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The environment is not a minority interest

Sunday, 8 June 2014, 09:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Petra Caruana Dingli

I hope that the debate about the spring hunting referendum does not descend into a sideshow about the definition of minorities, or into an absurd discussion in Parliament about the unassailable human...

Responding to increased demand for care

Sunday, 8 June 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Justyne Caruana

One of the government’s main electoral pledges was to provide small residences in the community for people with disability. As a government, we are well aware of the concerns of the families of...

What’s next for our MEPs?

Sunday, 8 June 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Peter Agius

On 24 May, we elected six MEPs to speak and act on our behalf in the European Parliament. The next steps for them in the coming weeks are particularly important.   First things first. On...

The aftermath

Sunday, 8 June 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charló Bonnici

Over the past 15 days, much has been said about the result of the European Parliament elections. There’s no doubt, the result was not good for the Nationalist Party, at least in terms of votes...

Lithuania gets the green light to adopt the euro

Saturday, 7 June 2014, 08:02 Last update: about 13 years ago David Casa

        As stated by the European Commission, Lithuania is ready to become the 19th Member State to adopt the single currency. The Baltic state will most likely adopt the...

What lies beneath

Friday, 6 June 2014, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

        Since the MEP election results two weeks ago, I have been inundated with calls, e-mails and messages from Nationalists who voted Labour or simply did not vote at...

Those 100,000+ signatures are not about hunting

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 09:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

        When the hunters and trappers lobby announced that it had a petition with signatures running into the thousands, to block the spring-hunting referendum by...

We mean what we say – we say what we mean

Thursday, 5 June 2014, 07:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Ian Borg

        European Parliamentary elections have come and gone.  After weeks of campaigning by all the political parties and candidates in the running, the electorate...

The elusive 80,000

Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 08:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Austin Sammut

        Joseph Muscat said he was the underdog (sic -33,000 majority) but wanted to be the first party in government to obtain the largest number of votes in a European...

Swing into action

Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

        Brazilians must be sweating it out. Dancers must be rehearsing the lively and rhythmical steps of the samba in preparation for the World Cup opening...

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