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Back To basics

Saturday, 22 October 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The Maltese tourist sector has been in the doldrums for some time. The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association has been voicing its concern about the future of the Malta tourist industry, ...

Bye, Bye new Labour

Friday, 21 October 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Some two weeks have gone by now since the elections for the top posts of the General Workers Union were held. The most important post ...

Friday Wisdom: Timing Is everything

Friday, 21 October 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The difference between crisp fresh salad and trash is timing. In life, it is not only important to make the right decisions but also to make them at the right time....

Learning The past to understand the present

Thursday, 20 October 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I cannot help feeling that much of our inability to discuss matters of race and religion is the result of our not having learnt our history correctly, imbibing a variety of myths and legends instead. ...

Some Are born more equal than others

Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Two weeks ago, during the General Workers’ Union congress, opposition leader Alfred Sant passed on a loud and clear message: that the GWU would be a “privileged partner” to the Labour government....

Sant Of the Far Left

Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

In his partisan speech during the General Workers’ Union congress, the opposition leader declared himself against the privatisation of 20 per cent of the Malta International Airport shares....

Will Germany Sink or swim?

Tuesday, 18 October 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

While Germany prepares to put its new government together in a bid to submit it to the necessary parliamentary approval, the hidden agenda item most commentators are discussing is whether next year Germany will be compelled to go to the polls again. ...

Safety In civil aviation

Monday, 17 October 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

In an island state whose economy is highly dependent upon tourism, civil aviation assumes paramount importance. ...

Foul Fowl

Monday, 17 October 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

So it was good to read that the poor birds which fly over our archipelago may actually be saved from hunting if bird flu does strike, as it is not being excluded that hunting could be banned if the worst does happen....

Reality Knocks

Sunday, 16 October 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

News flow from the economy this week indicates that reality is again knocking at the door as the budget consultation process gathers momentum. ...

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