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UK elections: The Brexit referendum

Saturday, 9 May 2015, 08:53 Last update: about 12 years ago

Britain’s Tories registered a surprise comprehensive victory at the polls yesterday, with the Conservative Party securing an outright majority to form an exclusive government. The...

Migration: A rare day without a tragedy at sea

Friday, 8 May 2015, 08:14 Last update: about 12 years ago

As the weather gets hotter and the seas get calmer, hardly a day goes by without us hearing of yet another tragedy where people perish in the Mediterranean Sea. Yester was one such day, but this...

New university: Sustainable education

Thursday, 7 May 2015, 08:32 Last update: about 12 years ago

The government’s fledgling deal with Jordanian investors and an American university is welcome news.  We say ‘fledgling’ because what was signed on Tuesday was a heads of...

New parliament: After all the pomp, citizen apathy abounds

Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 07:58 Last update: about 12 years ago

Speaker of the House of Representatives Anglu Farrugia has spent his entire tenure to date trying to push the message that the debating chamber belongs to the people and is a reflection of our people...

Greece: Time is running out

Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 08:16 Last update: about 12 years ago

It was yesterday reported that Greece had made some progress with its creditors as the deadline for its loan repayment to the IMF looms darkly on the horizon. But has progress really been made?...

We gave a future to our past

Monday, 4 May 2015, 08:02 Last update: about 12 years ago

Jason Azzopardi The unfolding debate regarding whether, and if so, how, Government should acquire a particular building with historical significance in Guardamangia merits giving the public the...

World War II and Russia

Monday, 4 May 2015, 08:01 Last update: about 12 years ago

Vladimir Malygin This year the world is celebrating the 70th anniversary of victory in the bloodiest and most cruel war of the XX century – World War II. In Russia it is usually...

Politics: A new home for Parliament

Monday, 4 May 2015, 07:59 Last update: about 12 years ago

Parliament will be officially moving to its new home this evening. After months of controversy and delays, the new Parliament building at the entrance of Malta’s capital city will be opened...

The Europe We want

Tuesday, 16 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

We are now 27! From the county of Kerry to the eastern Carpathians, from Lapland to the Canary Islands! ...

The Chihuahua Of Europe

Sunday, 14 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The trouble with Malta is that, because of its insignificant size, it suffers from the political equivalent of short-person syndrome. It is precisely because of its lack of physical impact that it makes so much noise...

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