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JPO Thought it was Watergate, but it’s only his Waterloo

Sunday, 15 July 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando thought that his revelations on Richard Cachia Caruana would turn out to be another Watergate, the scandal that forced the resignation of US President Richard Nixon i...

Armageddon For the Nationalist Party?

Sunday, 15 July 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The events of the last seven months have been a series of unmitigated disasters for the Nationalist Party. A breakdown in party discipline by one disgruntled MP has been followed by others. The votes ...

Raising Options

Sunday, 15 July 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

For all the seriousness with which we take our politics, and ourselves, we still have, god bless our tribal souls, a hint of humour. That is the one thing a nati...

The Libyan Elections: more than just a learning curve

Sunday, 15 July 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It would be an insult to the Libyan people to equate their recent elections with those traditionally held in Europe for the simple reason that general elections were not par...

Air Malta... Too many skeletons in the cupboard

Sunday, 15 July 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Hot on the heels of the good news that the EU has approved the Air Malta rescue plan comes the surprise reminder on the gross mismanagem...

Faux Tuna

Sunday, 15 July 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

This is not a joke, so please read this simple recipe carefully. More importantly, reflect on the implications of this recipe for Faux Tuna, a concoction of ingredients masquerading as real tuna....

Assisted Living − not assisting dying

Sunday, 15 July 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In this article, I wish to share my concerns about a growing movement abroad advocating for the ‘right-to-die” since I am aware that this movement is also gaining support in Malta....

Israel’s Richest rabbis become savvy businessmen

Saturday, 14 July 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

One summer night, on the outskirts of a sleepy desert town, a who’s who of Israel’s elite gathered for an annual feast to honour a rabbi whose gaze is said to pierce the soul.He’s Rabbi Yaacov Israel Ifargan. But he is better known as, simply, the X-ray...

Air Traffic and the single European sky

Saturday, 14 July 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The airline industry has increased pressure on the European Union to see through reforms in the field of air traffic control. Its members call for the ...

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