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It-Torca

Monday, 12 December 2016, 10:16 Last update: about 11 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Qed noqorbu lejn tmiem ta' sena oħra. Inħarsu 'l quddiem u nippjanaw, iżda rridu u ma rridux inħarsu wkoll lura, ninnotaw u ngħidu bejna u bejn ruhna. Qed...

Transhipment

Monday, 12 December 2016, 08:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

Now is the time to compile an overall strategy for transhipment as a viable economic activity for Malta. We need to reflect more about it. Yet, since the days of Lord Strickland, practically all...

Copyright reform: why, how and for whom?

Monday, 12 December 2016, 07:59 Last update: about 11 years ago Therese Comodini Cachia

Say 'copyright' and often citizens immediately think of how they are unable to access or share music, films, images and news and of the several times when they are faced with messages saying a...

The return of family politics (2)

Monday, 12 December 2016, 07:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Despite the onslaught by academics and politicians to make us believe that the traditional family is no more, traditional values are actually making a comeback. For a long period, France has been in...

The government chooses another target

Sunday, 11 December 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Locked in the throes of its own colossal troubles, with the Prime Minister shrinking by the day and now not even bothering to shave before important meetings, with his chief of staff permanently out...

Evarist trusts you

Sunday, 11 December 2016, 10:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The probe into the corruption allegations at the Foundation for Tomorrow's Schools is a very serious matter. Reports in the press indicate that the invoices, issued for the construction work carried...

Pantomime time

Saturday, 10 December 2016, 08:27 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Performance after performance, recital after recital and we come to that time of the year when the pantomime takes centre stage.  Out comes the Dame and her fancy costumes producing all sorts of...

Vlog: We risk losing the Maltese language - Salvu Mallia

Friday, 9 December 2016, 10:11 Last update: about 11 years ago Salvu Mallia

The way things are going we are risking losing the Maltese language, Salvu Mallia says in his vlog today. He says that we are not giving importance to the language, which is part of the...

Another rabbit out of Chris Fearne’s hat

Friday, 9 December 2016, 08:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

With all the scandals sprouting out on a daily basis, many people are beginning to seriously wonder if we will ever know the truth about our government's doings. Even the most avid follower of local...

Sometimes, it’s worth the bother

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 14:39 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I felt greatly honoured the night before last to be named one of Politico's 28 individuals who are "shaping, shaking and stirring Europe". I had thought that the "28" was a reference to the member...

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