Priorities For our tourism industry
Sunday, 1 April 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The stagnation in our tourism industry seems to have become so endemic that whatever measures the present government takes do not seem to bear good results. I will not enter into the merit as to who is to blame for the present situation....
The ‘internati’: Another Reply to Giovanni Bonello
Sunday, 1 April 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Having followed Giovanni Bonello’s internati articles and Prof. J.A. Muscat’s more moderate response, I too feel the need to comment on Dr Bonello’s submissions. ...
Fast Forward to the 18th century
Sunday, 1 April 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Instead of becoming more aware of the importance of separating church and State, the government seems to be going out of its way to make a virtue of entangling the two. ...
The Boat to Gozo
Saturday, 31 March 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Shadow Minister Anton Refalo’s criticism of Gozo Channel’s performance (TMID, 23 March) is constructed on three premises....
The Price of inertia
Saturday, 31 March 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
To say that Malta has a transport problem on its hands is an over-simplification. It is more correct to say that it is coping with a concatenation of related problems, some of which defy early solution....
Wishing The EU well
Friday, 30 March 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Last weekend Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi met up with 26 other heads of government in Berlin to commemorate the 1957 Treaty of Rome...
Friday Wisdom: Two Rectangles
Friday, 30 March 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Billboards with two rectangles on a blue background came within sight this week. They depict an artistic derivation of the national flag and carried the message that TVM, the public owned media station, is being refreshed for our benefit. ...
Addressing Europe’s Energy problems (2)
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Europe’s increasing dependence on gas and oil imports, especially from Russia, is as dangerous as war. ...
It’s The people, not the cause
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Last year, Malta had to endure an orgy of violence perpetrated against those who were thought to be helping or promoting the cause of the people held in detention camps – the ones who are known as klandestini. ...
The Spring of youth
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
On 21 March, the very first day of spring, very appropriately, we celebrated International Youth Day. ...