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Editorial: Arts and Culture 1 – Politicians 0

Saturday, 28 January 2017, 10:11 Last update: about 11 years ago

The billboard was right, after all. Malta’s presidency of the Council of the EUis not just a matter of politicians but also an opportunity to showcase Malta’s culture all over...

Editorial: Election timeframe a most welcome announcement

Thursday, 26 January 2017, 10:56 Last update: about 11 years ago

The Prime Minister’s announcement that the next General Election will be held approximately a year from now, more specifically, around March of next year is welcome news for a number of...

The threat of a low-cost Singapore of the West

Thursday, 26 January 2017, 10:34 Last update: about 11 years ago

When she called in EU diplomats to the gilded halls of Lancaster House, British PM Theresa May knew, as much as her interlocutors, the precariousness of the British post-Brexit position. Just...

Editorial: Common ground on poverty

Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 09:38 Last update: about 11 years ago

There have been a spate of speeches in Parliament which have gone largely unnoticed maybe because they do not add to the main partisan polemic of the moment but which come from both sides, from second...

Editorial: They are not alone

Tuesday, 24 January 2017, 10:44 Last update: about 11 years ago

On Sunday evening, many people defied the cold and the rain and walked in protest at St Julian’s to protest against the sending back of nine Mali migrants back to their...

Editorial: The land of disbelief

Monday, 23 January 2017, 10:13 Last update: about 11 years ago

For days now, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici has been trumpeting the same tune, during public office hours and using public funds, to sell to the common people the spin that business tycoon Zaren...

Editorial: A change of tune back to the environment

Sunday, 22 January 2017, 09:30 Last update: about 11 years ago

The Opposition Nationalist Party yesterday made a slight departure, or shall we say a detour, from its recent anti-corruption rallying cry and once again began to beat the environmental drum. This...

Editorial: The government of spin falls by its spin

Saturday, 21 January 2017, 10:49 Last update: about 11 years ago

The government is pulling out all its stops and piling on the spin. It has focused on former minister Jason Azzopardi and brought all its heavy guns to bear on him.  Minister Owen Bonnici...

Editorial: Before the Trump rollercoaster

Friday, 20 January 2017, 10:04 Last update: about 11 years ago

By this time tomorrow, the world will be in the Trump era. As we write, the world, especially what we call the West, Europe, live the eve with trepidation, much as one would await the arrival of...

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