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The Invasion of Europe

Tuesday, 28 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

At the recent gathering in Brussels, the 25 EU leaders gave the green light for talks about Turkish accession to the EU to start in October 2005....

New Heights of arrogance

Tuesday, 28 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Michael Falzon (TMID 24 December) insists on misrepresenting the mathematical figures I gave in my original letter. ...

Marsascala Recycling plant X 5

Monday, 27 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Disturbing news for Marsascala residents emerged during a meeting held at the Environment Ministry on Friday, 19 November. Marsascala local council has given up its fight against the recycling plant multiplying its present size and volume by five times to...

ETC And the unemployed

Monday, 27 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Reference is made to the headline article (TMID 18 December) entitled ETC officers say training offered to unemployed ‘ineffective’....

Fair Play

Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

For the sake of transparency, the Gaming Board should insist that the organisers of l-Istrina hold the lotteries in public, and not in an obscure room at Maltacom in Birkirkara. ...

Cold Fish and the price of kerosene

Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Australian aborigines adapt well to their environment. Their body can withstand sub-zero night temperatures and scorching midday temperatures in the Australian desert....

Daphne’s Christmas Sermon

Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

In Daphne’s column last week a little paragraph was dedicated to a “cruel heartless woman”. I am that cruel heartless woman. Unlike what Daphne reported, my letter was printed it in The Malta Independent. My letter was inaccurately quoted and as usual Mrs...

Natura 2000 Sites

Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Reference is made to the article under the heading “European Commission does not accept Malta’s list of Natura 2000 sites (TMIS,19 December)....

The Destruction of Qui-si-Sana

Sunday, 26 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Ray Bezzina, Communications Co-ordinator, Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment, in his letter of 19 December, 2004, principally bases his argument on the fact that the public consultation that took place five-and-a-half years ago to rebut Mr L. ...

Devaluing The lira

Friday, 24 December 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

While reading the letter by Blair L. Foltner (TMID, 17 December) regarding opposition leader Alfred Sant’s idea about depreciating the Maltese lira, I could not help thinking about the contradictions it contained. ...

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