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The three days that may change Europe

Sunday, 18 January 2015, 11:02 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

I am being very anti today, so I will not write about the latest invention to occupy our minds and discussions and get us to fall out and bicker among ourselves – the Spring hunting...

Protecting the birds, reclaiming the countryside

Sunday, 18 January 2015, 11:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The abolition of spring hunting will lead to the protection of birds when they most need it. All birds will be protected, not just the quail and turtle dove. Birds need our protection during the...

Here we go again

Sunday, 18 January 2015, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Charles Flores

There is this sneaking suspicion that we all love a controversy, more so if it happens to be an issue that provokes national debate. As a nation, we seem to thrive on such inexhaustible sources of...

Je suis Air Malta

Saturday, 17 January 2015, 08:39 Last update: about 13 years ago Rachel Borg

Our national airline, Air Malta, carries more than its fair share of cargo and passengers on board.  Inside its belly you will find not only crates and packages, but also politics, local economy,...

In defence of our blasphemy laws

Friday, 16 January 2015, 19:51 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Mercieca

My previous blog brought about different reactions to my argument that we, in Malta, should keep our blasphemy laws, as they are an integral element that safeguards our personal liberty. In the West,...

22 months

Friday, 16 January 2015, 08:20 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

Joseph Muscat has been in office as Prime Minister for 22 months. It is the same number of months that his mentor and predecessor Alfred Sant spent in total as head of government in what was the...

Two kinds of leader

Friday, 16 January 2015, 07:51 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

As we approach the two-year mark of this legislature, we are beginning to see clear differences emerge between Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil. Naturally, some differences have long been...

‘You are free to offend others but not to offend me’

Thursday, 15 January 2015, 08:20 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

A couple of people asked me why I wasn’t at the St Julian’s demonstration for Charlie Hebdo. The primary reason is that I was running a fever and unable to leave the house. But I...

Half-baked once again

Wednesday, 14 January 2015, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

A segment of our political class needs to get its act in order. Enough playing around.  We need to see them walk the talk and not tap-dance politics, especially when the issue at hand is so...

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