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Olympic Games: Michael Phelps Bows out

Monday, 6 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

We do not normally use space for our second editorial on a Monday for sport. But Olympic Games come only once every four years and...

Syria: No End in sight to violence

Monday, 6 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Russia, China and a handful of other countries voted against a resolution on Syria passed by the UN General Assembly, saying it undermines peace efforts...

Budget 2013: A bigger balancing act than ever

Sunday, 5 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Every year, the country’s budget is a balancing act, teetering between doing what needs to be done and doing what people want to be done. In an ideal world these two matters are one ...

Another Day, another time

Saturday, 4 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

We are sure that the first person to be disappointed with the result achieved by William Chetcuti in the double trap event at the Olympic Games last Thursday was the sh...

Schoolyard Slanging matches

Saturday, 4 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In one of our leading articles published yesterday, we spoke of the increasing importance that people are attaching to social networks and their value as a source of news and information.In that same article, w...

The Relentless expansion of social media

Friday, 3 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The rate at which technology and social media are expanding is taking hold in people’s lives and taking ‘being plugged in’ to a whole new level....

Future Foods: What will we be eating in 20 years?

Thursday, 2 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

We are all used to eating good quality food – a mixed diet of vegetables, red meat, poultry, fish, and unlimited sources of protein...

Environment: Are Electric cars a non-starter?

Thursday, 2 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

While the recent stumbling reform of the country’s public transport system has succeeded, with varying degrees of success,...

Finance: US, Germany Stress cooperation to end euro crisis

Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and his German counterpart stressed the need for coordinated action in the face of the eurozone debt crisis and faltering global growth...

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