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DID ONLY PUTIN MERIT AN UMBRELLA? … reflections on a monumental event
And the heavens opened – and it poured with rain. Thus came to an end a momentous three weeks of a feast of football that well-deserved...
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UNITED WE STAND; DIVIDED WE FALL – how does the Court stand, or are we heading for division – and wh
Initially, the Constitutional Court judgment given by Judge Joseph Zammit McKeon (pictured) on Wednesday left me astounded, in fact angry...
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VALUABLE LESSONS TO BE LEARNT – How to make the “Rule of Law” flexible to suit your needs – How to s
The recent theatrics by the NGOs and the lobbies supporting them have taught me some very valuable lessons. However, I have to tread...
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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – yes, leopards sometimes do change their spots – but some keep them!
Aesop’s Fables tell us that leopards never change their spots. Well, they do actually. Our St Paul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus...
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“The Christians of the Middle East are telling us we are crazy welcoming so many migrants and so man
The late Libyan Leader Colonel Mu’Ammar Gaddaffi always had two tricks up his sleeve. The first was oil, desperately needed by the West....
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TELL ME WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE, AND ... Adrian Delia in a tight corner
There is a saying in English, as well as in Maltese, that goes you can identify the character of a person by their friends...tell me who...
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“The damage being done to Malta and its financial sector by the persistent propagation of pernicious
This is the opening paragraph of an article written by Paul V. Azzopardi in the 24th June edition of “The Sunday Times of Malta” titled...
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CRUNCH TIME IN BRUSSELS TODAY – PM Joseph Muscat, stand firm against the Italian bullies and the “le
Our Prime Minister Joseph Muscat faces the “Mother of all Battles” this morning in Brussels when he comes face-to-face with EU...
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NEW LOVER BOY ON THE BLOCK – hardly, but it’s a good feeling!
The World Cup is now in full swing and summer is well on the way. It’s time to relax and look at the funnier and brighter side of life...
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ON A PATH OF SELF-CONTRIVED IMPLOSION – it is destroying the PN but is direly endangering the countr
It has now become crystal clear that the Opposition Nationalist Party has set its course – a course of self-constructed,...