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This Malta Of ours

Friday, 18 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

We are indeed lucky to live in this country of ours. We are gaining strength. During the last few years, so many other states have been through upheavals of one type or another. ...

Good Timing

Friday, 18 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It would be flattering to think my contribution of last week inspired the very timely and informative media conference addressed by Opposition Leader last Monday about his...

Strategies For an even ‘Greener’ Europe

Thursday, 17 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

CO2 emissions, climate change, increasing demand for and dependency on fossil fuels, economic issues...

Singing For his supper

Thursday, 17 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Article 517 of Chapter 9 of the Laws of Malta (known otherwise as the Criminal Code) allows the courts full scope for the banning of “any writing” about the cases before them. ...

Evading Tax evasion

Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Tax evasion is a global scourge. The “black” economy has, by some estimates, reached 10 per cent of GDP in advanced countries and can top 70 per cent in developing countries. And it is getting worse. ...

The Process continues

Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A fortnight has passed since the introduction of the European currency into our pockets and purses....

Lost Amid the whoops of self-congratulation

Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There is nothing wrong that the Nationalist Party has launched a slick advertising campaign in the ‘independent’ media in English. It is every party’s prerogative to do so....

Malta, Italy, The US and Libya

Monday, 14 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

A couple of days ago my friend Leo Brincat and I issued a press statement to reveal how the Italian government managed to strike an unprecedented deal with the ...

Dead End debates

Monday, 14 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

If we had to add another heartbreaking story of Maddie in 2007 it would be the one of twins who married without knowing they were twins, and who had their marriage annulled ...

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