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 ...