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Oil discovery - sweet nectar from heaven

Sunday, 6 October 2013, 07:35 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

My brief visit to Moscow last month turned out to be a cold and wet one, which did not detract from the sprawling capital where one finds the greatest cluster of millionaires and a coterie of...

Europe’s citizens give verdict on austerity

Saturday, 5 October 2013, 08:56 Last update: about 13 years ago David Casa

Last week Gallup published a poll highlighting the broad disapproval throughout the European Union on the use of strict austerity measures to solve the economic crisis that has persisted since 2008,...

Malta's place in China’s foreign policy strategy

Friday, 4 October 2013, 07:51 Last update: about 13 years ago Tarcisio Zammit

The recent visit to China by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to participate in the Annual Meeting of the “Summer Davos” organized by the World Economic Forum on 11 – 13 September in the...

Creating a sandstorm to obscure an argument

Thursday, 3 October 2013, 08:40 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

It is really exhausting, but one suspects that is the intention, the way the government has carried on with the tactic it used so successfully in Opposition. When it is criticised, and unable to...

Alcohol strategies in the EU

Thursday, 3 October 2013, 07:52 Last update: about 13 years ago David Casa

The World Health Organization reported in 2012 that Europe currently holds the highest per-capita alcohol consumption in the world. Furthermore, it is reported that the average adult in the EU...

‘Mutti’ wins again

Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 07:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Ivan Grixti

“Mutti” is the German word for mother and it is the way most Germans refer to their current Chancellor Angela Merkel. On Sunday 22 September German citizens were asked to cast their vote....

Labour’s approach to the Armed Forces of Malta

Wednesday, 2 October 2013, 07:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Martin Scicluna

Between 1996 and 1998, when a Labour Prime Minister, Alfred Sant, was at Castille, one of the first things he initiated on taking office was a review of the AFM's military capability. This...

Every rose has its thorn

Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 07:47 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

Last week was not any different from the ones before; another eventful week for many with the opening of schools after summer holidays and politicians, some more than others, making the news. ...

The Prime Minister is Dalli’s hostage, not the other way round

Sunday, 29 September 2013, 09:06 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The defiant John Dalli, consultant to the Prime Minister and Government of Malta, is once more challenging and belittling the European Commission’s (renewed) investigation into his activities,...

The Mario Balotelli in all of us

Sunday, 29 September 2013, 09:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

Mario Balotelli is one of the current football stars. He has great strength, excellent skills and an unmistakable talent. He may “sleep” for the greater part of a match but then wins the...

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