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The European Small Claims Procedure

Sunday, 9 December 2018, 09:14 Last update: about 9 years ago

In a bid to further facilitate the free movement of people, goods, services and capital in the single market, the EU has adopted various measures in the field of judicial cooperation in civil and...

It is our business

Thursday, 6 December 2018, 10:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

The world is witness to the manifestation of giant industries that seem to be taking over our lives. Incessant advertising is present everywhere you look to, flashing names of the same chain companies...

The ascending power of spin

Sunday, 2 December 2018, 10:14 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

When on Wednesday the report by the Auditor General was tabled in Parliament, we, at least in this newsroom, immediately realized something big was happening. Within minutes, we (and the public...

A Mediterranean hub for innovation

Sunday, 2 December 2018, 10:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Justyne Caruana

“Malta is another notable nation, pursuing an offensive growth-strategy and moving towards a knowledge economy. The country is on its way to becoming the new Singapore of the...

The use and abuse of language

Sunday, 2 December 2018, 09:56 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Listening to Konrad Mizzi always causes considerable stress to my digestive system. I cannot stomach all the code-switching, the inability to simply start an answer in one language and finish it in...

Doing the right thing

Sunday, 2 December 2018, 09:54 Last update: about 9 years ago Timothy Alden

For all intents and purposes, Partit Demokratiku submitted its second motion for a vote of no confidence in Konrad Mizzi, the first one having been tabled by Marlene Farrugia in 2016. It has...

HIV does not discriminate; maybe we can learn to do the same

Saturday, 1 December 2018, 17:13 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

World AIDS Day, the day we commemorate and remember those lives we have lost to AIDS, the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome which develops when HIV infection is left untreated. HIV is a sexually...

Playing for time

Saturday, 1 December 2018, 07:49 Last update: about 9 years ago

Since the news came out that the ‘17 Black’ company in Dubai belonged to Jorgen Fenech, who was involved as one of the developers in the new gas power station, and since it has been...

Mobile persecution

Monday, 26 November 2018, 13:23 Last update: about 9 years ago Censu Galea

I believe that many, like myself receive 'unwanted mobile phone calls'. Here I do not refer to those calls, which, after the routine 'hello', move on to a flurry of personal insults. I refer to...

Active citizenship

Sunday, 25 November 2018, 10:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Timothy Alden

One week after Partit Demokratiku's youth conference, I would like to mention two things which have stayed with me the most. On the one hand, I was shocked to see the extent of the fear around...

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