Italy, tremors and Brussels
Sunday, 30 October 2016, 10:19
Last update: about 11 years ago
Charles Flores
As I write this piece, there are more and more tremors being felt along central Italy, from Perugia downwards to the historical centre of Rome, in the aftermath of the overnight quakes that destroyed...
A pile of ash
Saturday, 29 October 2016, 10:16
Last update: about 11 years ago
Rachel Borg
When Joseph Muscat unveiled his Road Map on that screen some nearly four years ago full of pomposity, there was just a hollow idea on the board, a borrowed plan that failed to live up to its original...
The answer, my friends, is not blowing in the wind
Saturday, 29 October 2016, 09:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
Arnold Cassola
The Budget has come and gone, with most people and organizations judging it on how it hits them directly. As in most budgets, I would say that there are good measures, bad measures ...
Too much make-up
Friday, 28 October 2016, 15:39
Last update: about 11 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
The Joseph Muscat we saw on Tuesday in Parliament was not the Muscat we saw on Monday. The make-up was a bit overdone – too white, I thought. But that was just the start. When I walked into...
A government for the rich
Friday, 28 October 2016, 10:28
Last update: about 11 years ago
Salvu Mallia
In today’s Vlog, Salvu Mallia analysis the budget for 2017 presented by the government last week, saying that it is another confirmation that the government’s economic policies are...
Generational challenge
Friday, 28 October 2016, 07:53
Last update: about 11 years ago
Marlene Mizzi
As one of the founding principles of the European Union, the freedom of movement allowing EU citizens to move to, live in, and in certain circumstances access the welfare system of the EU country to...
'Get out of the way, moron'
Thursday, 27 October 2016, 10:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
It was the government’s misfortune (though not as bad as that of the five people who died) that French intelligence operations based out of Malta were revealed by a deus ex machina in the form...
Still central?
Thursday, 27 October 2016, 06:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
Alfred Sant
One feels that in a real sense, the government budget is no longer considered as central in the island’s political affairs. That was an objective set out by the Fenech Adami administration some...
The ‘Okella Agius’ Syndrome
Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 09:12
Last update: about 11 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
This is a Country that fascinates me for so many reasons (mostly good ones). That we have so much going on that is positive cannot be denied. Most citizens have a decent quality of life,...
30 years
Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 09:55
Last update: about 11 years ago
Stephen Calleja
30 years ago, still a teenager, I walked into a building in Valletta, sat behind a desk, and started a full-time career in journalism. To put you in context, it was October 1986, the month before...