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Underdogs and hostile crowds

Monday, 14 September 2015, 12:22 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

In the last few days, the sport of tennis has given the world a number of stories that could serve as examples that go beyond the results obtained on the court and sport in general. They were...

Are financial services sinful?

Monday, 14 September 2015, 07:07 Last update: about 12 years ago Alfred Sant

Some MEPs seem to believe that financial services are sinful They consider them as an activity intended mainly to assist big multinatinal corporations evade taxes on their profits. It is true...

The government promises some more upside-down thinking

Sunday, 13 September 2015, 11:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Justyne Caruana, the parliamentary secretary for the elderly, has caused a bit of a storm by saying – out of the blue – that a new law (for which there has been no white paper or evidence...

Death of a giant

Sunday, 13 September 2015, 10:44 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

My earliest memory of Albert Mizzi goes back to April 1974 (I think) when I, a rookie journalist from Il-Hajja, was invited along with other journalists (including our Henry Brincat then at The Times) and travel agents to Air Malta’s inaugural flight to Munich. ...

Buckle up – we’re in for a bumpy ride

Sunday, 13 September 2015, 10:43 Last update: about 12 years ago Alex Mangion

The summer season has brought with it many heated decisions and arguments as well as question marks to the political scene, one being Zonqor Point and the famous American University of Malta.  I...

Ignoring residents and their Local Councils

Sunday, 13 September 2015, 10:42 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Government has published a consultation document dealing with the use of open public spaces by catering establishments, entitled ‘Guidelines on Outdoor Catering Areas on Open Public Space : a...

Thumbs up Francesco

Sunday, 13 September 2015, 10:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Charles Flores

There will be those who insist, wrongly, I think, that I am not in a position to comment on matters Catholic since I no longer practise the religion. On the other hand, my having been baptised, albeit...

Migration: The Pope Did It Again

Saturday, 12 September 2015, 09:06 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

Once again, Christianity is leading the way. Or better still, Pope Francis is making history. He was the first world leader who put the issue of migration on the world stage when, two years ago, he...

Road to collision

Saturday, 12 September 2015, 09:05 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

We would not have thought that things could get any worse for Malta but unfortunately, they have. Whether it is about the environment and Mepa or about the change to the Embryo Protection Act,...

Now you see him…

Friday, 11 September 2015, 09:30 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Last Sunday, 6 September, the Department of Information published a photo and press release informing us (the general public) that the Prime Minister had a meeting at Castille, in his office, with the...

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