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Who should we sacrifice for the New Year?

Sunday, 7 January 2018, 09:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Colette Sciberras

Public sacrifices once had an important part to play in politics. I can’t pretend to know what it was like, but I imagine it to be similar to that episode in Game of Thrones, when we watched a...

Gone with the wind

Friday, 5 January 2018, 09:12 Last update: about 10 years ago Frank Psaila

In normal circumstances, it would have been foolish for the Opposition to demand the termination of an agreement with a private investor. But these are not normal circumstances, for the 'investors'...

Fiction for Everyday Life

Sunday, 31 December 2017, 08:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Many people I know would say that fiction - by which I mean "good literature" (i.e., I do not have Dan Brown, Stephen King, etc, in mind) - is just a waste of time. Better read a self-help book, or a...

Our commitment to 2018 and beyond

Sunday, 31 December 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

Beginning a new year tomorrow is only a chronological sequence of the country's progress that builds on the resilience of our people - as shown over the past year - and on lessons learnt through good...

2018: lack of transparency, rule of law and tax evasion

Sunday, 31 December 2017, 07:14 Last update: about 10 years ago George M Mangion

A recent IFSP seminar attended by over 200 practitioners discussed the impending imposition of a beneficial ownership register for all forms of a legal vehicle be it a company, a partnership, a trust...

Another year gone by

Saturday, 30 December 2017, 09:39 Last update: about 10 years ago

As 2017 comes to an end most people would be remarking that this year flew by so quickly. To a certain extent it must be true that every year seems to be passing by at a faster pace and this is...

Opinion: A vision of peace and unity!

Wednesday, 27 December 2017, 08:46 Last update: about 10 years ago Laiq Ahmed Atif

By the sheer grace and blessings of God, in a few days, another year will dawn upon us. At the beginning of every year, millions of people wish one another a happy and a prosperous new year. I think...

Opinion: Welcoming Christ this Christmas - Archbishop Scicluna

Sunday, 24 December 2017, 11:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Mgr Charles Scicluna

The Cathedral of Mdina is once again displaying a beautiful Neapolitan crib. Neapolitan cribs are a unique genre in art for they place the nativity scene in the Neapolitan environment that existed 300...

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