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The Truth about negotiations

Saturday, 28 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

When people and countries negotiate, they often talk about their interests as though they were the only matters that could elicit agreement...

Standing By the vulnerable

Saturday, 28 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Since my election as vice-president of the European Parliament’s Epilepsy Working Group last April, I have been especially keen to keep an eye out for strides the European Union ...

Iraq’s Politics, Iraq’s problem

Friday, 27 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The narrative of contemporary Iraq is becoming etched in stone: United States troops are leaving, and the country is falling apart. Iraq, we are told, is once again on the brink of dictatorship...

The Raping of three streets in St Julian’s

Friday, 27 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I wish to take a break from the ongoing saga regarding Franco Debono and the PL vote of no confidence that has dominated the media in this past month. By this morning we would all have already known the outcome of the vote...

Our Own austerity measures

Thursday, 26 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

We are constantly told that thanks to the wise leadership of GonziPN, Malta is managing to do wonders in the current economic upheaval....

Muscat Needs to learn how to play poker

Thursday, 26 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I get the strangest feeling that by the end of today Joseph Muscat and his cronies will have realised that unlike Franco Debono they are not poker players...

Romney Goes on attack in Florida

Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Mitt Romney spent years building a presidential candidacy based on corporate success, a squeaky clean image and an aura of electability that let him focus on President Barack Obama rather than his Republican rivals...

The Same old thing

Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It was reported on 13 January in your pages that embellishment work is in progress on a pavement which should link Ta’ Xbiex promenade with that of Msida...

Questioning Conventional wisdom

Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Following conventions might not always be key to success. In a recent groundbreaking publication, Social Media Scientist Dan Zarrella declares that he would rather “question conventional wisdom” than blindly follow old social preaching...

Whatever The outcome... the Gonzi government is unsustainable

Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

If government has reached a point of no return, the only honourable exit in my opinion for Lawrence Gonzi would be to dissolve Parliament before the debate kicks off or else reaches its own conclusion. (This article was filed around noon – yesterday)...

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