‘Hic Sunt dracones’
Sunday, 3 June 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In the days when everybody thought the world was flat, not round, and when the whole world had not yet been explored, they used to draw limits on maps of the known world. ...
Moment In Time- Grumpy old men syndrome
Sunday, 3 June 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
There were three frightful instances recently during a short visit I paid to the UK to watch my beloved Hammers at Wembley quickly making it back to the Premiership, which made me think somewhat ...
China’s Expanding core
Saturday, 2 June 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
China is now engaged in bitter disputes with the Philippines over Scarborough Shoal and Japan over the Senkaku Islands, both located far beyond China’s 200-mile-wide territorial waters in the South China Sea...
Violence In Nigeria
Saturday, 2 June 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As citizens of the European Union, we enjoy the great privilege of peace. And whilst many Europeans today may take peace for granted, a look beyond the ...
Odd Politics, presidential tradition: Bush is back
Friday, 1 June 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
President Barack Obama is going to welcome his predecessor and proudly preside as President George W. Bush’s image and legacy are enshrined at the White House forever...
Why Do economies stop growing?
Friday, 1 June 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Over the years, advanced and developing countries have experimented, sometimes deliberately and frequently inadvertently, with a variety of approaches to growth...
Egyptian Elections
Thursday, 31 May 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The results of the first round of the presidential election has left many Egyptians with a sense of uncertainty over the future direction of their country...
A Global new deal
Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Recent political developments, including the defeat of incumbent governments in France and Greece, suggest that the public’s tolerance for economic policies that do not reduce unemployment, has collapsed...