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Unwarranted Attack on Mater Dei Hospital

Friday, 13 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

These past days we have seen a daily, repetitive attack on Mater Dei Hospital and Health Minister Joe Cassar...

Who’s Afraid of Europe’s Human Rights Court?

Thursday, 12 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

At a time when the ongoing European debt crisis is fracturing public faith in the continent’s political and economic institutions, one would expect Europe’s leaders to strengthen as many unifying symbols as they can...

Mrs Bland’s Abortion views are the least of it

Thursday, 12 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Gift of Life’s Paul Vincenti has demanded that Dom Mintoff’s daughter make herself clear about what she thinks of abortion and whether it should be legal. This was after she gave an interview to The Sunday Times...

A Seriously deficient new structure plan for Malta

Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The government has embarked on a consultation exercise to guide the formulation of a Strategic Plan for Environment and Development (SPED for short)...

Hope For Iran’s youth

Tuesday, 10 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The vast majority of political power in Iran today lies in the hands of old bearded men in robes and turbans, plus the minor exception of a short cartoonish-looking man with a penchant for provocation and Members Only jackets...

The Quest for strategic alliances

Tuesday, 10 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Without in any implying that we should downplay or even downgrade our strong commitment as an EU member state I personally feel that apart from doing our best to boost our bilateral relations ...

The Young general’s old tricks

Monday, 9 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Brinkmanship seems to be congenital in North Korea. Under the late Kim Jong-il’s pudgy young successor – his third son, Kim Jong-un, dubbed “the Young General” – threats and mendacity still mark the Hermit Kingdom’s diplomacy...

The Lynchpin Of Asia

Monday, 9 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Isolated and impoverished by decades of international sanctions, Myanmar (Burma) has emerged in recent months as both a beacon of hope and a potential new Asian flashpoint...

Surgeons On a soapbox

Sunday, 8 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

When an ophthalmologist who is also a candidate for the Opposition party criticises the state of the equipment he must use at the state general hospitals where he works, ...

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