Underwater Fibre-optic cable super-highway to pass through Malta
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Global fibre-optic bandwith provider Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of Indian company Reliance Communications, is to invest $1.5 billion over the next three years to increase its undersea cable capacity. ...
Refugee Commissioner’s Backlog worsens
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
The Refugee Commissioner began the year with 149 applicants waiting for their case to be concluded and a further 692 applicants awaiting processing of their application to begin, ...
Dr Sant Calls for courage and hope in the new year
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
In his New Year message, broadcast yesterday evening, Labour leader Alfred Sant said that while 2006, despite some successes, has not been a good year for families, who have seen inflation, deteriorating work ...
Ryanair ‘did Not cancel flights’
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, has confirmed that no flight was ever scheduled to operate, or was ever put on sale, from Malta to London Luton on 24th, 25th and 26th December. ...
A Crucial year – CMTU president
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
While 2006 has already been acknowledged by the Confederation of Malta Trade Unions as being a very important year for Malta and its economy, due to the fact that crucial and significant decisions had to be taken, 2007 ...
Maltese Urged to visit Amsterdam
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
While 82 per cent of the Dutch support same-sex marriage, where it has been recognised since 2001 – the highest level of support in Europe – just 11 per cent of Romanians do. ...
Maltese ‘should Copy Hawk Mountain model’
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Fifty or more years ago, there was hawk shooting on the rocky outcrops along the Kittatinny Ridge in the Appalachian mountains of Pennsylvania. ...
Malta Boat tragedy remembered – with confrontation
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
There was no commemoration of any sort in Malta last week on the 10th anniversary of what has become known the world over as the Malta boat tragedy. ...
Turning Sand into gold
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
If one could dream of a place where vast mounds of sand are turned into the purest gold, then Dubai would certainly be a candidate. I had the golden opportunity, together with a group of Maltese journalists, ...
A History of screenwriters includes ‘hell’ episode in Malta
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
“People write the movies they want to see, and they write the books they want to read”, says Oscar-winning screenwriter Marc Norman (Shakespeare in Love), referring to his 700-page manuscript What Happens Next: The History of American Screenwriting. ...