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Shadow And substance

Saturday, 19 March 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

That Malta is passing through difficult times is a fact of life on which there is general agreement....

Not Taking the easy way out

Friday, 18 March 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Last Saturday, 68 per cent of the voters in 21 localities in Malta went to the polls. ...

Friday Wisdom: Deciphering the vote

Friday, 18 March 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Though not entirely unexpected, the size of the victory registered by the MLP at last Saturday’s local elections must be at the top end of their expectations and probably below the bottom end of the PN’s....

Let Us not count those chickens now

Thursday, 17 March 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It is understandable that the leader of the opposition should declare with triumph that the result of the local council elections is a vote of no confidence in the Nationalist Party, and a vote of confidence in his party....

Fake Bonuses and regressive caps

Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The political crossfire on economic and fiscal issues over the last few weeks has been, in my opinion, grossly hypocritical and highly unproductive. ...

Gonzi’s Not too secret ‘secret strategy’

Tuesday, 15 March 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The resounding defeat suffered by the Nationalist Party over the past weekend in the local elections that took place practically across one third of the island easily explains why Gonzi’s....

Malta’s Perspective on the Lisbon Strategy

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

As Malta approaches its first year of EU membership it is already clear that becoming more competitive has become the country’s main strategic goal....

A Last hurrah

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

John G. Borg Bartolo’s article PBS: The unending symphony has inspired what will be my last, halting and baffled attempt to write about Public Broadcasting in Malta....

Who Needs who?

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

Malta is a country with the population of a town. ...

Junk Mail

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

Something must be afoot. Either there’s some kind of election on – a likely hypothesis, seeing as there seems to be an election every 15 minutes in this country...

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