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Challenging times

Saturday, 1 April 2017, 09:13 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

As the UK prepares to exit the European Union and take with it significant influence on its trade and industry, financial contributions, cultural and historical ties, we are forced to turn our...

The bad side of the internet

Friday, 31 March 2017, 11:29 Last update: about 9 years ago Miriam Dalli

In a week which was dominated by a video showing a Maltese man and a woman engaged in a sexual act – and which was shared on the social media – Labour MEP Miriam Dalli chose to dedicate...

Why I voted Labour in 2013

Friday, 31 March 2017, 11:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Salvu Mallia

Nationalist Party candidate Salvu Mallia today explains what led him to vote Labour in 2013, but how it was soon evident that the Labour Party did not intend to live up to its pre-electoral...

A natural hub, a natural choice

Friday, 31 March 2017, 07:42 Last update: about 9 years ago Marlene Mizzi

The Maltese Government’s decision to offer a specially-built, state-of-the-art facility for the European Medicines Agency to relocate to Malta from the United Kingdom after Brexit makes complete...

All in the numbers

Friday, 31 March 2017, 07:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The recent NSO report for 2016, which is based on statistics collected in 2015, shows some very interesting trends in the formation of our society. There is a marginal (natural) increase in...

Age: 60

Thursday, 30 March 2017, 08:03 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

Not so long ago, sixty was considered to be the pensionable age. However for the sixtieth anniversary of the EU, the discussion did not focus on how to ensure that the Union would enjoy the restful...

Keep it clean

Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

Media guru Andrew Azzopardi has every reason to lament the current deterioration in the standard of political debate on both radio and television. At a time when the country is fast moving towards a...

The village priest – his prayer was the people he engaged with

Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 08:12 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

A couple of days ago this lovely gentleman who happens to be the Uncle of my wife (from her father’s side) passed away. It is now an accepted fact that when people pass on we go on a tirade of...

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