Dual Circulation – Enough time to get used to the euro
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Following long but intense months of planning and practical preparations, the first Maltese euro coins have now eventually found their way into the hands of the general public. ...
The EU And humanitarian aid
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Following Robert Schuman’s declaration, more than 50 years ago, only few would argue that the EU does not play an important and influential role in trade and other economic transactions between member states. ...
Joe The Birdman
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Well, it’s nice to know somebody is sticking up for hunters. And surprise, surprise, it’s a Labour MP. Joe Abela stood up in parliament and laid into the government for its horrible treatment of hunters....
Balanced Development
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Had I not read it black on white on the local printed media, I would not have believed the u-turn that the Nationalist government has just done, in going back to hedging the price of oil. ...
Effective Policies
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The efforts made by Malta to reform the economy were praised once again. In a report issued by Business Europe, the confederation of European Businesses puts our country as one of the top EU member ...
Dalli And Caravaggio
Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
One might ask, what do John Dalli and Caravaggio have in common? Simple. When there was an evident mud-slinging campaign, mainly fomented in-house, ...
Chávez At bay
Monday, 10 December 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Hugo Chávez’s defeat in a plebiscite designed to prolong his rule and increase his power will inspire important changes not only in Venezuela, but across Latin America. Until the vote last Sunday, South America was divided into three blocs: ...
Preaching Where it’s needed
Monday, 10 December 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
I was amused last week to read a letter in a local daily ascribing all sorts of horrors to the Housing Authority’s ownership policies, and its help with subsidising interest rates in particular. ...
The World around us ...
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I had a dreamI started writing this page to you from a very windy and rain-swept London. I finished it in the warm sun of Sri Lanka hoping to see England ...
When Ignorance is not bliss
Sunday, 9 December 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
A new apartheid seems to have sprouted in Maltese society. Over the past few days hundreds of young people received their degree certificates in graduation ceremonies marking the successful end of their studies at university. ...