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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Government

Sunday, 26 June 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Lost in space? Dazed and confused? Dismayed and disillusioned? Well, who can blame you, considering that...

Profiteering And profit-making

Saturday, 25 June 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Without doubt, the most outstanding development in the world economic scene before the turn of the century was the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union and its far-flung empire, and the rapid spread of market economies in the third world....

A Step in the right direction

Friday, 24 June 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Last Monday, Parliament unanimously approved the second reading of the bill regarding domestic violence....

As Rome Burns

Friday, 24 June 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

As we are busy discussing parliamentary ratification of the EU Constitution, a project that by all counts seems dead in the water; as the headlines this week were occupied by the resignation of the chairman of Sea Malta....

Utterly Pointless

Thursday, 23 June 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Desperate attempts are being made to round up people who are prepared to leave Malta to spend their days translating tedious EU documents into Maltese....

Converging Communication technologies – 3G

Monday, 20 June 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Over the years, thanks to developments in the electronic communications market, Malta has experienced a revolutionary change. ...

Ketchup Country morals

Monday, 20 June 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

This is a country where there is a huge chasm between what we preach and what we do, between what we say between ourselves and what we say when we for example, write letters to newspapers....

You’ve Got mail

Sunday, 19 June 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Hi everybody, On my first day alone in India, I made friends with a young boy called Mutu. ...

Negative Zeitgeist

Sunday, 19 June 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

There hasn’t been such a bad feeling in the country since Alfred Sant was Prime Minister in 1997/1998, and his government was splitting apart at the seams. I can’t even begin to describe it. ...

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