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Taking Sliema To the next level

Sunday, 4 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The tribulations that led to the dissolution of the Sliema local council are now well known and documented. ...

Next Saturday’s Elections

Sunday, 4 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In less than a week’s time, residents in 35 localities around Malta and Gozo will cast their vote in the local council elections. Almost 200,000 individuals, that is practically half the country’s electorate,...

The Hidden truth about ACTA

Sunday, 4 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Although I am far from being a conspiracy theorist, the covert manner in which the whole ACTA saga has unfolded left many perturbed, worried and ...

Tackling Unemployment from every angle

Saturday, 3 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the growing youth unemployment rate that many EU member states are facing...

Immigration: The EU Blue Card

Friday, 2 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In October 2007, the European Commission unveiled the Blue Card, an initiative inspired by the US Green Card and other similar programmes in Canada and Australia...

The Restorative Justice Act

Friday, 2 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Restorative Justice Act (Chapter 516) came into force on 27 January, 2012 with the publication of Legal Notice 43...

Disease Busters going bust

Thursday, 1 March 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria marks its tenth anniversary this year against a backdrop of growing protests against global inequality...

Russia Holding firm in Syria crisis

Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In the face of increasingly harsh criticism from the West, Russia is holding firm in its opposition to international intervention in Syria...

On Leadership: Gonzi vs Muscat

Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Although we are a thriving parliamentary democracy, in line with many other democracies around the world our style of government, and increasingly our style of electioneering...

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