Commission Proposes more stringent standards to improve toy safety
Thursday, 31 January 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The European Commission has recently proposed further measures to improve the safety of toys in Europe by strengthening in particular those rules relating to chemical substances in toys....
New Best friends
Thursday, 31 January 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
I see that the Labour Party is going down the road of producing people from the woodwork to say why they no longer love the Nationalist Party, why they feel betrayed or let down, and why they have turned to Labour for the limelight....
‘The Skeptical environmentalist’ strikes back
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish statistician and author of the controversial book The Skeptical Environmentalist (2001) ...
Being Innovative
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
This year climate change and energy will once again be among the most discussed issues at international level...
Bounce Back, meltdown and Achilles’ heels
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Last Sunday Alfred Sant bounced back with style, resilience and determination while offering the vision that his worst critics erroneously claim that he lacks....
Two Energy futures
Monday, 28 January 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
By 2100, the world’s energy system will be radically different from today’s. Renewable energy like solar, wind, hydroelectricity, and biofuels will make up a large share of the energy mix, and nuclear energy, too, will have a place...
The Age of corruption
Monday, 28 January 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It has been a very trying 2007 for the Prime Minister. We are now very close to another general election and memories of the floodgates of corruption and sleaze gaping open towards the middle of last year are still fresh in people’s minds...
Tug Of war
Sunday, 27 January 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Bankers who work for central banks are generally very serious people, serious to the point of being boring. It is therefore not often that one has an opportunity to witness a tug ...
Settle Down and read this, please
Sunday, 27 January 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
If and when I need colon surgery, please remind me not to go under Anthony Zammit’s knife. The man made an ass of himself at the Labour Party’s general conference a couple of days...