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Middle East: Iraq producing unusual dynamic

Monday, 30 June 2014, 07:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        The Obama administration has found itself in a foreign policy and national security pickle of rare complexity with the apparent entry of Syria into the Iraq...

Ruminations on the eve of a festa

Monday, 30 June 2014, 07:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Marlene Farrugia

        When I sit down to write something, the same thing invariably happens.  My mind shuts down stubbornly, refuses to think what I need it to think, starts...

Flamenco dance and percussion at Alegria de Baile Flamenco

Monday, 30 June 2014, 00:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Flamenco, renowned for its heated passion and vibrant beats will be living up to its reputation with a workshop by Puerto Flamenco between 30 June and 11 July.   Puerto Flamenco, consisting...

The invisible people

Sunday, 29 June 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

Politically, it is an all-important cohort: always there, never in decline and if anything, on the increase. But I don’t want to talk politics today (who would, in this heat?)   These...

Some of us don’t get to choose

Sunday, 29 June 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Alison Bezzina

As most readers already know, my brother has an intellectual disability which, among other things, affects his short-term memory. But whilst he forgets where he has put his shoes, he never forgets...

Received, compensation not donations

Sunday, 29 June 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

        Earlier this year there was a stage production of the rock opera Gensna, to mark the 35th anniversary of the day Britain refused Mintoff’s pleas to renew...

Gilbert Calleja exhibits his works at Moya in Vienna

Sunday, 29 June 2014, 09:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malta participated in the VII Moya – Museum of Young Art Annuale 2014 which was held in the Palais Schonborn under the patronage of the mayor of Vienna Dr Michael Haupl and H.E. Mr Keith...

400th anniversary of the last Corsair attack

Sunday, 29 June 2014, 09:34 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

On Sunday, 6 July 1614 a fleet of 60 Ottoman galleys approached Saint Thomas Bay and landed a horde of corsairs who proceeded to attack Żejtun. The Old Parish Church of Saint Catherine, now known as...

Wirt iż-Żejtun National Symposium: The Turkish Raid 1614

Sunday, 29 June 2014, 09:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

On Saturday 5 July 2014, between 08:30 and 13:30, Wirt iż-Żejtun will be holding its second national symposium which will mark the 400th year anniversary from the Turkish raid that took place on the...

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