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Robert’s secrets

Sunday, 26 February 2023, 06:57 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

Truth telling is not a reflex of this government. One headline after another reveals the pitiful state to which we’ve been reduced - begging government to tell us the facts. Each headline...

At the Security Council

Thursday, 23 February 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Malta’s membership of the UN Security Council should be beneficial both to our country as well, I would like to think, to the Council itself. For Malta it should be a boost since it will...

Extinction or ‘a peace that is no peace’

Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 08:19 Last update: about 5 years ago Evarist Bartolo

With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s cruel war on Ukraine in its eighth month, film director Edward Berger came out with the first German adaptation of the 1928 novel ‘All Quiet on the...

Fragmentation

Monday, 20 February 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

That the European single market could become fragmented is a possible danger that must be guarded against, for otherwise the European project would disintegrate. This is what is presently being...

Another report, another deferral

Sunday, 19 February 2023, 09:25 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Aquilina

A public consultation meeting on media reform took place on 15 February 2023 by a Prime Minister appointed committee to advise him on media reform. Unable to attend, I still want to express publicly...

A stitch in time

Sunday, 19 February 2023, 08:57 Last update: about 5 years ago Alicia Bugeja Said

There’s an old saying in English that goes: “A stitch in time saves nine”. Earlier this week, we announced another investment of €1m that will further mitigate the fuel expenses...

Towards a much-needed energy security policy

Sunday, 19 February 2023, 08:54 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Malta’s energy policy must necessarily ensure that we have a constant supply of electrical energy which, as far as is reasonable, is not dependable on too many variable factors. On...

Confirmed: Malta most corrupt ever

Sunday, 19 February 2023, 08:22 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

Transparency International’s eagerly awaited yearly global corruption rankings have been published. Malta is officially the most corrupt it’s ever been. Not that anybody needed any...

Robert Orban and Ian Pardo

Sunday, 19 February 2023, 07:59 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

When we joined the EU, and even before, the country was very interested in the workings of the Union and the media used to send up its representatives to the summits, with some help from the...

If inflation persists

Thursday, 16 February 2023, 08:08 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

The government’s strategy to counter the rise in energy prices is clear. The price increases are being absorbed to keep prices stable. The government can do this because in recent years, there...

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