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Eurovision voting statistical analysis unveils hidden patterns

Sunday, 4 May 2014, 17:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

As Malta readies itself for next week’s annual musical fête known as the Eurovision Song Contest, talk will inevitably lead to voting partiality, neighbourly love and Malta’s slim...

President urges solidarity with the elderly

Sunday, 4 May 2014, 14:59 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

An initiative launched by President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca at the opening of the “festa” season aims to encourage people to show solidarity with the elderly: including by keeping them...

Can you film the police?

Sunday, 4 May 2014, 13:10 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Last month, police officers told BirdLife Malta’s communications officer Rupert Masefield that he was being arrested “for filming us”, only to release him without charge hours...

News and the digital revolution

Sunday, 4 May 2014, 12:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Is social media killing journalism? Social media presents a challenge but also an opportunity to the traditional form of journalism. It provides rivalry in a way, because it gives the news consumer an...

Maltese adventurer takes a step closer to Mars

Sunday, 4 May 2014, 11:33 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Maltese traveller extraordinaire Stephen Fenech this week moved a step closer to his aspiration of becoming one of the world’s first settlers on Mars. After having been shortlisted from the...

PL MEP says Juncker was the brain behind EU austerity

Sunday, 4 May 2014, 11:11 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

PL MEP and EP candidate Joseph Cuschieri has launched a strong tirade against Jean Claude Juncker – the EPP’s candidate for President of the European Commission and one of the leading...

Malta’s child death rate the worst in Western Europe

Sunday, 4 May 2014, 10:47 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Malta has one of the highest death rates in Western Europe among children under the age of five, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in Seattle, whose report was...

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