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The value of friendship

Sunday, 17 February 2019, 09:21 Last update: about 9 years ago

Many feel the dire need of having a friend; in other words, of having someone with whom, as Albert Camus put it, can walk beside him or her. This mutual affective relationship between people...

Challenging times ahead for all

Sunday, 17 February 2019, 08:56 Last update: about 9 years ago

Challenging times lie ahead for the European Union. Its approach to asylum-seekers surely needs a rethink. Wave after wave of migrants are fleeing war-stricken countries where poverty and turmoil in...

Rights of the unborn child

Sunday, 17 February 2019, 08:21 Last update: about 9 years ago

Shortly before our celebration of the birth of Jesus, Pierre Mallia claimed in this paper that abortions are carried out by doctors in Malta in special circumstances. I would argue that he has...

In search of the truth

Sunday, 17 February 2019, 08:02 Last update: about 9 years ago

With reference to Guillaumier's letter "Paul's homosexuality", it is curious that he conveniently splashed only one side of the story. Fake news seem to be the order of the day here and abroad and his...

TMID Editorial: Small parties - PD, AD and the rest

Saturday, 16 February 2019, 10:15 Last update: about 9 years ago

In two terse statements, which arrived in our newsroom almost simultaneously earlier this week, Partit Demokratiku (PD) and Alternattiva Demokratika (AD) said that they had discussed ways of...

I never thought I would see this

Thursday, 14 February 2019, 13:55 Last update: about 9 years ago

This has been the reaction of a Filipina attendee, a resident of Dubai for these past nine years, from the stadium stands where Pope Francis celebrated Mass at Zayed Sport City, February 5 2019 in Abu...

The invasion

Thursday, 14 February 2019, 12:13 Last update: about 9 years ago

That large field next to the Addolorata Cemetery, where they used to hold the circus, has suddenly been filled with Turkish trucks and cement mixers. They must have been brought in to take part...

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