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Cross About George

Sunday, 13 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A debate is taking place in another section of the press about the desirability or otherwise of having the George Cross removed from our flag. The deluge of correspondence about this subject surprises me....

How To tell you’re living in the Third World

Sunday, 13 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Ever get the feeling that, for all your country’s claims to be steadily progressing in all departments, it’s actually sliding relentlessly back towards a new Dark Age? ...

Brand Malta And Reality Malta?

Sunday, 13 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

After another year of hard slog, sweat and tears, the Maltese Matsec results are out. Sadly, although the students and their teachers have worked just as hard, if not harder than ever, although parents have agonised, spent years overseeing ...

Overriding Reality

Sunday, 13 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Writing in another section of the press, Din l-Art Helwa stalwart Martin Scicluna declared that “the vote taken in Parliament on 26 July 6 (extending Malta’s construction development zone) ...

The Concept of a Single Monetary Union: The euro in more recent times (Part 2)

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

The member states’ meeting at the Strasbourg European Council in December 1989 decided to convene an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) which culminated in the new Treaty on European Union, signed at Maastricht in 1992. The treaty set out a number of ...

Byzantine Politics

Saturday, 12 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Long ago and far away, the ruling Nationalist Party was led by a breed of well-meaning idealists. ...

A Burst bubble

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

A lot has been said in the printed media regarding the Voice of the Mediterranean radio station, and surely the matter has attracted some attention....

Friday Wisdom: Little to smile about

Friday, 11 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The smiling faces of a young family looking at the future with confidence adorns the front cover of the pre-budget document 2007, which has been distributed as part of a wide consultation exercise....

In The workplace we trust!

Thursday, 10 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The task of managing people in modern organisations is complex and certainly far from easy. ...

Magazines Are good for you

Thursday, 10 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

I was saddened by the news that Family Circle magazine, a British monthly for so long a mainstay of news stands, is to close down after a run of 42 years....

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