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Exercise: We Are a lazy bunch

Friday, 19 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

While Malta has all the gyms and new fitness fads that one can find anywhere else in the developed world, we are still, for lack of a better term, a lazy bunch....

Terror: Worrying Developments in Sinai

Friday, 19 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

As the news began to filter in of the attacks in Southern Israel, where civilian buses were shot at by armed terrorists, the world came to a new realisation....

Eurozone: Heading Towards the inevitable

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The joint press conference held yesterday by German and French premiers Angela Merkel and Nikolas Sarkozy contained proposals that were inevitable – closer economic and fiscal policy in the eurozone....

Riots: Automatic Detention

Thursday, 18 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Riot police and the use of teargas are, thankfully, not very common sights in Malta. But that was precisely the scene at Safi on Tuesday as migrants at the Safi detention centre...

Phone Wars: Google ups the stakes

Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Google has flexed its financial muscles and gone head-to-head with Apple, by purchasing Motorola Mobility – in cash – for $12.5bn....

On Our doorstep: Crunch time in Tripoli

Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It has been a rather long time since the world, and Malta as well, took any notice of what is happening in Libya. But now things are moving, fast....

Private Lessons: Need for accountability

Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Education Ministry has gone on record saying that the private tuition sector is to be regulated...

Berlin Wall Construction commemorated

Monday, 15 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The Berlin Wall’s construction 50 years ago must be a constant reminder to citizens today to stand up for freedom and democracy, the city’s mayor ...

In Holiday mood

Monday, 15 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The country is in holiday mood today as the feast of Santa Marija is celebrated in seven villages across Malta and Gozo. Since it is also one of the 14 public or national holidays that this country enjoys – a...

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