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Do we need a political messiah?

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 08:50 Last update: about 3 years ago Victor Calleja

In this world of ours, I must be careful and make it clear that the word messiah in the title is only meant metaphorically. I don't wish to see  some zealot fulminating against me for...

The undisputed advantages of alternative dispute resolution

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 08:49 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

Going to trial to have a judge hear evidence and make a decision is sometimes the most effective way of resolving a difficult legal dispute. However, it is also one of the slowest and most expensive...

Gozo: Local councils - pawns in government strategies!

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 08:38 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

How did this Gozo end up in this disastrous state? Not recognisable from the Gozo of years ago. The rampant senseless construction moving on like a brakeless juggernaut at breakneck...

The lost battle of the warriors

Sunday, 11 February 2024, 07:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

The legion of desktop warriors among us has yet to wake up and realise: it has lost the battle to preserve Malta's identity as a small island nation embedded in the Christian tradition. There was...

Maltese

Friday, 9 February 2024, 09:38 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

The recently established Ċentru tal-Ilsien Malti organized a discussion on digital tools for languages spoken in small countries. The event featured the esteemed participation of the...

Coherence

Thursday, 8 February 2024, 07:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

In coming years the EU will need to resolve the strategic problem of how it is to maintain coherence in its policies. At present, even if after protracted negotiations an agreement has been reached...

Blank?

Monday, 5 February 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

People who fail to understand that the threat to the integrity of Malta’s neutrality has become serious are getting it wrong. A greater mistake is being made by others who believe (or claim to...

Gozo: facts speak louder than words!

Sunday, 4 February 2024, 09:06 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Anton Refalo, the ex-Labour Gozo Minister, highlighted the difficulties encountered by the new Labour government in March 2013 because of the problems left behind by the previous PN administration....

The real victims

Sunday, 4 February 2024, 09:04 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

“The drug reform being proposed by the government is a means of giving more options for the court to deal with cases as they deem fit,” Robert Abela bluffed.  The truth is that...

The 15-minute city

Sunday, 4 February 2024, 08:46 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Every city can benefit from a reconsideration of its urban priorities. In this era of climate change various cities around the world have taken initiatives in order to contribute their share to the...

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