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Big Brother’s little ways

Friday, 22 August 2014, 07:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

        Four months ago, the Opposition presented a motion in Parliament to try and stop the Minister of Education from arrogating the power to access any information he...

IT: A nation addicted to gadgets

Friday, 22 August 2014, 07:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        Malta has always been known to be a country where everyone heads down to the beach at every possible opportunity in the summer.   We are a social people...

IS True barbarism rears its ugly head

Thursday, 21 August 2014, 08:19 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        The world woke up to a gruesome sophisticated video message yesterday as the Islamic State posted the beheading of a 40-year-old freelance US journalist...

More than just a talking shop

Thursday, 21 August 2014, 07:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Meusac

When MEUSAC was first set up in 1999, it served as a focal point that gave the social partners and civil society an opportunity to mould Malta’s position in various aspects of the acquis, that...

ISIS is an enemy of Islam

Thursday, 21 August 2014, 07:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is not Islamic at all because its militants are committing massacres and atrocities against innocent Muslims and...

Turning 40: get ready for some excitement!

Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 09:39 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

40 is the old age of youth; 50 is the youth of old age. So says a French proverb, albeit in French. Having strolled past both landmarks I can see what they mean.   I remember my 40th well....

A golden ticket to the Maracanã

Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 09:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Just over five weeks ago, most of us were watching the World Cup matches on big screens in one of the World Cup Villages around the Island, at the comfort of one’s home, or in bars. Meanwhile,...

To protest is to be institutionalised

Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 07:50 Last update: about 13 years ago Austin Sammut

        What impressed me most among news items over the last days was the incident (or supposedly non-incident) of the gentleman who has had enough of the crumbling MEPA...

Court: Gozo’s omerta still felt

Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 07:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        It is local lore. If a Maltese goes to Gozo and asks for direction, or how to find a person, the community will rarely help. They become suspicious and either...

A two-weekend theatre bonanza

Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 14:20 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Theatre and drama lovers are in for a real treat. The last two weekends of August will be seeing the first edition of the Malta International Theatre Festival organized by the Malta Drama Centre in...

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