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Going Round in circles

Sunday, 7 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Louis Farrugia, chief executive of the Farsons group and one of Malta’s captains of industry, hit the nail on the head when he...

Down With the travel tax

Sunday, 7 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

When Malta joined the European Union, the government and the Nationalist Party had stated with pride that Maltese citizens would enjoy the four freedoms like all other European Union citizens. This included, among others, the free movement of people....

The Ordinary Samaritan

Sunday, 7 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Remember the parable of the Good Samaritan? Of course you do. For a second there, I almost forgot we were living in the country with the highest Christian population densit...

Supermarket Trolley talk

Sunday, 7 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The first time I met Godfrey Grima, the journalist who has, over the past three decades, undoubtedly lead the small, restricted band of Maltese scribblers who have had ...

A Battle for growth

Sunday, 7 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

It is true there is a substantial difference between what the government says is the state of the economy, what people feel, what the constituted bodies state and what the Opposition says. ...

Politics And economics

Saturday, 6 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

The President of the Malta Employers Association, Arthur Muscat, opened Pandora’s Box when he crossed swords with Professor Edward Scicluna the other day....

Going For it – A better quality of life

Friday, 5 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Though most people on the island are presently either taking their holidays or else making their final arrangements towards this end, last Saturday....

George Three times

Friday, 5 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The PN media is making brouhaha about a reported incident where Dr George Vella, former deputy leader of the Malta Labour Party and current opposition spokesman on EU matters....

Happy All the time

Thursday, 4 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

We have a tendency to record only the information we deem important or significant, and because of that, much of the minutiae of everyday life are lost when a generation dies and the one that comes after does not remember. ...

Winning The match

Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 22 years ago Malta Independent

Many say that we have arrived at the end of the first half of our current legislature....

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