Go Ahead, Franco. Vote against it.
Sunday, 12 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Franco Debono says he will vote against the Cohabitation Bill if the Nationalist Party does not allow him to stand on its ticket in the upcoming general election....
Negative Campaigning
Sunday, 12 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Both political parties have adopted a negative campaigning approach in the first spate of billboards we have seen around the island. If this tactic is the shape of things to come ...
IVF: Only In Malta
Sunday, 12 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Only in Malta. Anybody who has watched the YouTube videos on the Internet, and any half-intelligent person with eyes to see, will know that there are some things that happen only in Malta....
The Other side of the Olympics
Sunday, 12 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The London Olympics come to an end today with what is expected to be another massive ceremony. The next summer Games will be ...
Yahoo CEO Mulling possible changes in strategy
Saturday, 11 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Recently-hired Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer may scrap the Internet company’s plan to reward its long-tormented shareholders with a multibillion-dollar payout later this year, underscoring the...
Competitiveness In Europe
Saturday, 11 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In terms of the crisis in the eurozone, much has been done to lessen its impact on European economies. Spanish banks were recently granted a bailout without having to go through their government and ...
Protecting Against the spread of the red palm weevil
Saturday, 11 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The palm tree has several uses other than landscaping. It is a common tradition to use the fronds of the Phoenix species in the fishing industry. In the month of August, it is a common practice...
Europe’s Zero-sum poison
Friday, 10 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Whenever a society regards its problems solely through the prism of distributional disputes, its chances of solving them diminish greatly, because the “us versus them” mentality distorts analysis and blocks solutions...
Why Eurobonds are un-American
Friday, 10 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The emerging consensus in Europe nowadays is that only ‘debt mutualisation’ in the form of eurobonds can resolve the euro crisis, with advocates frequently citing the early United States, when Alexander Hamilton...