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The Child of the revolution

Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

Chatham House, which is synonymous with The Royal Institute of International Affairs, is no ordinary think tank. It is perhaps the British think tank on foreign affairs that carries most clout. ...

Intellectual Property awareness

Monday, 25 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

The innovative and creative mind is the force behind the progress mankind has made since the dawn of civilisation. ...

Brains Is best

Monday, 25 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Newsflash. Europe looks on in amazement. Maltese mums don’t work so Maltese kids are slim, well read, better behaved and not obsessed by television, video games and the like, which is making Europe sick!...

Bottle-fed Babies of the world, unite!

Sunday, 24 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

It looks like the pressure is on again to keep Maltese women barefoot and pregnant, or fiddling around the farmyard like a bunch of brood mares....

Government Spending is no way to measure performance

Sunday, 24 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Prime Minister’s speech, which ended the PN’s festivities marking the 42nd anniversary of independence, reminded me of the experience I had when a Labour government, as soon as it was elected in ...

Pathway To democracy

Sunday, 24 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

Maltese politicians, like many of their counterparts everywhere, are usually far too involved in the political hurly-burly and find little or no time to pause and reflect on the general state of their democratic environment ...

Crescendo Of disillusionment

Sunday, 24 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

There is no doubt that many of Malta’s middle classes (the English and the Maltese speaking ones), and our young people particularly, are disillusioned with all politicians, ...

Focus On back-bench MPs

Saturday, 23 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

In every democracy, parliament is a forum of controversy, with the opposition in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with the government....

Turning Challenges into opportunities

Friday, 22 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

It seems that my article on Ta’ Xbiex (TMID, 25 August) did arouse some reaction. That was what I intended, and I believe I succeeded. ...

Friday Wisdom: An Honest liar

Friday, 22 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

This quote made news headlines this week:“There is not much choice. There is not, because ...

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