Malta’s Excessive deficit procedure
Friday, 20 February 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Despite the message being conveyed by almost every other section of the media, Malta has not emerged from the European Commission’s latest round of Excessive Deficit Procedures scot-free....
Heading Towards confrontation
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
The latest differences between the ministry responsible for transport and bus drivers seems to have been shelved, for now, but the way the two sides attacked each other in the preceding days shows that the conflict is far from being over, ...
The Political game
Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
It is almost a year since the Nationalist Party won the election and, although we are more or less still four years away from the next one...
The Right time
Tuesday, 17 February 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The 14 offers that were received by the Finance Ministry’s Privatisation Unit for the four operation areas of the Malta Shipyards clearly show that while there is an interest in the various operations...
Talking Numbers
Monday, 16 February 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It was certainly a big blow, but it was not quite as painful as some had predicted it would be....
Hospital Waiting lists
Saturday, 14 February 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
Much has been said and written about the hospital waiting lists over the past months, if not years. It was thought that the shift from St Luke’s Hospital to Mater Dei Hospital in late 2007 would have led to a reduction of such...
The Correct choice
Friday, 13 February 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
It took a long time for the government, and the Church, to realise that public opinion was very much against the plans for the extension of the St John’s Co-Cathedral Museum. But ultimately the correct choice has been made....
The Right to die (2)
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Eluana Englaro, the woman who was in a vegetative state for 17 years following a car accident in 1992, has died....
Light Years ahead
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
The government is set to invest some e70 million in an overhaul of the water and electricity metering and billing system, aiming to become the first country in the world to implement a holistic power line data transfer system....
From Faith to confidence
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Acts of the Apostles and history books say that St Paul gave Malta its faith when he was shipwrecked here on his way to Rome.Although different historians hold different views as to whether Malta main...