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The key issue

Saturday, 15 July 2017, 09:29 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

The crucial vote has come and gone but the real battle still lies ahead for the Nationalist Party.  It has come out bruised and flustered and in serious need of a reformation before it scatters...

The perversion of democracy

Friday, 14 July 2017, 15:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Salvu Mallia

In his vlog, Salvu Mallia spoke about the "perversion of democracy" and spoke of the lack of the national interest. He also speaks about the PN's situation following the election....

Notebook

Thursday, 13 July 2017, 10:12 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

So same-sex marriage is now possible in Malta – not that it wasn’t before, given that civil unions were marriage by another name. But now I suppose the government has plucked up the...

Cleansing

Thursday, 13 July 2017, 07:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Among the challenges – let’s not call them problems – that strong economic growth brings with it, features public cleansing. Waste is increasing at a rate which might be greater than...

‘You are ridiculous’

Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 09:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

“You are ridiculous” and “friends are there to sometimes tell you uncomfortable truths” - both are bold statements made by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European...

David Agius’s mental gymnastics

Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 08:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

David was always into sport – primarily basketball, if I remember correctly. He has, however, now dedicated considerable time to the practice of mental gymnastics. In Attard, in the area...

Immigration

Monday, 10 July 2017, 07:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

For some time immigration had departed centre stage but this summer it came back with a vengeance as a main problem... or better, crisis. About it there still persists a profound disagreement among EU...

Europe must learn from the US

Sunday, 5 October 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Alfred Mifsud

Europe has again defeated the US in the Ryder Cup. Where golf is concerned, there is nothing we need to learn from the US. But in the handling of the economic crisis, there is much that Europe needs...

When in Rome

Saturday, 4 October 2014, 11:31 Last update: about 13 years ago Rachel Borg

After a couple of no shows, our President, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca has made it to the Vatican.  With Michelle and Joseph launching their platforms at the UN in New York there was perfect...

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