Honourable Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Ministers, Honourable Leader of the Opposition, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Let me begin by saying how pleased I am to be among you here today to celebrate the National Day of the United States of America in this enjoyable atmosphere. On an occasion such as this, Read more…
Bonġu lil kulħadd. Grazzi li ġejtu dalgħodu, speċjalment il-midja, għax kif qal il-Markeżin, permezz tagħkom inkunu nistgħu nxandru dan l-appell, dan il-messaġġ, li qegħdin nagħmlu dalgħodu hawnhekk. Il-messaġġ huwa illi f’Awwissu ħa jerġa’ jkun hemm xi ħaġa li saret tradizzjonali issa anki fid-djarju tal-Presidenza, The Ball of the August Moon, Read more…
President George Vella announced that the Ball of the August Moon 2023 will be held on Saturday 5th August at the Verdala Palace gardens. This will be the fifth and final edition of the Ball of the August Moon organised under the Presidency of President George Vella in aid of The Read more…
Onorevoli Ministru, Sur Alfred Grixti, Sur Charles Scerri, Dottoressa Anna Maria Vella, Għeżież Residenti u Gradwati, L-ewwel nett, bħalma nagħmel dejjem, nirringrazzjakom li għal sena oħra erġajtu stedintuna biex inkunu hawnhekk magħkom biex niċċelebraw il-kisbiet tal-gradwati tal-lum. Però rrid ngħid li wara dan id-diskors li smajna u l-messaġġi li ngħataw, Read more…
Eċċellenza Monsinjur Isqof Awżiljarju, Monsinjur Charles Cordina, Vigarju Episkopali għad-Djakonija, Sur Anthony Gatt, Direttur Caritas, Mistednin Distinti, Sinjuri, Nirringrazzja lill-Caritas li għal sena oħra għoġobha tistedinni għal din il-lejla ta’ ċelebrazzjoni. Irrid nibda billi nifraħ lill-gradwati kollha. Prosit lilkom ilkoll. Erbatax huwa numru sabiħ ħafna. Però kif insistejtu intom stess, Read more…
As a child, from the moment I started to learn to read and write at school, a seed was sown, a seed that would grow and develop into a love of books. Little did I think that this love of books would be my safety valve in the future. Over Read more…
Dr Claudine Borg Translation is not the first thing that usually comes to mind when thinking of Maltese identity and what shapes it. However – as Michael Cronin writes in Translation and Identity –translation must be at the centre of any attempt to think about questions of identity in human Read more…
The need for updated empirical research on the local language situation has long been felt. Years ago some studies were carried out, but there had not yet been a wide survey covering the use of language in different situations, from home to the workplace, and also studying the preferences of Read more…
On. Prim Ministru, On. Ministri, On. Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni, Sinjura Kummissarju, Mistednin Distinti, L-ewwel nett, ippermettuli li wara sigħat twal ta’ diskussjoni – kemm interessanti kif ukoll rispettuża – naqsam xi ħsibijiet li ġewni f’moħħi hekk kif bdiet tiżvolġi l-ġurnata. L-ewwel punt li ser nagħmel huwa dwar ir-rilevanza ta’ dan l-eżerċizzju Read more…
Onorevoli Ministri, Onorevoli Membri Parlamentari, Mistednin Distinti, Sinjuri, L-ewwel nett, grazzi talli sibtu l-ħin biex tiġu hawn dalgħodu biex flimkien niddiskutu dak li qiegħed jolqot lil pajjiżna u lil niesna. Tassew pjaċir għalija li nilqagħkom hawn fil-Palazz Verdala għat-tielet darba, għat-tielet konferenza, u, kif għedt diġà, tilqgħu l-istedina tagħna għall-konferenza Read more…
