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The predictable has hit the fan

Thursday, 15 February 2018, 10:28 Last update: about 10 years ago

The European Union's banking watchdog has opened a "preliminary inquiry" into the supervision of Pilatus Bank, the Times of Malta reported last week. Ta' Xbiex-based bank has been at...

The crucifix must stay

Thursday, 15 February 2018, 09:56 Last update: about 10 years ago

If someone were to try and snatch the crucifix from my wall, I would add a hundred more and ask him to remove himself from my home…and from these islands.  Fortunately no political...

Opinion: Going beyond the headlines of bitcoin - JP Fabri

Thursday, 15 February 2018, 09:18 Last update: about 10 years ago JP Fabri

Allow me to introduce you to Parisa Ahmadi, an Afghan girl who managed to buy a laptop thanks to bitcoin. Without bitcoin, this would have been impossible. In a patriarchal society like Afghanistan,...

Charlene Attard: Enjoying sports is a way of life

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 12:22 Last update: about 10 years ago

Athlete Charlene Attard, who represented Malta in the 2008 Olympic Games  and was the first Maltese female to run the 100 metres under 12 seconds, had her first taste of sports in gymnastics at...

My mother, my daughter - our art

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 12:20 Last update: about 10 years ago Marika Azzopardi

Visualise two women, mother and daughter, both artists of different genres, exhibiting their artworks together. Perhaps it is indicative of the fact that artistic traits run in families, or perhaps...

Stage of unique open air arena to be restored

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 12:18 Last update: about 10 years ago

The stage of a unique open-air arena tucked away in the premises of the Zabbar Band club, known as Tal-Grazzja, will be restored after the Planning Commission gave its consent for works to be carried...

Launch of the HotShot series by Quickfire and Face-it

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 12:17 Last update: about 10 years ago

Malta's leading esports provider Quickfire has partnered up with the global tournament platform Face-it to launch weekly gaming tournaments. The HotShot Series will be an ongoing competitive...

Tickets for Valletta 2018’s Icon Island now open

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 12:16 Last update: about 10 years ago

Tickets are now available for Valletta 2018's project Icon Island, a night of sounds and moving images from films that will be taking place at the Salesian Theatre in Sliema on 17 February at...

Remembering Pasternak: Poetry and Music

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 12:14 Last update: about 10 years ago

Upon its publication in Milan in 1957, Doctor Zhivago made Boris Leonidovich Pasternak a renowned name across Europe. Spanning across the Russian Revolution of 1905 as well as the early Soviet...

Maltese theatre’s weightiest countdown yet

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 12:12 Last update: about 10 years ago

Last week an all-star cast was announced for Raymond “Fight” Beck, the next production by the newly founded national theatre, Teatru Malta in association with Spazju Kreattiv, and Andre...

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