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Banning the burqa and niqab

Sunday, 19 July 2015, 09:01 Last update: about 12 years ago

My compliments to your columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia on her piece entitled "Malta is a free country. So ban the burqa/niqab" (TMIS, 12 July) While presenting very cogent reasons why this...

Council for the Maltese Language

Sunday, 19 July 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

The Akkademja tal-Malti disagrees with Henry Frendo's arguments published last Sunday. When the Council for the Maltese Language was set up in 2005, the orthography became its responsibility. The...

The future of the Maltese language

Sunday, 19 July 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

I refer to Prof. Henry Frendo's letter entitled "Maltese language: what future?" (TMIS, 12th July). The work carried out by the National Council for the Maltese Language has been of enormous...

Saint Benedict, a life guide to modern Europe

Sunday, 19 July 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

Last week, the Church commemorated the feast of one of Europe's patron saints. It was Blessed Pope Paul VI, who, in his apostolic letter Pacis Nuntius, proclaimed Saint Benedict the patron...

Heat stress: The heat is on

Saturday, 18 July 2015, 07:59 Last update: about 12 years ago

As the mercury began to inch up into the middle thirties yesterday, it became very apparent that tempers in general are beginning to fray on this sun drenched island of ours. Aside from the...

Environment: Leave Fomm ir-Rih well alone

Friday, 17 July 2015, 08:18 Last update: about 12 years ago

The truth is that Malta is a holiday island. We have moved with the times and we have created beaches out of nothing, most notably in Bugibba, St George’s Bay and to a lesser extent Pretty...

Huawei to go: Malta, 5G and the internet of things

Thursday, 16 July 2015, 09:03 Last update: about 12 years ago

Despite the fact that the initial capital outlay that telecommunications giant Huawei is investing in its Malta outfit is rather minimal considering the fact that the company invested a whopping US$5...

EU: Grexit avoided... for now

Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 08:16 Last update: about 12 years ago

The marathon summit that took place between Sunday and yesterday was the longest in the EU’s recorded history....

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