Exciting Prospects
Saturday, 17 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
The draws for the second round of the Champions League were held yesterday and, at first glance, it seems that whereas the current holders Barcelona and second ...
Finally Some stability
Saturday, 17 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
While many credited Silvio Berlusconi with bringing stability to the Italian political system, it is only now, after his departure as Prime Minister, that we can see that this was not at all the ...
Fund-raising Events: Financing political parties
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
More than €800,000 were collected by the Nationalist Party and the Labour Party during televised marathon fund-raising campaigns last Tuesday....
Christmas: Are We really that poor?
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
If one had to listen to parliament, or the Labour Party, then we would think that Malta is a third world country where people can barely afford to feed and clothe themselves...
US Initiative: Addressing religious tolerance
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Obama administration has gathered representatives from more than two dozen governments this week in an effort to address religious intolerance around the world. ...
Budget Debate: Hours and hours of discussion
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The marathon parliamentary sessions to debate the budget for 2012 come to an end today with a six-hour discussion on the Office of the Prime Minister, which traditionally is left for last....
Travellers: Rome’s Roma Problem
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Making scapegoats out of unpopular minorities is a dangerous game, as Italy’s dealings with its gypsy minority show. Last weekend, a 16-year-old girl ...
Libya: How Do we define normal?
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Libya is trying its hardest to reshape and remould the country which is defined by 42 years of rule by a madman. Gaddafi is no more and staff from ...
EU: Britain Burns its bridges
Monday, 12 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
At a time when the whole of the European Union seems to have agreed, at least in principle, to more integration and more centralized power, the United Kingdom has shied away....