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The failed coalition: a chronology

Tuesday, 2 May 2017, 08:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Arnold Cassola

Yesterday the PN closed the door to an electoral coalition with Alternattiva Demokratika with the aim of trying to defeat a government dominated by political delinquents of the calibre of Konrad...

It’s mayday … in more ways than one

Tuesday, 2 May 2017, 07:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Gejtu Vella

This is not the time to put thepolitical blinkers on. Nor is it the time to get tribal orparochial. This is no party time.  The national interest and the common good are by far greater than the...

PL’s initiatives for workers

Monday, 1 May 2017, 07:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Miriam Dalli

On May Day, Labour MP Miriam Dalli speaks about the measures taken by the Labour government in the last four years to improve workers’ conditions. She mentions the struggle against...

May Day

Monday, 1 May 2017, 07:08 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

Over the years, the significance of May Day has greatly declined. As the middle classes grew in numbers, the belief also spread that nobody is a worker and everybody is one. This undermined the sense...

Is the election round the corner?

Monday, 1 May 2017, 07:05 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

The Malta Independent’s editorial on Sunday, 15 April was about the possibility of an early snap election in July. This opinion started to be aired by various political commentators and became a...

Signs of an election season

Sunday, 30 April 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

We can see signs of an impending election all around us.  The other day I saw candidates going round on house visits, groups of men walking purposefully together, while all around us we can hear...

Reflecting political diversity

Sunday, 30 April 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

On Friday afternoon, delegations from Alternattiva Demokratika and Partit Nazzjonalista met to discuss whether – and if so to what extent – it would be possible to forge a pre-electoral...

After nine years, justice prevails

Sunday, 30 April 2017, 10:05 Last update: about 9 years ago Alice Taylor

For those who follow my articles, you may recall one from two months ago that told the story of a Dutch citizen who has spent the last nine years of his life on bail in Malta, under the charge of...

The walls of Jericho

Saturday, 29 April 2017, 08:21 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

Dr Simon Busuttil has gone to the crux of the matter in calling for not just the resignation of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, but in declaring above all that he is not fit for public office and should...

Type in love, type out hate - the message

Friday, 28 April 2017, 16:34 Last update: about 9 years ago Marlene Mizzi

The whole world is still desperately trying to come to terms with the vast and dangerous challenges that continue to ricochet off the World Wide Web, creating an array of social and personal dilemmas...

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