The Malta Independent 21 May 2024, Tuesday
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Our Trade tradition

Monday, 10 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Although the younger generations do not recall restrictions on trade, Malta has experienced moments in history when everything which had to be imported required a licence. ...

National Policy on irregular immigration

Monday, 10 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The government has set the ball in motion for Malta to draft a national policy on illegal immigration by publishing its proposals and findings in a document – Government Policy on Irregular Immigrants, Refugees and Integration....

Political Parties’ funding

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

What an obscene and obnoxious sight, seeing our government ministers and parliamentary secretaries handing over thousands of Maltese liri claiming they were given by “hbieb tal-Partit”. ...

Recreational Drugs

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to Juan Ameen’s article entitled “The war on drugs is ‘lost’” (TMIS, 7 November). I’d like to add that the war on drugs was lost before it began. ...

The Insanity of abortion

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Fact: 80 per cent of abortions are carried out after the sixth week and before the 12th week, and most abortions do not occur before the eighth week of development. ...

Matrimonial Reports

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

It is very important that our Police Commissioner, in association with his court advisers, determines once and for all the policy to be adopted by the police in relation to Matrimonial Reports: I refer to those reports made by either of the spouses at pol...

L-Istrina For SMEs

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I find the way that the new ECO tax structure has been introduced blatantly unfair and verging on the sadistic...

Paying One’s way

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to an article entitled “Gozo Channel’s New Year gift to cancer patients” by Dr Justyne Caruana (TMIS, 2 January)....

Political Control

Sunday, 9 January 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Since Independence, absolute political power has been either in the hands of the Malta Labour Party, or the Nationalist Party....

Best And worst media moments of 2004

Monday, 27 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Best media momentsThe release two young Italian girls and the two Frenchmen who were released by their Iraqi captors. No Brits or Americans were as lucky, sadly....

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