Pope Benedict XVI will visit Malta on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th April 2010, on the occasion of the 1950th anniversary of St Paul’s shipwreck. The Pope will arrive in Malta on Saturday afternoon and return to Rome Sunday evening.

What is fundamentalism?

This article below is written in reply to a certain Franco Farrugia, who in a letter to the Malta Independent stated that I am ill informed about the nature of the EU and that I am bent on 'misguiding' the public.

Bhala reazzjoni inizjali il-KNZ ihoss li dan il-bagit huwa wiehed newtrali minn bagits precidenti. Il-KNZ ihoss li l-proposti prezentati fil-bagit ghas-sena 2010 fil-qasam taz-zghazagh huma progetti li diga qieghdin fis-sehh. Il-KNZ hass li bhala zghazagh kellhom jinghataw iktar prijorita’ u jidhlu fis-sehh fil-generazzjoni li gej. Il-KNZ ihossu kburi li l-progett tal-Kunsill Lokali taz-Zghazagh li beda hu wahdu fil-passat issa qed jahdmu b’mod kongunt bejn il-Kunsill Nazzjonali taz-Zghazagh u l-Gvern.  

Waqt li huwa importanti li jkomplu jigu investiti flus fl-iskemi bhal dik tal-Youth Empowerment Centres, nemfasizaw mhux biss investiment fl-operat izda investiment fil-gid taz-zghazagh.

Fil-waqt li l-Kunsill Nazzjonali taz-Zghazagh jaqbel maz-zieda tal-gholi fil-prezz tat-tabakk, din l-istess zieda ghandha tigi vvutata ghal promozzjoni tas-sahha minghajr sigaretti u kif ukoll ghal kura tas-sahha f’dan il-qasam tat-tipjip.

The government seems incapable of addressing the economic challenges that our nation faces and of tackling the root causes.

Better late than never. More than two and a half years later after slandering Martin Degiorgio, former Chief spokesman of Alleanza Nazzjonali Repubblikana (ANR) of racism, bigotry and worse, Saviour Balzan has finally issued a belated but unreserved apology. here's the stament: