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It’s Not how they get in, but how they get out

Thursday, 16 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I think Franco Debono needs to be reminded that the University of Malta is an autonomous institution and this means that politicians should stay out of the matter of how it is run...

Obama’s Course correction shifts dynamic

Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

President Barack Obama’s opposition is now the divided one. For three weeks of heated rhetoric...

Arab Spring? Or Winter?

Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Just over a year ago, a man doused himself with gasoline and burnt himself to death outside a provincial building in Tunisia. Mohamed Bouazisi, for that was the Tunisian’s name, was not a political activist, but a street vendor...

Obama Pitches middle while foes eye base

Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The dust-up over contraception underscored President Barack Obama’s political edge in working to attract independent voters without alienating his Democratic base...

Gonzi’s Self-created conundrum

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

One can be drawn into a conundrum inevitably or else by default. But the worst case scenario results when one finds himself locked into a self-created conundrum...

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 15 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 14 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 14 years ago Malta Independent

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

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