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Depoliticising Local councils

Sunday, 11 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

After this latest round of local council election ugliness, perhaps it is about time that the country’s political parties take a step back from local politics. Their ...

A Team’s dream, a country’s dream

Saturday, 10 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Not so long ago, Malta and Cyprus were more or less on an equal level in football terms. In 1988, the Maltese national team had even beaten their Cypriot counter...

Exit Polls: This could have been the time

Saturday, 10 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Today, a good portion of the eligible population will cast their vote in local council elections. In yesterday’s leading article, we spoke of th...

Outdated: Day Of reflection

Friday, 9 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

One must begin reading this leading article with the understanding that media in Malta are bound not to publish anything which is related to the content of the local council elections which are to be held tomorrow....

Fractures: Will Libya Reamain whole?

Thursday, 8 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Eastern Libya, under the leadership of tribal and militia leadership in Benghazi, has declared itself to be a semi autonomous state. ...

International Women’s Day: Voice For the voiceless

Thursday, 8 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Today’s commemoration of International Women’s Day will bring with it the usual sets of statistics on gender employment and wage gaps, gaps between the sexes in education, the boardroom and in politics...

Russia: Putin’s Election stirs up the people

Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Whatever percentage of the vote Russian strongman Vladimir Putin claims to have won in recent elections, observers have said there were serious flaws in the process....

Transport: Why Do we do this to ourselves?

Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Every time there is a downpour in the early hours of the day, we all go crazy and make matters worse for ourselves, for others, for everybody....

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