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TMID Editorial: Parliament - More women, but fewer MPs

Friday, 29 March 2019, 10:10 Last update: about 8 years ago

The intention is good, but the formula that has been proposed is not. On Tuesday, the government announced that the number of women in the Maltese parliament is to be increased by a maximum of 12...

Brexit

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 11:14 Last update: about 8 years ago The Malta Business Weekly

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Up and away

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 10:33 Last update: about 8 years ago

The Air Malta results, unveiled last weekend, are good news, without ifs and without buts. Our national airline has been so many times close to being closed down, running up huge losses that many...

TMID Editorial: PBS, Xarabank owe all of New Zealand an apology

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 10:49 Last update: about 8 years ago

State broadcaster PBS owes one massive apology to the whole of New Zealand after its leading talk show Xarabank on Friday night took the misjudged, misguided and wholly inappropriate decision to air...

Is there life after Brexit?

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 10:27 Last update: about 8 years ago

In June 2016 the government of the United Kingdom (UK)called a referendum to end up a continuous discussion regarding the advantages and disadvantages of its membership in the European Union (EU). The...

Miriam Gauci stars in ‘Manon Lescaut’

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 10:24 Last update: about 8 years ago

Manon Lescaut is the operatic production for this year's Gaulitana: A Festival of music. Puccini's masterpiece, presented following an absence of over 20 years from the local stage, promises to be a...

A Frenchman’s wanderlust in Gozo

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 10:22 Last update: about 8 years ago Marika Azzopardi

In a narrow street tucked away in the heart of Gozo's Rabat, is a small but enticing art gallery belonging to Charlotte Lombard, a French woman who created an exhibition space that embraces Fair Trade...

Marie Benoit's Diary: Brunch heaven at the Phoenix

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 10:19 Last update: about 8 years ago Marie Benoît

I haven't used the word 'brunch' since my other life in Mauritius the chapter of which more or less closed some thirty years ago. There, another hectic week over, after mass on Sundays, we would drive...

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