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Swieqi-itis?

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Do you remember Swieqi? Or Swieqi as it was? Not my hometown incidentally....

Hello September

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

August has come and gone. This week, many operators returned to their desks, the holidays over and facing the reality of the economic sector, which in the end is the foundation for our quality of life, holidays included....

Feudalism For the 21st century

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

So all those hard words against low-cost airlines have been swallowed or eaten and Ryanair is to fly between Malta and a few European airports. I wonder what happened to make the government change its mind:...

Issue Of confidence

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

For the second year running, the government has failed to achieve its self-set target to attract an additional 50,000 tourists per year over a three-year period....

God’s Yellow Pages

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Rent-a-priestYoung people do not expect the Church to change its values in order to accommodate or satisfy their needs, but they do expect the Church to be flexible, not to point fingers, not to condemn. ...

If We don’t make it

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Some 10 days ago, when the international rating agency Fitch expressed its opinion that, due to persistently high inflation, Malta would more likely qualify for the adoption of the euro in 2009 rather than 2008, the silence from government was deafening....

September 11th: Five Years on

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

September 11, 2001. American Airlines 11. United Airlines 175. American Airlines 77. United Airlines 93. North Tower 8:46am (2:46pm in Malta). South Tower 9:03am. The Pentagon 9:38am. ...

Perspectives From the arena

Saturday, 9 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The boffins running the political party machines know that, in politics, images can be crucial – which explains why the Nationalist Party is bent on capitalising on its EU ...

Be Smart

Friday, 8 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

“Be smart” is this year’s slogan for the festivities of one of Malta’s milestones, Independence Day, another in the long chain of achievements by Nationalist governments....

‘A War against truth’

Friday, 8 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

This is the title of a book authored by Canadian journalist Paul William Roberts, who experienced the invasion of Iraq from a very different...

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