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A Calamity of privatised banks

Sunday, 27 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It was 12 years ago when the finance minister at the time solemnly announced the arrival of HSBC, an international banking giant that had been lured to anchor its ship in our ...

The Budget: Giving the family top priority

Sunday, 27 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The estimates for 2012, as announced recently in Parliament, include a great number of benefits for all families and their members – both young and old. It must be seen in the light of what is happening elsewhere, with dangerous...

Seeming Green

Saturday, 26 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

When Denmark’s new government ministers presented themselves to Queen Margrethe II last month, the incoming development minister establi...

Checkmate In Damascus

Saturday, 26 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Only last May, the European Union appeared incapable of imposing an embargo on oil imports from Syria....

Migrants’ Right to family life

Friday, 25 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

On 15 November, the European Commission launched a public consultation on how EU member states deal with problems raised by immigrants’ right to family reunification...

Wikipedia: Truth Or fiction?

Friday, 25 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The emergence of wikis – the collations of user-generated content on a particular subject – has been taking the world by storm for a few years. Wikipedia is the wiki which deals with anything under the sun, and beyond...

To The jobless economy

Thursday, 24 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Nearly all economic forecasts agree that high unemployment in much of the developed world will most likely persist for years to come. But could even this dire projection underestimate future unemployment rates?...

51 Points – that should get him a free mug or tea-towel

Thursday, 24 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Joseph Muscat’s assistants have proved to us that they can count higher than 50, and have added on an extra point for that sought-after touch of panache...

Can Italy Be saved?

Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

As the economist Mario Monti’s new government takes office in Italy, much is at stake – for the country, for Europe, and for the global economy...

Threats Of climate change to our culture

Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Delegates from 193 countries will meet for the 17th Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa from 28 November to 9 December...

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