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Sunday politics: A bit of comic relief

Monday, 25 April 2016, 11:46 Last update: about 11 years ago

As political rhetoric reached ever higher crescendos yesterday, Valletta was treated to a little bit of comic relief from Zaren Bonnici, known as Zaren tal-Ajkla. Zaren took to his cherry picker...

New data protection rules fit for the digital age

Sunday, 24 April 2016, 10:45 Last update: about 11 years ago

Jan Philipp Albrecht, Marju Lauristin, Věra Jourová   Last week, the European Parliament adopted a historic reform of EU data protection legislation.  It has been a...

Full confidence and stronger performance

Sunday, 24 April 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

It has been another week loaded with a variety of back-to-back events that fill up my days till very late, and not excluding weekends. Aware and proud as I am of my duties as Parliamentary Secretary,...

Libya: The Gawarsha semi-final

Sunday, 24 April 2016, 10:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Mohamed Mufti

Gawarsha is a little village some 10 km to the south of Benghazi, where I lived and had my surgical clinic for a few years. I had to close the clinic two years ago. Gawarsha used to have fertile soil,...

No turning back in the global fight against climate change

Sunday, 24 April 2016, 10:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

G. Kathleen Hill   As people around the globe observed Earth Day on Friday, world leaders made history at the United Nations in New York. Over 100 countries signed the Paris Agreement...

Time for immediate action

Sunday, 24 April 2016, 09:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Carmelo Abela

This week we witnessed yet another boat tragedy in the waters that surround us. The Mediterranean is regrettably shifting from being the sea of opportunity to a sea of lost hope. How...

Touristic niche markets

Sunday, 24 April 2016, 09:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Anton Refalo

Similar to other islands around the world, Gozo relies extensively, though not exclusively, on tourism to generate employment and economic growth. However, most islands tend to suffer from seasonal...

Modernising the way we vote: a few suggestions

Sunday, 24 April 2016, 09:27 Last update: about 11 years ago

With our single transferrable voting system, we are unique in Malta in that we have one of the most complicated vote counting processes on the face of the Earth. That process takes days on end and, at...

The death of children

Sunday, 24 April 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Over the years, the local media have reported many cases of children who suffered a tragic death or died in a horrific manner. These reports included the case of a five-month-old...

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