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Anxiety

Monday, 24 October 2022, 07:05 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

In a number of European countries, feelings of anxiety have spread at the state of affairs in the economy, political developments, indeed defence and security. Clearly, Putin’s war has given...

Labour’s soul has spoken

Sunday, 23 October 2022, 09:54 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

The Labour Party has been taken to the cleaners. It faced a frenzied attack of damning accusations. Who was behind this public assault on Labour? “How did Malta finish in this shambles we...

Young, uniformed and racist

Sunday, 23 October 2022, 09:45 Last update: about 5 years ago Mary Muscat

When BBC journalist Mark Daly joined the Greater Manchester Police as an undercover recruit in 2003, he helped uncover racism within policing that the Macpherson Inquiry four years earlier had exposed...

Tribe v. Ideas

Sunday, 23 October 2022, 08:57 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

I’m not sure one can call Manwel Cuschieri an anchorman, since, as far as I can remember, he has always been a one-man show. He’s no longer a One-man show, though, as One Radio decided to...

Greenwashing by ERA

Sunday, 23 October 2022, 08:50 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has published a draft National Strategy for the Environment for public consultation. The proposed strategy is not specific but generic in nature. It lists...

The travails of two women PMs

Sunday, 23 October 2022, 07:53 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

Well, that’s not entirely correct. One is no longer a prime minister and the other at this precise moment (11.15am on Friday) is not yet a prime minister. This week at least internationally...

Free nations

Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

“The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.” “[But then] without...

Voluntary organisations

Thursday, 20 October 2022, 07:56 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

There are few, if at all, good estimates of the overall contribution made by voluntary organisations to the life of our community. An obvious reason why is the wide sweep of activities covered by the...

Budgetary Season in a southern European island state

Thursday, 20 October 2022, 07:33 Last update: about 5 years ago Michael Briguglio

Malta’s budgetary season comes within a context of plural crises around the world. Impacts and repercussions of Covid-19, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the climate emergency, amongst others, are...

Public inquiry recommendations: Still a long way to go

Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 07:48 Last update: about 5 years ago Evarist Bartolo

Enough time has passed to take stock of what has been implemented in the last 16 months since the publication of the recommendations on the media by the Public Inquiry into the assassination of Daphne...

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