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Security: Boosting the AFM’s assets

Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 09:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

There is no doubt that things have changed, in terms of national security, over the past years. The threat of Islamic State proliferating on our doorstep is palpable. In the past, this publishing...

EU: What next for Greece?

Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 07:47 Last update: about 10 years ago

The result has come and gone. The Greek people, united in adversity, have voted no to the bailout conditions which were presented to the Tsipras government.  Banks are mostly shut, and people can...

Accepting the unacceptable

Sunday, 5 July 2015, 10:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Marie Benoît

It used to mystify me but it doesn’t anymore, as each day I come closer to understanding just a little more about human nature and the human condition. I am not going to refer to domestic...

The EU morality of money...

Sunday, 5 July 2015, 10:19 Last update: about 10 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

The EU ‘package’ Malta got was never going to live up to all the promises made. It was always a bad deal that worsened as we gave up more rights to the EU oligarchy until in reality we...

Guidelines are now legally binding standards

Sunday, 5 July 2015, 09:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Justyne Caruana

It is indeed an anachronism that in a country that boasts of its Christian values, politicians have to speak of laws and law enforcement when referring to the rightful inclusion of people with a...

Good governance

Sunday, 5 July 2015, 09:29 Last update: about 10 years ago Caroline Galea

Modern democracy is a political system that has been forged over the past 150 years. It has been an ongoing intricate puzzle built primarily on the wish that each society lives in harmony under the...

Shame on you

Sunday, 5 July 2015, 09:28 Last update: about 10 years ago

The Labour Party won the general election in a spectacular manner following a brilliantly planned and well-funded campaign. Muscat had put good governance, meritocracy and transparency at the...

At the centre of a tempest

Sunday, 5 July 2015, 06:43 Last update: about 10 years ago

These are certainly troubled times we are living in today. But as we here in Malta may be somewhat diverted by public scandal after public scandal as they roll off the presses almost on a daily basis,...

Cruelty To animals

Tuesday, 16 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Three tal-fenek dogs were brutally killed on a Gozo farm last week, sparking disdain from a large section of the public...

Why Remain open to blackmail?

Tuesday, 16 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I honestly cannot understand what is keeping the politicians from seeing what can be done about using ethanol instead of petrol for car engines. Or at least a mixture of the two, which would see a decline in the use of petrol. ...

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