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Overcoming hatred

Sunday, 15 September 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Timothy Alden

Despite being one of the smallest countries in the world, Malta is tragically a deeply divided country. I have often written of political tribalism, but that division into two main blocs is perhaps...

60 years of loyal support coming to fruition

Sunday, 15 September 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago

Manchester United versus Wolves at Old Trafford on 22 September 2018 was the match when our proud PVC streamer 'Malta - 60 Years of Loyal Support' was first displayed in front of over 75,000 people at...

Tourism – Gozo’s endemic resilience

Sunday, 15 September 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Justyne Caruana

"The world of the tourist - and the world of everyone else - are often side-by-side. Visitors feel at home when they can actually live among the people they visit."  This is a quotation from the...

Taking Pride in the battles to come

Sunday, 15 September 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Josianne Cutajar MEP

Pride week is once again with us, and I for one am glad to enjoy a week-long celebration of being true to oneself and loving one's identity. Amid the festivities, however, there are always some...

Self-acceptance is a destination

Saturday, 14 September 2019, 09:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Alex Mangion

The first pride march was held on June 28, 1970. Known as the Christopher Street Liberation Day March - named after the street on the Stonewall is located - the parade began on Washington Place...

Changing the country for the better

Thursday, 12 September 2019, 11:04 Last update: about 8 years ago

The ongoing pre-budget consultations are clear proof of how much this country has moved forward since the change in government back in 2013. Prior to change in administration,   pre-budget...

A total lack of enforcement

Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 08:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Asciak

At one period, during one particular week last month, a person died or was seriously hit and injured by a car. If there is anything that marks Labour’s stint in government, it is a lack of...

Activism and Support - the two pillars that define MGRM

Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 10:02 Last update: about 8 years ago

In these last 18 years, MGRM has been consistently present in society and persistently voiced the often less heard narratives of the LGBTIQ community through the organisation’s work and...

Be who you are

Monday, 9 September 2019, 14:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Chris Fearne

Social democracy always had a unique central driver – to legislate in favour of those whose rights are threatened or denied. Originally these rights were basic, political and economic. As...

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