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Pride in dialogue

Monday, 9 September 2019, 14:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Marie Louise Coleiro Preca

Pride has become an event of celebration. The LGBTIQ+ communities in Malta have much to celebrate. What has been achieved in these past years is remarkable to say the least. LGBTIQ+ communities...

The Pride March is about not letting ourselves down

Monday, 9 September 2019, 09:17 Last update: about 8 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

If we let one of us fail, we fail ourselves. That's one lesson life keeps teaching me. I learned it when I played for my school's volleyball team. I learned it again when performing on stage and...

From riots to rainbows or vice-versa?

Sunday, 8 September 2019, 12:00 Last update: about 8 years ago

I have to admit, I was saddened and a bit unprepared to hear the news that Dr Helena Dalli would be nominated for the post of EU Commissioner. Somehow, I thought that, as long as the Labour Party...

Equality for all

Sunday, 8 September 2019, 12:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Edward Zammit Lewis

In the past six years, Malta has systematically strived for equality for LGBTIQ persons and is considered a model of best practice in the European region and beyond. This is by no means a coincidence....

Enough is enough

Sunday, 8 September 2019, 09:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Timothy Alden

I am writing this article fresh from the 7th of September protest, organised by various NGOs, including the ever fearsome Moviment Grafitti. A great crowd of thousands rallied outside Parliament and...

Sustaining Gozo’s tourism momentum

Sunday, 8 September 2019, 09:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Justyne Caruana

“Building sustainable tourism needs open dialogue and cooperation among all branches of national, regional and local government, and the engagement of all stakeholders – including the...

6½ years later

Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 09:21 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Mangion

9 March 2013 – almost 6½ years ago – the electorate was called to exercise its democratic right to vote for who it considered to be the best choice to govern our islands for the...

Managing our economic success story

Sunday, 1 September 2019, 09:48 Last update: about 8 years ago Justyne Caruana

Economic growth is best served through inclusive social change which entails empowering the individual who, in turn, enriches the nation. This full-circle process has proved to be successful over the...

Quotas

Sunday, 1 September 2019, 09:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Godfrey Farrugia

The institution of Parliament is designed to serve and protect the democracy that is lived in the streets by the people, and not to become a perfect system that does not reflect the people’s...

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