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More economic growth

Monday, 21 October 2013, 08:12 Last update: about 13 years ago Edward Zammit Lewis

Moody's Investors Service upgraded Malta's outlook to stable from negative comes as no surprise for the Maltese Government.  The rating agency also affirmed the country's A3...

Passports for hard cash

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Nationalist Party has spoken at last about the government’s “cash for passports” plans, which it has disingenuously called the Individual Investor Programme. Mario de Marco spoke...

Learning Chinese and all that

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

Well, technically I should say “learning Mandarin”, as this is how the language spoken by millions of Chinese people should be known, but I guess it is easier to understand what I’m...

So many strands leading to next Thursday’s stand-off

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 08:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

We may think of the various events that make up news in our country as all separate and having their own dynamics.   But seen from the top, as the country’s leaders will no doubt see...

Boom, bash, bang and the noise blares on

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 08:47 Last update: about 13 years ago Pamela Hansen

It was good to hear that our air quality has improved; it’s a shame that the same cannot be said about the noise pollution on the island. Whether it is the dreaded petards, car horns and discos,...

The big picture

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 08:39 Last update: about 13 years ago Alfred Mifsud

It was all so predictable. Like Berlusconi in Italy, the Republicans in the US had to eat humble pie.   Taking their country to the brink, threatening to render the US a pariah in the eyes...

The Civil Union Bill

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 08:35 Last update: about 13 years ago Michael Asciak

The Civil Union Bill has just been published. To tell the truth it has not sprung any surprises at all, as the matter dealt with by the Bill has been discussed for some time now. It basically...

An existing reality that needs to be addressed now

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 08:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Andre Camilleri Camilleri

The tragedy of irregular immigration is a human tragedy that is happening right on our doorstep. The Mediterranean Sea is literally becoming a burial site for the thousands of people who try to escape...

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