A Tale of two islands
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Last week, Agence France-Presse reported that debt-burdened Cyprus is desperate to enforce a new wave of austerity measures to avoid a European Union bailout, but it...
The Political overhang of the eurozone crisis
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The countdown for a comprehensive solution to the euro crisis has still not begun. However, the signs are clear regarding where we are heading....
Conviction And convenience
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The jump in six months has been remarkable.The Nationalist Party, so adamantly against divorce in the run-up to the referendum held last May,...
A Moment In Time - The credibility factor
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
There is no more important requisite when it comes to plying one’s trade in politics than credibility. While it is true that some people will believe anything if you simply whisper it to them...
The Day Of the Priest - Walking in the minefield of life
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I am only able to write this article today because of one particular priest. An English Jesuit, now resting with his Master, who was at St Aloysius College,...
Great Expectations, small dispensations
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
It has already been two weeks since the Budget speech for 2012 was delivered and during this time, the government has continuously ...
The Curse of litter: are we European or African?
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
In one of those insulting asides that have marked the tensions created within Europe by the eurozone debt crisis, one of the tabloid newspapers in ...
The Economic policies of his forefathers
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
If you can’t be fagged to listen to a recording of Joseph Muscat’s speeches on Sunday mornings, I’ve found that the best way to get the true gist of what ...
J’accuse: Midnight In Malta
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
This week I watched Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen’s latest invitation to an hour or so of light pseudo-intellectual engagement, and enjoyed ...
“All Change”, if we are to progress
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Change is in the air. First we had the Nationalist Party (PN) conference where radical changes in a document, proposing a drastic shift in the party’s thinking, were presented....