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Traditions And the euro

Friday, 12 May 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

If you have had the pleasure of seeing the film Fiddler on the Roof, then you must have listened to the opening song that dwells on the question of tradition....

Friday Wisdom: Never The right time

Friday, 12 May 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Confirmed bachelors can always explain why it is never the right time to get married....

Malta’s Cuban Missile crisis

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

There are certain groups of people who seem to live in a parallel universe, unaware that everyone else has moved on. ...

Human Rights

Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Since God created the human person in his image, and God himself became man for the human person’s salvation, the Church considers it as her mission to champion the cause of human rights. ...

Tilting At windmills

Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

One of the most widely read classics of Western literature is “Don Quixote”, by Miguel de Cervantes. ...

Have We really tapped wind energy?

Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Ever since my days as minister responsible for Enemalta I have been eager to promote alternative sources of energy, although I must admit that I did not find the necessary support from some of the senior management members of the corporation....

‘Societas Europaea’ – A challenge

Monday, 8 May 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Societas Europaea (European Company) regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 paved the way to the creation of supranational companies. ...

Stressing The importance of intellectual property

Monday, 8 May 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The theme of this year’s World Intellectual Property Day, which was commemorated recently, is about the starting point of all intellectual property, the seeds from which all innovations and creative works grow – ideas....

Transgender Toilets?

Monday, 8 May 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Italy’s parliament, unlike ours, has long been a place of interest, humour and controversy, a parliament that normally (with Berlusconi being one notable exception) collapses like a pack of cards every time the slightest of breezes wafts along. ...

Watch It, both of you!

Sunday, 7 May 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

This week I was really spoilt for choice on what topic to write about. I was first inclined to write about Dr Austin Gatt’s cheap verbal attack on the tourism industry during the opening ceremony of the AMITEX fair....

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