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It can’t be much fun to be young and British today

Sunday, 26 June 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Even before the results of the Brexit vote had been properly analysed, it was clear that the decision had been taken by older people. But the time the analysis was complete, we knew that 73 per cent...

The English have decided, now the others must

Sunday, 26 June 2016, 10:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

To hear some commentators, one would think the end of the world is nigh. So many catastrophes had been talked about by the Remain group before the vote that the Remain section of the media (and they...

Wherefore the Maltese language?

Sunday, 26 June 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

For all the hype, tension and the dreaded presence of several cynics among the audience, last weekend’s important consultation meeting regarding the use of imported English words in the Maltese...

Tall buildings: the advice ignored by the Maltese authorities

Sunday, 26 June 2016, 10:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

“Tall buildings cannot be avoided in our times. The choice we have is whether to control them or whether to put up with their future growth.” These were the concluding comments of a report...

The untold truth

Saturday, 25 June 2016, 08:18 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

We have often remarked that grumbling about the Government is a national pastime in Malta.  Many cliques gather at their Sunday morning café to run through the week’s gossip and...

…And Brexit it is!

Saturday, 25 June 2016, 07:23 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

In my previous blog, I gave the reasons why the EU referendum should be of interest to demographic historians who, like me, are interested in politics. When I referred to these issues in my...

A venom best in Europe

Friday, 24 June 2016, 13:48 Last update: about 9 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

When the Opposition stood up in parliament to give tribute to the late British Labour MP Jo Cox, who was brutally killed last week, the Prime Minister felt he should reply with an appeal against hate...

Why appoint somebody bad when you could appoint somebody good?

Thursday, 23 June 2016, 10:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

One of the most shocking things about this government and its choices is the way it has deliberately chosen the wrong people for important positions and for those not so important. In the first two...

What about Spain?

Thursday, 23 June 2016, 07:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

As in recent weeks, we awaited the UK referendum on Brexit, we hardly gave so much attention to another development that is quite important in European terms – this Sunday’s elections in...

We need to gather around the fire

Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 08:33 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

If there is one observable fact that has particularly dominated the socio-political scene these last four years and in many ways contributed extensively to the rise and fall and vice-versa of...

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