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Havel Lives

Monday, 13 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The death of Václav Havel, the former president of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, has been marked with ...

In Whose interest?

Monday, 13 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Prime Minister’s interest is his own and that of his party. If this was not the case, the delaying tactics used by the Prime Minister and his party would cease and what is...

Dickens, Merkel And Franco

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This week we celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. Dickens never thought of himself as an economist, but through his writings he has certainly d...

An Enhanced synergy

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

During the debate between Dr Joseph Muscat and Dr Lawrence Gonzi held last Wednesday, Tony Zahra, president of the Malta Hotels and Res...

Dare Propose the harder road

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Prime Minister has become practically invisible, while the country has been in an election mode for weeks...

Songs, Gloves, crises and inclement weather

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A strange thought struck me this week when no one at tal-gazzetti seemed to be talking about early elections and political crises. It seems that over the last few days people have shifted their attention to other things. ...

Sensitive Statesmanship

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In the recent Debono debacle, the Labour party lost a golden opportunity. With only at most a year to go before the next general election, th...

Investing In people through education

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It is not only this government that lists education as one of its top and foremost priorities, as various Nationalist governments over the years have been consistent...

Labour’s Chocolate eggs

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There was a time when the Labour Party’s reluctance to say what it planned to do if and when it was elected to government was understandable, at least in part. The election was far away, the party was still finding ...

Greek Woes and Malta

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The 10th anniversary of the euro’s launch was marked only a month ago. When the euro became a hard currency in 2002, it was a hugely complex multi-national achievement that went more ...

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