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Blame Trump for the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Sunday, 13 March 2022, 07:05 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

In 2004 and again in 2014 the people of Ukraine rose up in protest against the corruption in the country which rendered elections futile and which returned time and again Russian stooges. These...

Sannat’s oligarch

Saturday, 12 March 2022, 06:48 Last update: about 5 years ago Rachel Borg

A business leader can be considered an oligarch if the following conditions are satisfied: uses monopolistic tactics to dominate an industry; possesses sufficient political power to promote their own...

Together for a beautiful future

Friday, 11 March 2022, 08:58 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

We all want to have a more beautiful country and enjoy a better quality of life, with better opportunities for everyone.  The 26 March General Election is a clear choice between the future and...

Territorial control

Thursday, 10 March 2022, 07:58 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Following the lies and misinformation which the Russian government kept publishing as of when it invaded the Ukraine, one can only conclude that Russia’s war aim is to annex the country and...

The Maltese family in the world

Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 09:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Evarist Bartolo

More than three quarters of us who live on these islands have relatives who live abroad. We might be a small country in size, but we have a big family spread all over the world.  Maltese and...

The consequences of war

Monday, 7 March 2022, 07:56 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Beyond the deaths and destruction that the Ukraine is being subjected to, thanks to the endeavours of Russian President Putin, the war will have other profound, longterm consequences....

Malta’s fatal attraction

Sunday, 6 March 2022, 10:19 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination turned a nobody into a somebody. Robert Abela emerged the unexpected winner of a deviously distorted leadership race. The journalist’s brutal murder...

The politics of the broom

Sunday, 6 March 2022, 08:17 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

ADPD – The Green Party has selected the broom as its political symbol for the 26 March elections. The broom is a tool which assists us in achieving cleanliness. It is the street sweeper’s...

An Aleppo, Grozny, Misrata future for Kyiv

Sunday, 6 March 2022, 07:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

Like many others, I have become totally engrossed with the implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. One week after the invasion we have seen nothing yet. The future for Kyiv and the other...

Apocalypse

Saturday, 5 March 2022, 07:01 Last update: about 5 years ago Rachel Borg

After the pandemic comes the war.  This is not at all the means by which we would have liked to get Covid off the airwaves and print and out of our daily lives.  Yet, hardly any mention is...

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