Dear Prudence
Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Prudence can be very dear in political terms and this year’s budget could prove to be very pricey indeed for the government even though that same prudence could, in the long run, ...
Celebrating A goal
Saturday, 19 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The rules of football must be changed to allow for a great distinction to be made between an attempt to hurt an opponent or for what ...
Petty Politics get us nowhere
Saturday, 19 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech presented Budget 2012 to parliament on Monday night. The speech was simpler than usual and the man seems to have mastered the art of s...
Those Are not adverts
Friday, 18 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
There are many advertising strategies in use today. But Benetton’s latest batch of adverts are obscene. In case you haven’t seen them, they feature w...
Italy’s Day of reckoning
Friday, 18 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
As Italian Interim Prime Minister Mario Monti spelled out his grand master plan to rebuild Italy’s economy, students marched in protest....
Drugs: Worrying Reading
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
The findings of the annual report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug addiction are worrying....
Politics: An Islamist-ruled Maghreb
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Last Saturday’s declaration by Libya’s National Transitional Council Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil to the European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, that Libya will not be turned into an extremist Islamic country...
Living On another planet
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
One has to ask serious questions of the Labour Party right now. We have to ask what they think about the potential collapse of Southern Europe’s economy. We also have to ask how th...
We Should emulate the Tunisians
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Tunisia, as we all know, has just come out from under a long dictatorship which followed another dictatorship.A few weeks ago, the country was called to vote in the first free...
Can Monti Rescue Italy?
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Italy has been one of the most sluggish economies that the European Union has ever seen. With an average of 0.75% growth per year over the past 15 years, it makes Malta look ...