Ningħaqdu flok nitgħajru
Sal-25 ta’ Marzu 2024 l-istati membri tal-Unjoni Ewropea ikollhom idaħħlu taxxa ġdida ambjentali fuq it-trailers li jġorru l-merkanzija fit-toroq tagħhom. Din se tiżdied mat-taxxa li daħlet minn nhar l-ewwel tas-sena…
Il-mażunerija fostna
Ftit ilu ħabib tiegħi qalli li gie avviċinat biex jidhol fil-mażunerija. Patri ħabib tiegħu qallu biex ma jidħolx għax sħubija fil-mażunerija tmur kontra t-tagħlim tal-Knisja Kattolika. Ħabib ieħor qalli kif…
Carm Mifsud Bonnici 25 sena fil-Parlament
L-art imwegħda u l-għoġol tad-deheb Fi ‘Spoon River Anthology’ Edgar Lee Masters iżur iċ-ċimiterju tar-raħal żgħir Lewiston f’Illinois 110 snin ilu. Jippreżentalna lil kull persuna midfuna hemm u r-rabtiet li…
No to low expectations
Seven weeks ago the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published the results of its 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The PISA tests evaluates “how well students…
Malta-Sqallija: xebħ u differenzi
“Tant hu bnazzi llum li nisimgħu s-sriedak Maltin jiddnu.” Hekk kien qalli li jgħidu n-nies ta’ Palazzolo Acreide l-istudjuż Antonino Uccello 50 sena ilu meta kont nagħmel xogħol volontarju edukattiv…
Ir-repubblika indipendenti u newtrali
F’din is-sena li għadha kemm tibda se nkunu qed niċċelebraw s-60 sena mindu ksibna l-indipendenza nazzjonali ta’ pajjiżna. Jaħbat ukoll l-50 anniversarju mindu sirna repubblika. Se jkunu għaddew 45 sena…
Intensive therapy needed
Malta’s decision to accept to chair the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has saved the organization from certain death. It is better to have the OSCE in…
Small world
Small states are “damned dots”, not “real” states. They should behave and do as they are told, destined as they are to be on the losing end of geopolitics. They…
Nothing to be done?
Since our first ancestors sailed from Sicily and settled on our islands nearly 8,000 years ago we have only been independent for the last 59 years. If our prehistoric and…
Growing Smaller?
450,000 years ago we had elephants the size of a large dog (90 cm high) in Malta and gigantic swans double their size. In small islands small mammals increase in…