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‘Destination Euro(pe)’? We Stand to gain!

Thursday, 15 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The latest tourism statistics can be described as nothing but encouraging, with a 17 per cent increase in tourist arrivals registered when compared to this time last year. ...

Snippets On EU funding for science, research and the environment

Thursday, 15 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The European Parliament insists on more EU funding for environmental research – The European Parliament has recently hinted that any revenues generated from the Emission Trading Scheme...

No, It couldn’t be you

Thursday, 15 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Letters have been appearing sporadically in the newspapers asking for a return to the airwaves of Rachel Vella and Tista Tkun Int. As with the letters written by the Labour Party’s toiling elves,...

No Lie will discourage Labour

Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Last week was one of those weeks that really made me think deeply on the reason why I am in politics after all. The way things are happening in political life in Malta are indeed very sad,...

Another Buddha Destroyed

Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The world watched in horror when Taliban forces destroyed the monumental Buddha statues in Bamiyan, Afghanistan in 2001. Political and cultural leaders from around the globe condemned the attacks. ...

Malta Addressing Lisbon Agenda goals (2)

Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Employment, education and training for an adaptable workforceThe Lisbon Strategy clearly places job creation and economic growth in all its Member States as the keystone of its objectives....

Increasing Our rights

Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Very soon, Malta will be able to lift its border controls since it passed the required standards to join the Schengen zone. The development follows positive results of various inspections carried out by EU officials in Malta ...

Never Make a promise you can’t break

Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Although this seems to be the not so hidden agenda that the Nationalist Party has developed over the years, it is also the title of a side-splitting short but punchy book of Irish humour on How To Succeed In Irish Politics....

Malta Addressing Lisbon Agenda goals (1)

Monday, 12 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Last Thursday I launched the second annual progress report on the implementation of the National Reform Programme 2005-2008 (NRP), which last month was submitted to the EU Commission...

A Moment In Time

Sunday, 11 November 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

It is perhaps time for someone to do some rethinking when it comes to staging rock concerts on this island. Not only are many people feeling that they are being cheated in the way spaces inside venues are organised, ...

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