The Malta Independent 5 November 2026, Thursday
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Leveraging The services industry

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

Few European directives have brought about as much interest as the proposed Services Directive. ...

Babes With brains

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

It really isn’t a woman’s world. First, women fought to get the vote, equal rights and pay and equal access to all of life’s goodies and now we read that men, when looking for a life partner, definitely don’t want a woman who is cleverer than they are....

A Moment In Time: The Russians are coming... er... knocking

Sunday, 13 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I had just come out of the shower when the doorbell rang. Pippin the cat immediately dived under the bed, something it has been wont to do ever since we got the vet to ...

The Long haul

Sunday, 13 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

By now, our politicians would have said practically all they had to say about the government’s budget for next year....

Regaining Lost ground

Sunday, 13 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

The one economic problem everyone is talking about but few have a clear solution how to overcome it, is Malta’s dwindling competitiveness. ...

Correcting Some misconceptions

Sunday, 13 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Please allow me to correct some misconceptions Clyde Puli, chairperson, Standing Committee for Social Affairs, may have formed following the very poor report your ...

Having Your ‘imqaret’ and eating them

Sunday, 13 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The English expression wanting to have your cake and eat it, often used to explain why you can’t have everything in life, is not the easiest of expressions to translate into ...

How To make simple things complicated

Sunday, 13 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I am always extremely suspicious when budget measures are immediately revised, refined or...

Expecting Miracles

Sunday, 13 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It is practically impossible for a child who is left to fend for himself from the age of nine to turn out all right. Yet, when he turns out badly, ...

It Is our fault

Sunday, 13 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Beyond the inevitable political rhetoric, this year’s budget speeches by the Prime Minister and the Opposition leader hinged on one simple yet devastating point....

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