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€11 million down the drain

Monday, 2 November 2015, 07:54 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

Last week it became known that Malta had lost €11 million in European Union funds after reservations were expressed by the European Court of Auditors following irregularities in the awarding of...

Deciding not to decide: the primacy of conscience

Sunday, 1 November 2015, 09:15 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

On the one hand, we get repeated reports in the international media of conflicts between progressives and conservatives, with the latter acting as a brake on the Pope. On the other hand, the...

Lucky Dip

Saturday, 31 October 2015, 09:11 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

The whole approach by Brussels to tackle the migrant crises is full of contradictions and lacking coordination, direction, confidence and fails to take stock of the disregard for compliance by those...

A scandal a day keeps democracy away

Friday, 30 October 2015, 09:09 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

It is fascinating how things you've watched or heard as a child enter your head and seemingly disappear, only to appear later in life at moments when you least expect it. Take advertising, for...

When there is nowhere to turn to

Thursday, 29 October 2015, 09:06 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I am following with interest the trial for perjury of Lisa May Camilleri, but most particularly the testimony against her of her daughter Leanne, 21. Under Maltese law, people cannot be obliged...

The right to happiness

Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 09:03 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I believe that people are constantly searching for happiness. Whatever they do, whether it's the relationships they try to develop, whether it's the friendships they initiate, career choices they...

Honest Counsel

Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Gejtu Vella

Last Monday, the Leader of the Opposition - and the Prime Minister on the following day - attracted large audiences. Many have followed from the comfort of their homes the speeches in the...

CHOGM? Yippee... another holiday

Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 07:51 Last update: about 12 years ago Stephen Calleja

I just wonder how many school days would be deducted in Brussels if the Belgian government decided to close schools each time something important is happening there. With all the summits, conferences...

Tales of the trough

Sunday, 25 October 2015, 10:44 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

I bet that you will not find anything similar to what passes for political narrative in Malta. In all the other countries I can think of, political discussion goes on, as it does here, without...

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