Roaming: At last a deal that matters to EU citizens
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 08:14
Last update: about 12 years ago
The European Union has been accused of alienating itself from the citizens of the bloc, preferring to concentrate on macro matters such as, of course, the potential of Greece exiting the...
Global warming and the Jesus factor
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 11:59
Last update: about 12 years ago
George M Mangion
The recent heat wave that hit Pakistan has claimed more than 700 lives. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case as we expect heat waves with more global warming as scientists tell us how climate...
Mosaic
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 11:08
Last update: about 12 years ago
Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci
The more we create a relationship with our artistic past, our capability to build a present which considers its own particular beauty will flourish profoundly, and thus we will be able to engender a...
Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt!
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 10:56
Last update: about 12 years ago
Ivan Grech can be said to have indeed been "there" and done "that", if one is referring to releasing hit music and performing to large, adoring crowds, as is the dream of most rock musicians. And when...
Environment: The annual pillaging of the coast begins
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 08:54
Last update: about 12 years ago
In Malta, we often talk about the things that we see when it comes to the environment and conservation of the local ecosystem. This is, of course, natural. We complain about protected birds being...
The Greek brinkmanship card
Monday, 29 June 2015, 07:40
Last update: about 12 years ago
We have been here already. In 2011, then-Prime Minister Papandreou, facing a poll defeat and without the courage to take the decisions needed to save the country from a huge deficit (brought...
Of fools and angels
Sunday, 28 June 2015, 14:30
Last update: about 12 years ago
Michael Asciak
Minister Owen Bonnici is on record as saying that the government is considering changing the IVF (actually Embryo Protection) Act in order to allow homosexual couples to have children. The current Act...
Marie Benoit's Diary: The Accademia does it again
Sunday, 28 June 2015, 10:57
Last update: about 12 years ago
The Accademia Italiana della Cucina held it's last gourmet dinner for this season at Ristorante Papannis in Strait Street, Valletta. The visit brought back memories which date back to the '60s...
Dynamics of the gun in Libya
Sunday, 28 June 2015, 10:45
Last update: about 12 years ago
Mohamed Mufti
For the last four years, the Libyans, who by all reasonable criteria are pleasant, decent and moderate folk, have suffered the deceits and vagaries of its political elite. The plundering of national...
Commitment is our real publicity
Sunday, 28 June 2015, 10:15
Last update: about 12 years ago
Justyne Caruana
Inaugurations are basically the middle step between the initial consultations, the necessary planning and the actual supply of services required – the line of action for any team managing an...