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Cancer: The blight of families around the world

Friday, 5 February 2016, 08:41 Last update: about 12 years ago

Yesterday was World Cancer Day. Cancer is a horrific disease that sometimes can kill people slowly over years, ending up in a painful lingering death. One in four of us will be touched by cancer at...

Climate change: This is a reality, we must act now

Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 07:54 Last update: about 12 years ago

There are still a great many people, despite the mounting and undeniable volumes of scientific evidence, who believe that climate change is a myth. Fortunately, it seems that world leaders are coming...

EU: Brexit and Schengen very much on the agenda

Monday, 1 February 2016, 08:07 Last update: about 12 years ago

EU President Donald Tusk certainly has his hands full. Yesterday, he was in yet another meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in an effort to hammer out an EU reform deal. David...

Expenditure: Put your money where your mouth is

Saturday, 30 January 2016, 07:54 Last update: about 12 years ago

The Prime Minister yesterday attended the annual civil servants meeting, telling those present that he expected government departments to start rectifying spending issues highlighted by the Auditor...

Migration: The complicated issue of repatriation

Friday, 29 January 2016, 09:12 Last update: about 12 years ago

The migration phenomenon and Europe’s response to it keeps on getting more complicated as more twists and turns unfold each day. The most ‘welcoming’ country – Sweden -...

Banking on suspicion

Thursday, 28 January 2016, 10:25 Last update: about 12 years ago

Last week, in a speech in Parliament unfortunately missed by the media, Opposition MP Tony Abela, a practising notary, complained that banks are being forced to subject clients, entrepreneurs,...

Eternal rest: Time to find alternative burial spots

Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 09:45 Last update: about 12 years ago

The government announced in parliament on Monday that it will shortly be issuing an expression of interest to extend the burial area at Addolorata Cemetery in Marsa. This is, of course, very...

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