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A Moment In Time - From Olympic glory to diplomatic shame

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Whatever happens, if anything happens by the time this piece appears, the saga of Julian Assange holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to escape the wrath of a United States...

More Than a €1 million a day on health

Sunday, 26 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The occasional political squabbles over our national health service and the sometimes-petty criticism might divert attention from the achievements...

Attracting Investment for the benefit of the citizens

Saturday, 25 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There are a number of projects that at first glance may not have obvious potential to generate direct revenue. In reality, however, many of these initiatives add great value to the place in ...

Storm Over rape remarks belies Republican unity

Friday, 24 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Mitt Romney’s Republican national convention, planned as a festival of unity to formally anoint him as challenger to President Barack Obama...

China’s House divided

Friday, 24 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There has been much talk about America’s decline in recent years, with the corollary that China will take its place...

Re-visiting The euro crisis

Thursday, 23 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

During the last three months, the situation in the euro-area continued to deteriorate further...

Political Giant? Mintoff was a poison dwarf

Thursday, 23 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Mintoff, a political giant? I’d like to include an expletive here, but strong ones are inappropriate for publication and any mild one just won’t do....

New EU Rules for the fruit and vegetable sector

Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It is estimated that the fruit and vegetable sector in the European Union (EU) currently represents around 17% of the total value of agricultural produce in the EU and involves approximately one million farms specialising in fruit...

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