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Europe Listens… but government does not!

Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It was only last week that I received through the mail the transcript of a dialogue by the European Commission’s Representation in Malta with Maltese associations, constituted bodies, local councils and civil society. ...

The Truth? Bad for tourism

Sunday, 20 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This other day, I awoke to find yet another MTA leaflet unceremoniously thrust into my letterbox. I knew instantly it was an MTA leaflet because of the colour – pale vomit-green ...

They Shoot vodkas don’t they?

Sunday, 20 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Malta (and Gozo of course) is a great place to bring up kids, kids as in children that is. Yes I agree, and how often do we hear that, and say that. It's not quite the same response when it comes to our teenagers though is it? ...

Approaching Thunder

Sunday, 20 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Local political observers who keep their ears to the ground can now distinctly hear the distant rumbling of an electoral storm. ...

Have We really changed this much?

Sunday, 20 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The unsuccessful “Brand Malta” mailshot idea that has been brusquely shot down by almost everybody except those who came up with it, ...

A Quick getaway

Sunday, 20 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A drunken 20-year-old man, who allegedly exposed himself to a nine-year-old girl when she asked him to buy her a soft drink at a village feast, is put under house arrest....

Age Of the spin-doctors

Saturday, 19 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

At the outset of World War Two, the University of Oxford contributed to the war effort by publishing a series of pamphlets ...

A Hot summer for the GWU

Friday, 18 August 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The heat is on at the General Workers’ Union.Let’s not talk about the summer months or the days when one wakes up in the morning and dreads going out because it’s going to be another hot day. ...

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