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Without an authority, it would still be a jungle

Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:10 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

At first glance, the position that has been adopted by the Labour Party on the establishment of an authority that will be responsible for the implementation of IVF regulations could be seen as one...

It’s a real contest

Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:08 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

It came about for the reasons we all know, as an effect of other causes, not a planned development, not as part of a strategy.   Yet, in a time-honoured way, the party’s top levels...

The wrong Borg

Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:08 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Dr Tonio Borg would make a formidable EU Commissioner and his nomination does not deserve the resistance it is finding in the European Parliament, though in the end his nomination should still receive...

Averting the risk of a property bubble bursting

Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:07 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

We hear that the property sector is suffering as a result of the economic slowdown in Europe. The announcement by MIDI − a leading property developer of luxury apartments − in its...

Banning the manufacture of fireworks

Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:06 Last update: about 13 years ago Martin Scicluna

The explosions that rocked the fireworks factory in Gharb in Gozo a fortnight ago left four men dead and a scene of utter destruction. By many standards, the Gharb factory was in a relatively open...

Is an authority important?

Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:06 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I have been following the parliamentary debate on IVF with intent and attention. I was pleasantly surprised at the high level content of the debate, given that a couple of interventions would have...

No time for Brazil nuts

Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

People of all political colours are rightly disturbed by how we seem to being fed with more and more misleading and incorrect information by politicians in power when they interpret official...

Think about it

Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:04 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Cogito ergo sum is a simple philosophical expression from the French Philosopher René Descartes which has been translated into English as: “I think, therefore I am”. The simple...

A strategy for the employment of our youth

Sunday, 18 November 2012, 10:04 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The fact that Malta is extremely successful in the area of youth employment does not mean we can afford to sit on our laurels. As the EU ranks us fifth lowest out of the 27 member states in terms of...

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