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The Price of inertia

Saturday, 31 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

To say that Malta has a transport problem on its hands is an over-simplification. It is more correct to say that it is coping with a concatenation of related problems, some of which defy early solution....

Wishing The EU well

Friday, 30 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Last weekend Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi met up with 26 other heads of government in Berlin to commemorate the 1957 Treaty of Rome...

Friday Wisdom: Two Rectangles

Friday, 30 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Billboards with two rectangles on a blue background came within sight this week. They depict an artistic derivation of the national flag and carried the message that TVM, the public owned media station, is being refreshed for our benefit. ...

Addressing Europe’s Energy problems (2)

Thursday, 29 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Europe’s increasing dependence on gas and oil imports, especially from Russia, is as dangerous as war. ...

It’s The people, not the cause

Thursday, 29 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

Last year, Malta had to endure an orgy of violence perpetrated against those who were thought to be helping or promoting the cause of the people held in detention camps – the ones who are known as klandestini. ...

The Spring of youth

Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

On 21 March, the very first day of spring, very appropriately, we celebrated International Youth Day. ...

Win Win

Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

Results are now what they are. The results of the local council elections two weeks ago clearly showed that Labour was well-prepared for them and that the work carried out was not in vain. ...

Expanding Our horizons

Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

The European Union’s vision for further development goes beyond European shores...

Europe’s Birthday party: 2057 and all that

Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

If people have a penchant for celebrating their 50th birthday as well as their 50 years of marriage, there is surely no harm in the European Union ...

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