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Malta Addressing Lisbon Agenda goals (2)

Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Employment, education and training for an adaptable workforceThe Lisbon Strategy clearly places job creation and economic growth in all its Member States as the keystone of its objectives....

Increasing Our rights

Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Very soon, Malta will be able to lift its border controls since it passed the required standards to join the Schengen zone. The development follows positive results of various inspections carried out by EU officials in Malta ...

Never Make a promise you can’t break

Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Although this seems to be the not so hidden agenda that the Nationalist Party has developed over the years, it is also the title of a side-splitting short but punchy book of Irish humour on How To Succeed In Irish Politics....

Malta Addressing Lisbon Agenda goals (1)

Monday, 12 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Last Thursday I launched the second annual progress report on the implementation of the National Reform Programme 2005-2008 (NRP), which last month was submitted to the EU Commission...

A Moment In Time

Sunday, 11 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It is perhaps time for someone to do some rethinking when it comes to staging rock concerts on this island. Not only are many people feeling that they are being cheated in the way spaces inside venues are organised, ...

The World around us

Sunday, 11 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The US presidential race – Will Monica or Winston win?Winston Churchill, some 42 years after his death, played a little cameo role in US politics recently. With George Dubya either unwilling or unable to make his mark during his last year in office, ...

Vacant Housing vacuums

Sunday, 11 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It was good to hear housing being debated in Parliament on Wednesday with such a large degree of consensus. Both sides have a clear view of the challenges. ...

Economics Of survival

Sunday, 11 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

All independent States aspire for a place in the sun. They seek to earn their keep by their diligent industriousness. If they are lucky, and if they have natural resources, the challenge is less burdensome. ...

MLP Local councils’ record of shame (3)

Sunday, 11 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The mayor of Sta Lucija has every right to reply on behalf of his council to my criticism, just as I have the right to inform the people what goes on in Labour councils especially when public funds are involved. ...

Incentivising Work

Sunday, 11 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

This country is underperforming, underachieving and underutilising its vast human resources. This rusting Nationalist Cabinet tries to make us forget all this by masquerading as a slick, ...

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