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LNG - An issue to be addressed by experts

Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

In the past months, weeks, days and hours the new Administration changed course on a wide range of issues. The aim is to shape and design things differently. You can make your own assessments and draw...

On setting realistic goals and reaching them

Monday, 24 March 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Stefan Buontempo

Physical agility, stamina and strength. Such are three pilars that every athlete must have in order to excel.   Becoming a respected athlete is a career goal for many. One must not only be...

Increase vacation leave, abolish sick leave

Sunday, 23 March 2014, 09:15 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

Reports in the past few days about the cost of sick leave as well as the plan to allow parents of young children to use their sick leave allotment to stay home when their sons or daughters are unwell...

Cries of anguish and anger

Sunday, 23 March 2014, 09:10 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

This seems to have been the week for a collective outbreak of cries of anguish and of anger.   There were stories that were on everybody’s lips but then there were also stories that...

When three is not a crowd

Sunday, 23 March 2014, 09:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Alison Bezzina

As tempted as I was to torture myself, last week I purposely didn’t watch the live debate between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition on Xarabank. A few days later, however, I...

Core Europe in the periphery

Sunday, 23 March 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Alfred Mifsud

If The Economist Business Round Table held in Malta earlier this month served for nothing else, it served to raise awareness among international speakers and delegates that Malta is an island of...

The gas tanker

Sunday, 23 March 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Clyde Puli

In the last general election, four out of five MPs were returned for Labour from the Fifth District (Birzebbuġa, Kirkop, Marsaxlokk, Imqabba, Qrendi, Safi and Żurrieq). Two-thirds of first preference...

A hidden treasure

Sunday, 23 March 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Nature brings to mind images of fields, flora, fauna and so forth: Some live in harmony with it while others view it just as a material resource.   Nature is all around us; everything is...

Energy matters

Sunday, 23 March 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Clint Camilleri

In the light of the strategic measures taken by the current administration, and in view of the ever-changing geopolitical state of affairs, the energy sector remains one of the top priorities for this...

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