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Party financing and democracy

Sunday, 27 July 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Clyde Puli

        The Prime Minister must be feeling really proud. Having steered through Parliament both the Bill removing the Statute of Limitation from cases of corruption and...

The ageing phenomenon: we can all help

Sunday, 27 July 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Justyne Caruana

        We can all help raise awareness of the bigger challenges we have to face when we live in a progressive country. We all know that people are living longer,...

The lemon tree

Saturday, 26 July 2014, 08:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        With the dreadful explosion of the Malaysian Airplane MH017 in the skies, the view is that the fighting in Donetsk has become an international conflict.  It...

European Commission: Its presidency and workings

Saturday, 26 July 2014, 08:52 Last update: about 13 years ago Meusac

        Throughout the European Union, in accord with article 17 of the Treaty on European Union, proposals of legislation, implementation of key decisions, safeguarding...

Fool me once … twice …

Friday, 25 July 2014, 07:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

        Next month, Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco will retire. The Minister for Justice, Owen Bonnici, is now saying he is hopeful that legal proceedings against the...

You can’t be a little bit democratic

Thursday, 24 July 2014, 09:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

        I was thinking as I drove along listening to a radio discussion about the subject that you can’t be a little bit democratic. You are either democratic in...

So it’s another Mintoff, is it?

Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 10:25 Last update: about 13 years ago Austin Sammut

        Like all right thinking lawyers (not the blinkered sods within the profession), I was obviously shocked to hear of the appointment of Wenzu Mintoff to the Bench....

The four Presidents of the EU – will they work in harmony?

Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Tarcisio Zammit

        The month of July 2014 is proving to be a taxing one for the Heads of Government of the member states of the European Union as they seek a consensual decision on...

Mr Justice Lawrence Mintoff

Tuesday, 22 July 2014, 08:04 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

        While many are enjoying their summer holidays, the executive is busy manoeuvring from left to right and left to right to stay in pole position. A case in point...

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