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A tough round of negotiations

Thursday, 7 February 2013, 08:46 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

British Prime Minister David Cameron is prepared to leave EU budget negotiations without a deal today and tomorrow, if other EU leaders do not accept a freeze or more cuts to the bloc's budget for...

The people get the Eurovision (sic) they deserve

Wednesday, 6 February 2013, 08:45 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

    On the face of it, all Malta is still going round its normal duties and business but there’s a huge distraction underneath: The election.   Outsiders confess they...

A noticeable shift

Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 08:36 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

For the first time in this electoral campaign (of which there are five long weeks yet to go), the Labour Party seems to be on the back foot.   In the first four weeks of this marathon...

Reaching the midway stage

Monday, 4 February 2013, 09:56 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

By Wednesday we would have reached the halfway stage of the election campaign, and no doubt both major parties will be upping their presence in the streets and in the media to try to lure the last...

Opening up the government

Sunday, 3 February 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

With the Labour Party now on the cusp of publishing its full electoral programme, it can be safely assumed that the real battle of the policies between the Nationalist and Labour parties’...

Latvia takes big step to joining euro

Saturday, 2 February 2013, 09:19 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As the lackluster election campaign drags on, and we are subjected to more and more promises that will either remain unfulfilled or swell our already burgeoning public debt, crisis hit Latvia is...

Will one of the parties finally act?

Friday, 1 February 2013, 08:25 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Federation of Hunters, Trappers and Conservationists – or whatever they are called – yesterday came out with absurd proposals calling on the political parties to “ban foreigners...

Labour’s ‘open governance’ pledge

Thursday, 31 January 2013, 09:13 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In this virtual flood of electoral pledges that we have had over the last weeks, the better ideas, those that hold the possibility of fundamentally changing the way things operate in this country,...

Treating people like cattle

Wednesday, 30 January 2013, 09:18 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

All the nice-sounding solutions will not help people waiting for the bus   Time and again, even before the current election campaign, and the issue of health services is frequently...

And, they’re off…

Tuesday, 29 January 2013, 09:06 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Candidates for the forthcoming General Election yesterday began submitting their nominations for a seat in the House of Parliament at Evens Building.   As has become the norm – the...

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