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The hidden gem

Monday, 4 April 2016, 16:36 Last update: about 12 years ago

On 21 December 2015, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, Prior General of the Carmelite Order, sent a letter to all the communities worldwide in which he stated that on 2 April 2016 we will celebrate...

Grand Orchestral Closing Concert next Saturday

Monday, 4 April 2016, 16:34 Last update: about 12 years ago

This 10th anniversary edition of the International Spring Orchestra Festival will bring the final curtain down after its Closing Concert on Saturday April 9 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre. The...

Contemporary art education

Monday, 4 April 2016, 16:32 Last update: about 12 years ago

Nikki Petroni   When the Bauhaus was founded in Germany in 1919 exactly in the middle of the 1918-19 German Revolution, it instituted a revolution in the arts and crafts which...

Silencing the Opposition

Sunday, 3 April 2016, 10:11 Last update: about 12 years ago Clyde Puli

As his mesmerising powers fade and the illusion he created crumbles, Joseph Muscat is shedding his liberal skin and resorting to strategies of suppressing freedom of expression. As if it is not enough...

Surrogacy, an affront to female and human dignity

Sunday, 3 April 2016, 09:57 Last update: about 12 years ago Michael Asciak

A disgrace to the rights of all women to be induced to be used as bearing slaves and a negation of the rights of many children conceived through surrogacy to be brought up by their genetic parents....

Westminster and Malta

Sunday, 3 April 2016, 09:55 Last update: about 12 years ago

The British have historically held the view that government should not be just about formal systems of government enshrined in a rigidly written constitution but should be much more about the people...

The irresistible charm of progress

Sunday, 3 April 2016, 09:47 Last update: about 12 years ago Anton Refalo

This administration has been in office for three years – or almost 1,100 days. We started with a vision, that of making Gozo a prized contributor to our national well-being. But let’s not...

A freedom that means a fair society

Sunday, 3 April 2016, 09:42 Last update: about 12 years ago Justyne Caruana

This week’s celebrations of Freedom Day brought memories of my first public speech 16 years ago. It was a great honour to address such a huge multitude of people, many of whom still recalled the...

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