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Change To survive, grow and excel

Thursday, 29 September 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

While thanking you for being the only newspaper that reported my intervention to the Social Affairs Committee of Parliament on the subject of the knowledge economy (TMID, 28 September)....

Illegal Immigrants and their right to a family

Wednesday, 28 September 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

This case dealt with an unmarried couple, a Maltese and a Libyan illegal immigrant (X & Y), who claimed a breach of their fundamental rights under Articles 8 and 12 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms....

A Study in contrasts

Tuesday, 27 September 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It was a study in contrasts, which highlighted the sharp divide that exists between the cocoon-like existence of the present government and the way our daily lives are appraised by the ordinary man in the street....

Certifying Eco-friendly standards

Monday, 26 September 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

As spelt out in the 2005 budget speech, the government has established the economy, the environment and education as the three pillars of its activity. ...

Annulment Or divorce, adoption or IVF

Monday, 26 September 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It is extraordinary, isn’t it? When you think of all the ethical problems that beset this country that so much time has been spent on trying to come to some form of consensus on the regulation or otherwise of IVF. ...

Fresh Debate follows dead Constitution

Sunday, 25 September 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

When Commission President Josè Manuel Barroso met with his Commissioners in a castle outside Brussels last week, it was not to discuss the future of Europe...

Getting Bums on seats

Sunday, 25 September 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Fact. It is too expensive to fly to Malta. We can rebrand ourselves till the cows come home or the gbejniet go sour. ...

Bad Money and good babies

Sunday, 25 September 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Catholic Church in Mexico has been fiercely criticised for accepting donations from drug...

Pensions – Pennies in the pot

Sunday, 25 September 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Welfare and health reform is potentially a hot potato for politicians to handle as a major overhaul of the existing system must be carried out....

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