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Commemorating the Protestant Reformation

Sunday, 3 December 2017, 08:54 Last update: about 10 years ago

Tuesday, 31 October marked the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. It was on this day, in 1517, when Martin Luther nailed his paper listing the 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in...

Ode to the pomegranate

Sunday, 3 December 2017, 08:54 Last update: about 10 years ago

In the Pashtun language in Afghanistan, the word for pomegranate begins with an ‘a’, so a picture of a pomegranate is used to teach children the letter a, like we use the 'a' for apple in...

Four weeks since Daphne’s funeral….. Why is autonomy important?

Saturday, 2 December 2017, 08:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Vicki Ann Cremona

In the fourth week since Daphne’s funeral, once again the family have had to take action to ensure that justice is done. It is rather surprising that in certain cases, which only involve common...

When a subsidiary law breaches a primary law

Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 09:37 Last update: about 10 years ago Kevin Aquilina

On 4 October 2017, PN MPs David Agius and Stephen Spiteri, two Nationalist Party MPs, tabled a private members Motion, Motion No. 66, in the House of Representatives. They proposed an amendment to the...

TMID Editorial: The poor are getting poorer

Tuesday, 28 November 2017, 11:17 Last update: about 10 years ago

Just as the Christmas lights are coming on and the tinsel-decked shop fronts entice customers, there is compelling evidence that the poor are getting poorer in surplus Malta. One can play around...

TMID Editorial: Get him out of there

Monday, 27 November 2017, 10:16 Last update: about 10 years ago

A 66-year-old, Emmanuel Navarro, has been slammed in jail for having written threatening words against MEP Roberta Metsola after her speech in the European Parliament. Mr Navarro said that...

Bernard Curmi (1947-2007)

Thursday, 8 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It was a normal evening on 3 March at Qala when the news that Bernard Curmi had passed away shocked the village population and Qalin around the world...

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