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In Zapatero’s footsteps

Sunday, 20 April 2014, 10:36 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        This country is either astounding or else terminally schizophrenic.   On Monday we had a half-full St George’s Square and a parliamentary majority...

US-Russia relations: Scepticism on Russia in Ukraine

Saturday, 19 April 2014, 08:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

President Barack Obama conveyed scepticism about Russian promises to de-escalate a volatile situation in Ukraine, and said the United State and its allies are ready to impose fresh sanctions if Moscow...

Godfrey Farrugia resignation: Silence is golden

Thursday, 17 April 2014, 07:50 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Former Health Minister Godgrey Farrugia was adamant that a statement he sent out to the press by email following his resignation on 29 March had somehow been ‘deleted’.   What Dr...

PN: On the wrong side of history

Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 07:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The more time passes, the more evident it becomes that the Nationalist Party is struggling to break away from the identity that caused it to lose so much support. The PN has struggled to reinvent...

Casual election: A new member of parliament

Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 07:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        The House of Representatives currently has a vacant seat as a result of Marie Louise Coleiro Preca being sworn in as Malta’s ninth...

Enforcement and prosecution

Sunday, 13 April 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The enforcement against and the prosecution of certain crimes in Malta is, at times, severely lacking. Apart from the perpetual traffic and littering violations, two highly contentious examples spring...

Society: Don’t stand so close to me

Saturday, 12 April 2014, 08:14 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The families of the two people who were involved in the Dingli tragedy are in the age group where they can identify with what is to be written. Sting, a Geordie from another island nation far away in...

Morality: Public life and private life

Friday, 11 April 2014, 08:15 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Much has been said about the vetting of politicians and people who hold public office. Of course, the lines always need to be drawn, but where does one stop?   A very pertinent example is...

Keeping our identity

Thursday, 10 April 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Data protection is one of the phrases that is doing the rounds in the news, both locally and on an international level.   The government recently announced that it would be publishing a...

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