Malta Needs an extreme makeover!
Sunday, 9 April 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Driving around southeast Sicily last weekend, I couldn't help thinking that this beautiful island must be one of the most underrated jewels in the Mediterranean, while our own Malaga building site cum dust bowl called Malta must be one of the most overrat...
Maltese Mind games
Sunday, 9 April 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Recent reports in the UK-based international media, claimed last week that Britons have more brainpower than the French, according to controversial new research. ...
Change Is in the air
Sunday, 9 April 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 22 years ago
Malta Independent
There have been four separate electoral consultations in these islands since the 2003 General Election....
Political Blame and cheek
Sunday, 9 April 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 22 years ago
Malta Independent
Last week, two specific announcements, one from the Finance Ministry and the other from the Investments and IT Ministry, contained an overdose of political surrealism and spin. ...
Bribery And cheating
Sunday, 9 April 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
So the man known as is-Sej has been sent to prison for two years for his involvement in Malta’s most notorious bribery case. ...
Outrageous Pollution levels
Saturday, 8 April 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The latest issue of the scientific journal, XJENZA, violently disturbed the stagnant waters of officialdom with the publication of a study by Professor Alfred Vella and Mr Renato Camilleri on “Fine Dust Emission from Soft Stone Quarrying in Malta”....
Building A better Malta
Friday, 7 April 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 22 years ago
Malta Independent
The general council of the Nationalist Party has just been held. The positive feeling about it is that economy trends on the ground floor level are good, thus opening up the doors for this economic revival to be felt by all. I write this as the explanatio...
Privatising Properly 2
Friday, 7 April 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 22 years ago
Malta Independent
Private shareholders in Maltacom had the shock of their life this week when it was disclosed that the best binding offer in the privatisation of Maltacom values each share at Lm1.51c0, which is a 30 per cent ...
Speaking With one voice
Friday, 7 April 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 22 years ago
Malta Independent
The European Parliament yesterday adopted a resolution that sends a powerful message that the European Union should get its act together and help Malta deal effectively with the problem of immigration...
Treating People like goats
Thursday, 6 April 2006, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
When journalists were allowed, finally, on a sort of “group tour” of the detention centres, shepherded by police in a bus, it was a sudden decision that appeared to be taken in haste and panic. ...