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EU Consultation process on carbon capture and storage

Thursday, 1 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As part of the announced energy and climate change package which was adopted on 10 January and which contains measures to establish a new energy policy for Europe to combat climate change and boost the EU’s energy security and competitiveness...

No To a referendum on divorce

Thursday, 1 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Maltese idea of democracy is stuck with the popular vote and majority rule – in other words, it is restricted to parliamentary democracy in the narrowest sense of the word...

Only One childhood

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

When I was a child, and that’s quite some time ago, the saying went that children were there to be seen but not heard...

Labour-led Local councils

Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Labour’s democratic credentials are such that we continuously strive to achieve democratisation at all levels of public life. ...

Succeeding As one

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

Achieving targets is the ultimate satisfaction for all of us in all areas and in all aspects: every businessperson sets goals for his or her investment...

Of Saints and sinners

Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when many Maltese used to complain that although we are a religious-minded Roman Catholic people, we never ever had a Maltese cardinal....

Switching Off rather than switching allegiance

Monday, 26 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The most, or perhaps the only significant element in all these endless polls about who is or who is not going to win the next election is the extraordinary and growing number of people who are still saying they won't vote or are undecided. ...

‘Thank You, hafna!’

Sunday, 25 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

So now it is official. Bilingualism is almost dead, if not officially, in terms of usage in our day-to-day lives. In a country where, considering our almost unbelievable illiteracy rates, a primary school education has been compulsory since...

You Are fired!

Sunday, 25 February 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Democratic politics has one distinct advantage over all other political systems: every few years it empowers people to tell their government, “You are fired!” We are fast approaching ...

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