The Malta Independent 28 July 2026, Tuesday
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Why Are we waiting?

Saturday, 26 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

The last echoes of the budget debate have receded almost completely, and all the political vapour has cleared. The audience, who followed the ding-dong battle of slogans and statistics, is more bewildered than ever before....

Malta And CHOGM

Friday, 25 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Today is CHOGM day.Malta has, over the past months, prepared in earnest for this day. ...

Sprint Or marathon

Friday, 25 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

CHOGM, which stands for Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting, has brought to our midst a diverse array of leading political ...

Notebook

Thursday, 24 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

The panic about bird flu has subsided. But bombs, terrorists and CHOGM have filled the vacuum. ...

Gambling Education: We have to bet on it

Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Gambling is one of the world’s oldest yet most controversial activities. It occupies the hearts and minds of many as its seductiveness lies in the promise of effortless profit by taking a risk, a chance ...

Private Pensions

Tuesday, 22 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Nationalist Government has been trying to give the impression that the Labour Party has no position on private pensions....

Improving Our business regulation

Monday, 21 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

The issue of better regulation is certainly one of the most important topics on the agenda of the European Union at the present time, and it is also a topic to which Malta attaches a high level of priority....

Why Kids don’t mould our votes

Monday, 21 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I guess if you had to ask most middle class people what concerns them today, they would say taxes. ...

They’d Rather die than come here

Sunday, 20 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

The ANR and its followers think that everybody in Africa is gagging to come to Malta, the land of opportunity, milk and honey. ...

Watershed Budget?

Sunday, 20 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

More than any other time since the last world war, the budget debate has been a watershed for the people of these islands. Having achieved ...

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