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Heat stress: The heat is on

Saturday, 18 July 2015, 07:59 Last update: about 12 years ago

As the mercury began to inch up into the middle thirties yesterday, it became very apparent that tempers in general are beginning to fray on this sun drenched island of ours. Aside from the...

Environment: Leave Fomm ir-Rih well alone

Friday, 17 July 2015, 08:18 Last update: about 12 years ago

The truth is that Malta is a holiday island. We have moved with the times and we have created beaches out of nothing, most notably in Bugibba, St George’s Bay and to a lesser extent Pretty...

Huawei to go: Malta, 5G and the internet of things

Thursday, 16 July 2015, 09:03 Last update: about 12 years ago

Despite the fact that the initial capital outlay that telecommunications giant Huawei is investing in its Malta outfit is rather minimal considering the fact that the company invested a whopping US$5...

EU: Grexit avoided... for now

Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 08:16 Last update: about 12 years ago

The marathon summit that took place between Sunday and yesterday was the longest in the EU’s recorded history....

Jumping aboard the hacking bandwagon

Sunday, 12 July 2015, 08:37 Last update: about 12 years ago

The Opposition should be very careful about which bandwagons it jumps on, as amply evidenced by this week’s government ‘hacking’ debacle. The media this week reported on the...

Parliament: Kafka in the House

Saturday, 11 July 2015, 08:24 Last update: about 12 years ago

Among this week’s turbulent Parliamentary sittings, with shouting, counter-claims and points of order, etc, there were also, thankfully, moments of pure farce. Time and again in the past...

Laws: Now it’s time to remove criminal libel

Friday, 10 July 2015, 09:24 Last update: about 12 years ago

The government has announced that it will be removing the blasphemy laws and it will also be allowing porn shops to open up in Malta. People will obviously have differing opinions on the matter,...

Mepa demerger laws: What’s the rush?

Thursday, 9 July 2015, 08:26 Last update: about 12 years ago

One would have imagined that given the extreme sensitivity of all things environmental lately, and also considering the recent state-sponsored environmental transgressions that are being committed or...

Security: Boosting the AFM’s assets

Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 09:46 Last update: about 12 years ago

There is no doubt that things have changed, in terms of national security, over the past years. The threat of Islamic State proliferating on our doorstep is palpable. In the past, this publishing...

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