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Paris COP 21: the last chance?

Sunday, 29 November 2015, 10:39 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Next week’s Paris Climate Change meeting is the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) relative to the UN Framework on Climate Change, a framework treaty signed in Rio de Janeiro at the 1992 Rio...

A pacifist at war with himself

Sunday, 29 November 2015, 10:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Charles Flores

I wonder if it is also happening to many others, but I have, in recent weeks, found myself applauding Vladimir Putin for stealing a march on the rest of the world by going full blast against the...

No style but "Simply The Best"

Friday, 13 November 2015, 09:24 Last update: about 12 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Sitting in parliament on Tuesday I could feel the moment demanded gravitas. I would say all went well. Almost. This was, after all, a historic event. The House was being addressed by the...

Tales of the trough

Sunday, 25 October 2015, 10:44 Last update: about 12 years ago Noel Grima

I bet that you will not find anything similar to what passes for political narrative in Malta. In all the other countries I can think of, political discussion goes on, as it does here, without...

The Maltingliz conundrum

Sunday, 25 October 2015, 10:34 Last update: about 12 years ago Charles Flores

As my regular readers will vouch, I have always been a firm believer in the bilingual aptitude of the vast majority of Maltese. There is absolutely nothing new in it, however. For centuries under the...

Our waste has good value

Sunday, 25 October 2015, 10:32 Last update: about 12 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Our waste can be put to good use, which is why we are encouraged to separate and recycle what we would otherwise throw away. Our waste contains plenty of useful resources that can be recovered and...

Anchors aweigh

Saturday, 24 October 2015, 08:32 Last update: about 12 years ago Rachel Borg

Watching and listening to Simon Busuttil speaking in Parliament on Monday on the Budget restored our mind and emotions to a level place, from where we may regain a sense of trust and order.  Too...

Disability: Walking the talk!

Friday, 23 October 2015, 08:57 Last update: about 12 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I have been following the disability sector closely for years on end now.  Apart from my academic interest, over these last 30 years  I have done it all; from Care Work to driving...

Stoning the opponent

Friday, 23 October 2015, 08:54 Last update: about 12 years ago Simon Mercieca

The MUT President, Kevin Bonello, resorted to the MUT’s official Facebook page to launch an attack on those who are disagreeing with the distribution of books about gay and lesbian sexuality in...

Down the halal rabbit-hole

Thursday, 22 October 2015, 10:52 Last update: about 12 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

There are times when I think I’ve fallen down the rabbit-hole, and this is one of them. Labour MP Joe Farrugia – believe me when I say that I had never heard of him before now – said...

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