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Editorial: The untouchables

Sunday, 14 May 2017, 09:45 Last update: about 10 years ago

It is only a matter of time before the chickens begin coming home to roost in the wake of the many corruption and money laundering scandals that are plaguing the country and its...

Editorial: Muscat and Schembri's reputations are intertwined

Friday, 12 May 2017, 12:57 Last update: about 10 years ago

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has, whether he likes it or not, tied his personal reputation to that of Keith Schembri. Keith Schembri is at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, and has been...

Editorial: EU Presidency, what EU Presidency?

Thursday, 11 May 2017, 14:39 Last update: about 10 years ago

It all started out with such high hopes, such promise.  Malta, the government said, would be placed at the heart of the European Union, it would push its national agenda, it would reunite a...

Dissecting the growth

Thursday, 11 May 2017, 10:56 Last update: about 10 years ago

These days one cannot go anywhere without hearing about Malta's economic growth. Even the credit ratings and outside bodies such as the European Commission have been singing skyhigh Malta's...

Heading into a premature election

Monday, 8 May 2017, 13:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

And, like that, they're off. The bell has been rang, the whistle blown and Malta is to have a snap general election nine months early, in just a month's time. There have been a mountain of...

Editorial: A cause for great concern

Sunday, 7 May 2017, 11:30 Last update: about 10 years ago

The Prime Minister should be concerned, very concerned, over the fact that the majority of people surveyed by this newspaper are of the belief that he and his wife are implicated in the Panama Papers...

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