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Joseph and the cancer factory

Sunday, 23 February 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Clyde Puli

If there was one event that panned out well in last year’s general election campaign, it was the unveiling of Labour’s energy policy. A squeaky-clean Konrad Mizzi and a new, radical...

A new Education Act?

Sunday, 23 February 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Joe Cassar

Very recently, I submitted two parliamentary questions to the Minister for Education regarding potential changes to the current Education Act. I asked Minister Bartolo (PQ 7912) whether, following a...

Five hundred and twenty-five thousand and six hundred minutes

Sunday, 23 February 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Kevin Plumpton

A year ago, we were gearing up for the last and final shove in a long campaign, which the Labour Party won with an unprecedented astounding majority. The reasons for such result have been exhausted...

EU and Russia are both key to a solution in Ukraine

Saturday, 22 February 2014, 06:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Meusac

These past days have seen the situation in Ukraine deteriorate to tragic proportions with people being killed in protests between the police and anti-government protestors. In a statement released on...

An unexpected bump in EU-Switzerland relations

Saturday, 22 February 2014, 06:54 Last update: about 13 years ago David Casa

On February 9 of this year, a referendum in favour of immigration quotas was approved by a slim majority of 50.3% of popular votes by Swiss citizens.   The new law will force the Swiss...

Can Bosnia and Herzegovina survive its stagnation?

Friday, 21 February 2014, 08:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Tarcisio Zammit

The recent unrest that erupted in Bosnia and Herzegovina should not have surprised the international community or the country's political representatives.  Demonstrations began on Wednesday,...

Not fit for purpose

Thursday, 20 February 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Judge Lino Farrugia Sacco continues to cling on, fighting to delay or derail the impeachment process with one tactic after another. The only appropriate way in which to avoid impeachment at this stage...

Lessons from politics

Thursday, 20 February 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Jonathan Shaw

In July last year I was nominated as a PN candidate for the upcoming European Parliament elections. I was a stranger to politics but I was up to the challenge because I wanted to contribute. My...

Endeavouring to represent Maltese citizens

Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 08:08 Last update: about 13 years ago Clint Camilleri

It is a great honour for me that the Labour Party and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat recommended me to be amongst the candidates for the European Parliament elections. For these elections the Labour...

Cards & Cabinet… making the cut

Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

Gossip, rumours, speculation and reports about a looming Cabinet reshuffle have been on the increase during these past weeks. Whether this materialises or not remains to be seen.  This is...

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