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Removing the stain

Monday, 16 January 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Members of the group of socialists and democrats in the European Parliament face the problem of how they’re going to remove the stain which they have had to carry as a result of the Qatar...

A defective anti-deadlock mechanism for the Standards Commissioner

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 09:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Aquilina

By means of Bill No. 34 of 27 December 2022, the Standards in Public Life (Amendment) Act, 2022, government is proposing to the House of Representatives the addition of an anti-deadlock mechanism to...

New year, new routines

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 09:45 Last update: about 5 years ago Mary Muscat

The beginning of January saw the change in the household litter collection system and a new police uniform. It takes some significant adjustment to alter such the public’s staple images and...

How voters elect serial fabricators

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 08:49 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

We half expect politicians to lie but we don’t expect them to lie about everything.  We don’t expect them to invent their entire lives. Maybe we should. Because George Santos, a newly...

To Labourites

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 08:47 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Who doesn’t remember Joseph Muscat and his Amazing Rainbow-Colour Dreamcoat? It was more or less ten years ago when the Burmarrad Wonderboy mesmerised the nation.  He promised a Brave New...

A nuclear reactor in Sicily?

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 07:51 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

During the recent 2022 electoral campaign, the issue of nuclear energy in neighbouring Italy has resurfaced in the political debate. Matteo Salvini, currently Minister for the Infrastructure and...

Creativity could yet save us

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 06:50 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

It’s still a quarter to six and it’s still dark. But at the airport four planes are getting ready to take off to various destinations. And all these planes are Ryanair. This is a...

MICAS

Friday, 13 January 2023, 08:37 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

This week, together with my friend the Parliamentary Secretary Chris Bonnet, we visited the ongoing works at Malta International Contemporary Arts Space (MICAS) in Floriana.  This...

Environmental reforms

Thursday, 12 January 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

In theory, we all are in favour of reforms that seek to protect the environment. Which is as it should be. When it comes to the nuts and bolts of laws and regulations that should be in place to...

On a plane doomed to crash?

Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 08:41 Last update: about 5 years ago Evarist Bartolo

    Ladies and gentlemen, we're experiencing some turbulence. Please return to your seats and fasten your seat belts". As passengers on a plane that is shaking we are ready to...

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