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 ...