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Have We really changed this much?

Sunday, 20 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The unsuccessful “Brand Malta” mailshot idea that has been brusquely shot down by almost everybody except those who came up with it, ...

A Quick getaway

Sunday, 20 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A drunken 20-year-old man, who allegedly exposed himself to a nine-year-old girl when she asked him to buy her a soft drink at a village feast, is put under house arrest....

Age Of the spin-doctors

Saturday, 19 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

At the outset of World War Two, the University of Oxford contributed to the war effort by publishing a series of pamphlets ...

A Hot summer for the GWU

Friday, 18 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The heat is on at the General Workers’ Union.Let’s not talk about the summer months or the days when one wakes up in the morning and dreads going out because it’s going to be another hot day. ...

Sweets From strange men

Thursday, 17 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

As regular readers of this column will know, I rate those who sexually abuse children far below murderers – and I am delighted to see that this dreadful crime, which was for so long blanked out by Maltese society, has got the notice it needs....

The Last belief barrier

Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Your editorial The third force (TMID, 11 August) asks the crucial question whether “AD will elect a representative in parliament, a breakthrough that would give AD a much stronger voice and give it the energy to continue its fight”....

The Way forward (2)

Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It is a characteristic of the Labour Party that social and human aspects are given overwhelming importance in all that we do. ...

There’s Nothing in the way she moves

Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

There is something distinctly dismal in the way our country is moving backwards.During this decade, the Nationalist government has been weak in every domestic aspect. ...

Council Of Europe shows its clout

Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

There are many who dismiss the Council of Europe as a talking shop, since it has no executive powers at the level of its parliamentary assembly....

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