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The Vatican experience

Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 08:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Austin Sammut

        Why are we so adept at making a mess of things. Why do we always have appear in the eye of the international press (viz. the world) in a negative way – eg...

Stop the EU-sceptic voices

Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 07:50 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

        The day after tomorrow Malta will commemorate the tenth anniversary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. On the same day workers will mark...

Ukrainian crisis revisited

Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 07:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The rapid deterioration of the situation in Ukraine and the amount of contradicting and distorted information that has recently circulated in Western media is a matter of serious concern. It seems...

Changing the faces

Monday, 28 April 2014, 09:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Marlene Farrugia

        We all have a dream world, a sweet intoxicating wish world, which we acknowledge, smile and occasionally laugh at ourselves about, but nevertheless...

24 May is not an important date

Sunday, 27 April 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

        Just a little more than a year has passed and we are back in election mode. We have become like the Italians, with an election every year.   The parties...

Objections need have nothing to do with religion

Sunday, 27 April 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

    A few people – coincidentally all of them campaigned for Labour in the last general election – are seeking to put about the notion, by means of their commentary in the...

Brazil revisited by Lawrence Gonzi

Sunday, 27 April 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Alison Bezzina

I had promised myself not to write about the subject of gay adoptions again, because I believe that there’s a huge value in knowing when to shut up, especially when you’re winning. But...

1976 revisited

Sunday, 27 April 2014, 10:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Charles Flores

Those of us old enough to remember, will tell you that today’s topsy-turvy world of Simon Busuttil’s Nationalist Party has all the symptoms of George Borg Olivier’s Nationalist Party...

How free are we?

Sunday, 27 April 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charló Bonnici

I have asked myself this question several times in the past few years. The last time I did so was when we were coming out of the parliament building following the vote on civil unions. Of course, we...

Preventing unwelcome behaviour

Sunday, 27 April 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    Sexual harassment is a violation of human rights and a prohibited form of violence against women in many countries. A study published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental...

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