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Migration: Time for Europe to act in unison

Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 10:17 Last update: about 12 years ago

The issue of migration was firmly on the agenda of the European Union as a committee meeting featured an impassioned speech by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, telling EU nations that “people are...

Referendum: The narrowest of margins

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

The Yes camp won, that is indisputable. It won by the slimmest of majorities – 2,200 votes. Many took to social media yesterday to blast the participation rate in the referendum to ban Spring...

Referendum: A sad day but what can we learn from it?

Monday, 13 April 2015, 08:08 Last update: about 12 years ago

This publishing house declared its stance in favour of abolishing Spring hunting as soon as the referendum was announced and we are obviously disappointed at the result which was returned by the...

Post referendum scenarios

Sunday, 12 April 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

The votes have been cast, and along with them the die has also been cast. Sometime this morning the country is expected to have news of which way the referendum pendulum has swung.  Shotguns will...

Malta’s voting system: Time for an overhaul

Saturday, 11 April 2015, 10:18 Last update: about 12 years ago

By the time the newspapers hit the shelves this morning, voting across Malta for the local council elections and the Spring hunting referendum will have started. The intention of this leading...

EU funds: A very positive trend

Friday, 10 April 2015, 08:03 Last update: about 12 years ago

Parliamentary secretary Ian Borg yesterday announced that Malta’s EU Structural Fund absorption rate had increased to 78% at the end of 2014 from a paltry 30% by March 2013 – at the time...

World Health Day: Time to make a life altering change

Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 07:55 Last update: about 12 years ago

Today is World Health Day and the message from the World Health Organisation is that prevention is better than cure. Of course, there are some diseases and illnesses that can afflict anyone...

Local council elections: Into the last week of the campaign

Tuesday, 7 April 2015, 07:59 Last update: about 12 years ago

Half the country will be casting their vote in the upcoming local council elections this weekend. The campaign has, of course, doubled up with the hunting referendum, which has, to an extent,...

Referendum: One week to go – time to vote No

Monday, 6 April 2015, 08:17 Last update: about 12 years ago

This week is the final week of campaigning pending the referendum poll which will be held on Saturday. The vote is the culmination of years of campaigning by environmentalists and members of the...

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