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Poverty: The numbers speak for themselves

Friday, 13 June 2014, 07:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        Percentages are often bandied about without really realising the full impact of the data that they are attempting to convey.   One such instance...

A grim fairytale

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

        There are some horrid fairytales we should never tell our children. Like the one that it’s a man’s world. It’s a horror story that we should...

Belgium explained

Thursday, 12 June 2014, 08:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Tarcisio Zammit

        On 25 May 2014, the Kingdom of Belgium held concurrently its European elections, its Federal elections, and its Regional elections. Voting is compulsory in...

World Cup: A welcome break and a feast all round

Thursday, 12 June 2014, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        As Malta was building up a head of steam in the European Parliament election, the excitement of the World Cup seemed to be put on the back burner.   But...

Sunday sermons

Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 08:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Austin Sammut

        Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, as decreed by the Lord. Yet for decades we have been submitted to political sermons by party leaders, disrupting our peace...

Earth Garden: Not taken in the right spirit at all

Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 08:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        The Earth Garden Festival was once again a tremendous success. Artisan markets, organic produce, music, live performers, camp-sites and...

Joseph, Mario & Don

Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 08:12 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

        From what I can deduce from various quarters, the dust has not as yet settled within the PN grouping following the MEPs’ election.  The World Cup will...

Digital privacy: Big Brother is well and truly with us

Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 08:11 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        Just over 65 years ago, a former journalist and Spanish civil war veteran published a book that was remarkably insightful.   Eric Arthur Blair wrote a...

Hope displaced

Monday, 9 June 2014, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Marlene Farrugia

        Our Mediterranean Sea is currently inundated with boatloads of hope seekers. More women are making the brave decision to run for it, snatch a...

Politics: No more Sunday Sermons?

Monday, 9 June 2014, 07:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        It will make the lives of media houses a lot more difficult if it were actually to happen, but if Prime Minister Joseph Muscat accepts the ‘deal’...

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