Protecting Human rights and dignity
Sunday, 29 July 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In my previous column in this newspaper, I asked who will be protecting the ordinary taxpayer in the negotiations going on between the government and representatives of the ex-National Bank of Malta (NBM) shareholders, ...
A Sportive spirit in the village square
Sunday, 29 July 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A few days ago, the Siggiewi Local Council, with the help of the Kunsill Malta ghall-Isports and the Parliamentary Secretariat for Youth and Sport, held the first edition of the Siggiewi Summer Sports Night in its picturesque village square....
The Challenges of precarious work
Sunday, 29 July 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Essentially, precarious work is a non-standard contract of employment that guarantees little in the way of continuous employment and the expected benefits of full time engagement. ...
The Olympics And the Malta connection
Sunday, 29 July 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Friday’s opening ceremony from the Olympic Park was more than impressive. The spectacle, entitled Green and Pleasant, apparently cost over £27 million from the budget of £81 million reserved for ceremonies. ...
Welcome To Malta, but…
Sunday, 29 July 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Conclusion to the symbolic public protest on the arrival of a cruise ship ...
The Economic governance of Europe and democratic legitimacy
Sunday, 29 July 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I am one of those who are concerned about the future stability of Europe. Increasingly, this has become tied to the fate of the euro project and to the success or otherwise...
Syria: The Gazelle and the baboon
Sunday, 29 July 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
While on a visit to the US, when Assad Senior ran the show in Syria and Gaddafi still clung to power, a senior US official had compared the two authoritarian leaders saying that Assad acted ...
The Guillotine has finally fallen on Mepa’s auditor
Sunday, 29 July 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
What disgraceful behaviour. Joe Falzon, the man who has been auditing Mepa so diligently, refusing to allow that authority to ride roughshod over us for eight years, ...
The MUMN Sees red
Sunday, 29 July 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses is on the warpath again.It has written to the Health Ministry to warn it about...