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Who are you kidding?

Sunday, 8 May 2022, 09:39 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

The EU finally cracked the funding whip. Hungary is threatened with cuts to EU funds for law violations and human rights infringements. Foremost amongst Orban’s sins, was his corrupt award of a...

Planning is for people

Sunday, 8 May 2022, 09:37 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Land use planning should, and can, be developed into an effective tool to combat the impacts of climate change. This can be done by effectively encouraging development which contributes to reducing...

Beating regime spin

Sunday, 8 May 2022, 07:38 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

There is a series of posts on YouTube put up by the Ukrainian army which interview Russian soldiers who have been injured and caught prisoners and who are being cured by their Ukrainian...

Less than 1,000

Friday, 6 May 2022, 09:10 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

That is the number of people currently out of a job in Malta.  Hard facts show that less than 1,000 are unemployed and that we have the largest number of people in employment ever in our...

Environmental challenges

Thursday, 5 May 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

I do believe that the environmental challenges listed with such commitment by UN based scientiests are as urgent as they claim. I agree with measures that are being proposed to counter the...

The Pope with a vision for social policy

Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 09:28 Last update: about 5 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

From where I stand the Pope's latest visit to Malta had an impact on a number of levels. If all that people wanted was to get patted on the back that's one thing. If others, like myself, were ready to...

Polyhedron or the West vs the Rest?

Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 07:18 Last update: about 5 years ago Evarist Bartolo

The absurd, colonial, and brutal war that Russian President Putin is waging against the people of Ukraine is unacceptable whichever way you look at it. Thousands of civilians, including innocent...

Bad weather

Monday, 2 May 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

How prepared is the Maltese economy for the bad weather that could arise? It is a question that should often be made, without this being taken to necessarily signal that we are descending towards...

Message control

Sunday, 1 May 2022, 10:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

“This victory is one to remember, we had the biggest range of opponents to overpower - the opposition at home, the bureaucrats in Brussels, the international media and even the Ukrainian...

Chernobyl revisited

Sunday, 1 May 2022, 09:13 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Chernobyl in Ukraine on 26 April 1986, 36 years ago, was the site of a major nuclear disaster. All that came to mind once more when the Russian and Byelorussian forces invaded Ukrainian territory over...

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