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Makers Of the feel-good factor

Saturday, 7 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Elections are fought on different and various fronts. Political campaigns serve to create an environment in which people feel duty-bound to participate and in one way or another shape their future...

Progress For democracy in Burma

Saturday, 7 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Amid the chaotic democratic movements in the Middle East, on the other side of the world a victory for democracy is igniting hope for a nation...

Why Relics of a bygone age can’t possibly be credible

Thursday, 5 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Marie Louise Coleiro Preca spent part of Tuesday morning claiming and complaining that there are not enough pillows for patients at the general hospital...

The Customisation revolution

Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The last two decades were the era of hypermarkets – massive superstores that could dazzle customers with an astonishing array of standardised products....

Traffic Fine petitions: A vision for the future

Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

During the past years, my ministry submitted in Parliament a substantial number of bills (38), of which 33 have been approved....

Foreign Policy forgotten

Monday, 2 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

For many foreign audiences, the United States’ primary elections for the 2012 presidential vote – which will, alas, continue to rage into the summer – must be a frightening display of what Americans and their leaders do not know about foreign policy. ...

Time Is running out

Monday, 2 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

By the time Parliament reconvenes towards the end of April, this government will not have put even one law to a vote for four long months. Yet the Prime Minister carries on talking as if this situation is as normal as drinking coffee....

European Capital Of Culture in 2018?

Sunday, 1 April 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Frankly, as much as I would like us to achieve that aim, not only because I was born and bred in the city, I don’t hold much hope that we shall, unless we take serious stock of changes that need to be made....

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