Perspectives

In this section, we bring you a selection of press articles published by Evarist Bartolo, some in English and others in Maltese.

Imaginary Maltas

‘Frak mill-istorja – ħarsa minn taħt’ includes snippets about: – the vegetable soup that helped solve a deep political crisis; – the hermit who fled

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United enemies

World War 1 (1914-1918) ended with around 40 million dead. It was hoped that the violence, death and destruction wreaked by that war would bring

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Losing our sovereignty

Analysing the US-EU trade deal, the European Policy Centre concluded  (‘Dead on arrival: Why von der Leyen’s deal must be undone’ 6 August 2025): “Today,

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Ħatriet pubbliċi bil-favuri

Fit-30 ta’ Ottubru 1432 il-Kunsill tal-Imdina kiteb lir-Re ta’ Aragona li Malta kienet taqa’ taħtu, jilmenta li l-ħatriet pubbliċi qed jimtlew bil-favuri. Inkwetaw li huma

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When empires fall

In 1945, more than 150 years after the US Declaration of Independence, Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh cited the Declaration  when declaring his own country

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“War is a racket”

When General Smedley D. Butler (1881-1940) died mysteriously, he was the most decorated Marine in US history. By the end of his 34-year career, Butler

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Tħassru l-Maltin? Meta?

“L-antenati tagħna kienu bosta tajbin; iżda ta’ żmienna, minn seklu ‘l hawn, tħassru u saru ħżiena. “Niesna saru klieb għal xulxin.” Pietru Pawl Castagna (1827-1907)

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