Facebook has never felt as “mentally unwell” as he did in the weeks before...

Calling the shots

Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 10:18 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I feel that this ballot has shown us how much our country is developing in terms of participation, of engagement and of calling the shots.  There are a number of pointers that indicate that our...

A post-referendum analysis: the Gonzi factor

Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 12:15 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

The hunting referendum has come and gone. As rightly described by Alex Perici Calascione, this referendum gained nothing for the hunters and simply confirmed the status quo. However, the resulting...

Challenging times for the PN

Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 08:26 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

Last Saturday, 68% of the electorate in 34 localities across Malta and Gozo accepted an open invitation and cast their vote to elect their mayor and other members of the respective local councils....

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