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Blue Gozo

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 08:32 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Cassar

Maltatoday's recent poll delivered a knockout blow. Gozo's electorate has swung decidedly against Labour by a massive 15.3% since the last general election in 2022. That huge shift should really worry...

Celebrating all women, on women’s day

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 08:31 Last update: about 2 years ago Julie Zahra

Yesterday we celebrated International Women's Day, a day when we all slow down to reflect on the journey of women across the globe and understand whether the great strides we have made forward...

Gozo’s public sector: A payroll for votes, not progress

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 08:30 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Since 2013, the government has turned public sector employment in Gozo into a political tool rather than an economic necessity. Instead of supporting private businesses and fostering growth,...

Give peace a chance

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 08:26 Last update: about 2 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The EU's €800 billion plan to increase defence spending under consideration by the European Council this weekend is a sign of the times. Undesirable in principle, but inevitable in view of the...

Man, I feel like a woman

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 07:42 Last update: about 2 years ago Valerie Visanich

What does it mean to be and feel like a woman today? For me, it as a constant oscillation between empowerment and struggle. I am not speaking about the biological classification of what is defined as...

Trade unions in transition

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 07:40 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

Currently, we have no fewer than 59 duly registered trade unions and associations. The world of work is undergoing a period of transformation, and trade unions are responding to workers' needs and...

Where is the PN?

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 07:34 Last update: about 2 years ago Victor Calleja

Look hard enough and you might find out where PN is and where it is headed. Simon Busuttil, one of the former leaders of the PN had emphatically stated that, under Labour, the country would go...

Standing up to the new Nero

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 07:30 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

In just one day, Donald Trump: pulled out US support of a free Ukraine, threatened a world-wide trade war and made the longest State of the Union address to both houses of the US Congress, one that...

With weapons in hand, we cannot make peace

Friday, 7 March 2025, 08:23 Last update: about 2 years ago Owen Bonnici

As I write, EU leaders are preparing for an important Summit in Brussels. On its agenda, the war in Ukraine, the developments following the diplomatic incident between President Trump and President...

Digital controls

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

In the speech US vice President J D Vance gave to the "security" conference held some time ago in Munich, he said that the controls Europeans are seeking to apply to digital discourse over the...

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