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A proud lay state no longer Malta has been unable to shake away the centuries-old habits which prevent it from being a proud independent state  Michael Falzon 13 April 2021, 7:11am Two newspaper reports last Sunday have shook me to the core on a very important question: does Malta aspire to be a small but proud independent lay state? Have we not yet managed to shake away the centuries-old habits that indicate otherwise?  The first report that shook me was in The Sunday Times: it said that the government had asked the Venice Commission for advice on a particular ‘legal change’. As has a...

Ian Borg ministry wants Mgarr road to get its Via Sagra The transport ministry led by Ian Borg is requesting a planning permit for a government project that blurs the line with popular religiosity 8 April 2021, 8:00am by James Debono The transport ministry led by Ian Borg is requesting a planning permit for a government project that blurs the line with popular religiosity: a ‘way of the cross’ along Triq ir-Ruħ in the form of 14 permanent tableaux. The 14 commemorative slabs will be set in a hardstone frame along the existing rubble wall, with a statue of the Virgin Mary at a proposed r...

The perfect day in Europe's smallest capital With Malta planning to welcome vaccinated Britons this summer, our expert describes a perfect Sunday in Valletta, its historic capital 1 April 2021 • 11:20am This harbour has hosted the most iconic moments in Malta’s history, including two Great Sieges Credit: Getty Wandering the honeyed limestone streets of Valletta is always a pleasure, and on Sunday morning particularly so. There is no rush of commuters across the narrow pedestrian bridge that leads to City Gate, entrance to this fortified capital since it was built by the Knights of Malta...

Luqa St Andrews will be playing in next season’s Challenge League for the first time in 45 years after earning promotion as champions with a 2-1 win over Melita in the Championship playoffs last weekend at the Victor Tedesco Stadium. Luqa were the last group winners from the three National Amateur League sections but made up for it in the round-robin playoffs against Mgarr United and eventually Melita in the final. Following their victory, the club had said in a post on their social media that the success “was not a flash-in-the-pan occurrence, but an accumulation of years of work by vari...

17:31 In a press statement, former AC Silvio Valletta categorically denied having passed on information to anyone that was not required by him at law. Matthew Vella 15:38 The next sitting will be questions from the parte civile questions and cross-examination. Muscat is taken out of the courtroom. Matthew Vella 15:37 Muscat now recalls the December 2017 arrests. “I was supposed to go there, get arrested, and get released two days later since they would have nothing on me. Alfred say they would probably pin it on George. We arrived in Marsa at around 7am. George was already there. I was...