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An Attempt to rekindle the EU issue

Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

When I told a friend of mine living abroad that the Labour Party was launching its foreign policy vision statement he predicted without having yet read the document that the Nationalist Party would react the way they have always reacted...

Sunday Analysis, Monday’s afterglow?

Monday, 9 April 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Our Sunday papers have taken to carrying out regular surveys on the fortunes of our political parties. ...

Narrating Life in Malta, meeting islanders

Sunday, 8 April 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Oliver Friggieri describes how he interprets the Maltese way of life in his novels and short stories, now translated into many languages ...

Time For lateral thinking

Sunday, 8 April 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Setting aside the bickering and recriminations of politicians, one undeniable fact stands out as the Maltese electorate approaches the next general election....

Who Will pay for these Robin Hood policies?

Sunday, 8 April 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The first article I ever wrote in The Times many moons ago had this title. I had just returned from the UK and was about to cast my vote in the 1996 election. I felt that the policy...

The State Is not the father

Sunday, 8 April 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The State has assumed the role of father, we have been told. Funny, isn’t it, how the shoebox baby has become public property?...

Politics Of development

Saturday, 7 April 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

The organs of government and of political parties are not the only social organs for defining or for realizing the common good....

The Police corps: from strength to strength

Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Dr Gavin Gulia (TMID, 2 April), for the umpteenth time, laments that the police corps is in dire straits, that the employment conditions of its members are abysmal...

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