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From Malta with love: A roundup of this week's news

Sunday, 28 May 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Alice Taylor

Well hello there: this is your favourite interfering foreigner back with her unwanted opinions. This week I found it difficult to concentrate on just one particular story as the newspapers have, quite...

Flogging a dead horse

Saturday, 27 May 2017, 12:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

What began 4 years ago with an analysis into the 36,000 loss suffered by the Partit Nazzjonalista has evolved and swung over onto the other side.  People and organisations are speaking out in...

Crystal clear choice

Friday, 26 May 2017, 12:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Mizzi

There has never been a more obvious choice than we have in this general election. Not only is it crystal-clear, but it is also in itself an invitation to the people to take what they have achieved in...

Konrad Mizzi was one of the reasons I voted PL

Friday, 26 May 2017, 12:10 Last update: about 10 years ago Salvu Mallia

Konrad Mizzi had impressed so much in the run-up to the 2013 election that he became one of the reasons why I voted for the Labour Party, Salvu Mallia says today. In his vlog, the PN candidate...

On the campaign trail (2)

Friday, 26 May 2017, 10:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

As we face the last few days of this campaign, I am taking the time to meet people who are refusing to vote or are still undecided. Their main argument is that PN hurt them during its time in...

The Spy Who Fried Me

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 10:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I don’t think Joseph Muscat, and whoever it was with whom he planted that question among the press corps yesterday morning, expected the result they got. They clearly expected lots of oohs, ahs...

Momentum

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 07:43 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

We are at the point in the election process when the respective campaigns have reached their maximum cruising velocity. It is difficult to accelerate to a spectacularly higher speed – always...

Dan u San and some other chit-chat

Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 08:03 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

These are some reflections linked to the election campaign we are currently immersed in. Mass Meetings.  Before every election we predict that Mass Meetings will not appeal to the crowds...

Time is running out

Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 07:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

Choices are not always easy, and decisions which impact on our future need a thorough evaluation.  Some decisions may be based on diverse perspectives and assessments.  Others may be based...

Mediterranean

Monday, 22 May 2017, 07:37 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

I could be wrong, but it seems as if there has been a downgrade in the importance that we used to give to the Mediterranean region  and the need for a special policy in its favour. True, on...

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