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The same man who spent years equating ‘EU accession’ with ‘instant Armageddon’, now takes the credit for an economic turn-around resulting...

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Fidel represented all the great hopes and disappointments of the left in the 20th century, an inspiration for those striving for a better world,...

Fidel represented all the great hopes and...

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Academic Peter Mayo's obituary on the leader of the...

Malcolm Mifsud

When a group of farmers filed the lawsuit against the Nadur parish priest, the defendants filed a statement of defence saying that they have no judicial...

When a group of farmers filed the lawsuit against the Nadur...

Europe: problems to the left of it, problems to the right

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The truth is that the EU is not working well for every...

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The reluctance to pay for PRS betrays a general attitude towards intellectual property, a belittlement of people’s talent, as if to imply that the...

The reluctance to pay for PRS betrays a general...

Tax cuts for middle earners may make a lot of political sense, but it remains a traditional approach to an issue which would be better confronted with...

Tax cuts for middle earners may make a lot of political...

Raphael Vassallo

Bashing individual judges and magistrates is hardly going to restore public confidence in an ailing justice system

Bashing individual judges and magistrates is hardly...

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Frank Psaila

Donald Trump’s election campaign strategy was Project Anger, and it worked wonders for him!

Donald Trump’s election campaign strategy was Project...

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Evarist Bartolo

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Getting students into classrooms is not enough - we want to...

By courting the super-rich, and treating the lowest strata of society as criminals, the government is sending out the message that human dignity is only...

By courting the super-rich, and treating the lowest strata...

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With so many evident shortcomings in our two main political...

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Godfrey Farrugia seems to have made a career out of shedding crocodile...

Godfrey Farrugia seems to have made a career out of...

The alarming rise of sexual abuse in Maltese society

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As sexual abuse cases rise, the answer is certainly not to...

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The industry is permanently involved in an orgy, eating at...

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