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Where Do we go from here?

Saturday, 13 October 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

During the past hundred years, the Maltese people were witnesses to traumatic changes that transformed the face of the earth. Our destiny seemed, at times,...

Vision Or stagnation

Friday, 12 October 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

There is a vision out there for Malta. A vision that is calling upon all of us to roll up our sleeves and do all that is required of us in order that, by 1 January 2015, we can find ourselves at the forefront and in a position of ...

Premature Exuberance

Friday, 12 October 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

As we enter the final stretch towards D-day for the adoption of the euro, I cannot help noticing a measure of premature exuberance, celebrating an achievement which has not yet been achieved and risking slip ups ...

Sustainable Aquaculture – The importance of research

Thursday, 11 October 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector within the food production industry. The Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO states that aquaculture produces over 30 per cent of the fish consumed throughout the world; ...

Will The EU surpass its institutional impasse?

Thursday, 11 October 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

The future of the EU hangs in the balance as next week, heads of state and government of the 27 member states are expected to rubber stamp the Reform Treaty during an informal summit in Lisbon on 18 and 19 October. ...

China In the Mediterranean

Thursday, 11 October 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

It’s reassuring to see that the Catholic Church in Malta has spoken out against bird-shooting at last. It did so through its environment commission, the chairman of which said last week: “Hunters’ ...

A Tale of two documents

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Recently, the government, as well as the Malta Labour Party, published separately, a policy document each....

Closer To reform

Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Last week, the European Parliament’s Committee for Constitutional Affairs supported a report concerning the composition of the European Parliament. ...

Betrayed By his body language

Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

It seemed to be perfectly timed and planned. To many it looked as if it was meant to be “the night of the long knives” when following his blip at Birzebbuga, Alfred Sant would hopefully be caught off guard ...

The Presidential race and mudslinging

Monday, 8 October 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Undoubtedly the Nationalist Party is all out for an issue. A real issue it has not anymore now that the European Union and the euro are matters beyond further political controversy. ...

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