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Indonesia Embraces Blockchain-based Islamic Bonds

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 08:56 Last update: about 8 years ago

Blossom Finance, an Indonesian firm has just announced its intentions to launch a blockchain-based sukuk (Islamic Bond) to aid in microfinancing projects in this Muslim country. A sukuk is an...

EU+ME Stories #4: Nicola Mangion: The EU in my everyday life

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 08:55 Last update: about 8 years ago

Why do you bother with activism when many students just focus on their studies? I find that I learn more by doing than by sitting in a classroom. The course is demanding, yes, especially now that...

The Bir Miftuħ Internationl Music Festival

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 08:53 Last update: about 8 years ago

Harp and Soprano Recital by Silke Aichhorn - harp, Christín Enke-Mollnar - soprano The duo will delight the audience with a fascinating repertoire which includes the Ave Maria by Caccini,...

Duška Maleševic - ‘Postcards from paradise’

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 08:52 Last update: about 8 years ago

Valletta Contemporary is hosting the launch of the photography book by Duška Malešević, 'Postcards from Paradise' published by selektedmalta, Malta 2018. Introduction by Dr Joanna...

Marie Benoit's Diary: One TV stands the test of time

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 08:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Marie Benoît

When the chairman of One group, Jason Micallef,  sent me an e-mail a few weeks ago, and asked me what I was doing on the 22nd  April, I glanced at my diary and replied that I wasn't doing...

Malta’s past and the identity debate

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 08:41 Last update: about 8 years ago

It is at times perplexing how in modernity's largely open societies, strengthened as they are by social media, it frequently remains difficult to participate in a vigorous debate on topics such as the...

12th edition of Għanafest launched

Wednesday, 24 April 2019, 12:29 Last update: about 8 years ago

Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government Owen Bonnici has launched the 12th consecutive edition of Għanafest during San Girgor festivities happening in iż-Żejtun. Festivals...

A timely publication analysing the electoral law: Part I

Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 13:22 Last update: about 8 years ago

Dr Austin Bencini, former Deputy Dean and Head of Department of Public Law of the Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta, and a leading constitutional jurist, has, over the last few years, been...

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