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Debt Crisis|: Stopping the train

Tuesday, 11 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It was only a matter of time before it came around, but it was only late last week that we carried a leading article in which we said that Portugal was edging towards a bailout....

One Year on - Remembering Haiti

Monday, 10 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It’s been nearly a year since a strong earthquake shattered Haiti.It was on 12 January, 2010, that a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 ...

Unions And employers - Two sides of the same coin

Monday, 10 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

It was an unprecedented start for the New Year as it was characterised by a series of price increases for commodities and national insurance contributions. ...

Compensating For price hikes

Sunday, 9 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

There were no walkouts and no immediate inflammatory accusations in the wake of Friday’s meeting of the Malta Council for Social and Economic Development – a positive sign that the country’s social partners ...

Visiting Friends and relatives

Saturday, 8 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

People who need hospital treatment need all the support they can get from their families and friends.A stay in hospital is never welcome, although the facilities that we now have at Mater Dei Hospital makes it more comfortable....

Simply Oversensitive

Saturday, 8 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

We Maltese have a problem with satire. We simply abhor being the subject of it. We have seen it time and time again.Whether it is between fr...

Weird Patterns: Just what is happening?

Friday, 7 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Acclaimed (and largely unappreciated) author Oscar Wilde is quoted as having once said: “Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative”....

Eurozone: Portugal’s Day of reckoning

Friday, 7 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Portugal has again avoided default by being able to borrow more money to pay off soon to mature debts, so for the time being, at least the eurozone is stable....

Regional Road: Better Maintenance needed

Thursday, 6 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The accident that took place on the Regional Road in St Julian’s yesterday was one that was waiting to happen. Luckily, there were no injuries....

Energy: The Full picture on commodity prices

Thursday, 6 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In the quickly developing war of words over the rising prices of commodities that is breaking out between the country’s political forces, the everyday consumer would not be blamed for feeling somewhat awash in the tide of conflicting information...

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