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Editorial: A few prospects for 2017

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 09:30 Last update: about 11 years ago

With the scandal-ridden 2016 now safely behind us, the country can now look forward to a new year with a fresh perspective although there is no doubt that many of the conundrums and calamities that...

A resolution for more solidarity

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 09:25 Last update: about 11 years ago

"Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good", is an old Italian saying - later adopted by Voltaire - that explains why some people never even begin an important job because they fear perfection is...

Mission Fund’s New Year’s Day message

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 09:24 Last update: about 11 years ago

It has been a jolly season here at Mission Fund so far. We look forward to the New Year with new exciting prospects and live in the hope to be able to be more successful, to reach out to more people....

Looking at 2016, welcoming 2017

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 08:42 Last update: about 11 years ago Anton Refalo

At this time of the year, it is difficult not to stop and think about the events that took place over the past months. We ended last year with the attacks on Paris. Events that left many of us with an...

2017: an epitaph for sea urchins

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 08:40 Last update: about 11 years ago George M Mangion

A lot of angst has been showered on the publication of a master plan drawn up by consultants to MEPA for the redevelopment of Paceville and its environs. This was carried out by foreign consultants...

2017 – A new beginning?

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 08:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Mangion

Twenty-Sixteen is now history. The Maltese will remember 2016 for loathsome political reasons. During 2016, the Maltese continued witnessing the biggest deceit in Maltese political history. Those who...

The under-investigated ‘High Place’ in Gozo

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 08:37 Last update: about 11 years ago

At the Ta' Cenc and Is-Sanap heights in south Gozo, the Jesuit archaeologist Fr Emmanuel Magri drew the attention of Bavarian Dr Albert Mayr to the "High Place" in 1897-8, mentioned as having been...

Open letter to Prime Minister Dr Joseph Muscat

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 08:35 Last update: about 11 years ago

The European Union is at a crossroads. We, the National Youth Council of Malta, and the European Youth Forum, believe that the only direction to take is the one where young people are included in its...

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