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Memories Of 1996

Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I remember it as if it were yesterday. Going through the Budget for 2012 brought back memories of the Budget for 1996. ...

U Turns, best practice and transparency

Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Having a hard time to get my teeth into what to write about, despite the “Dog attacks baby” story and Mercaptan,...

The Euro elephant in the room

Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

In presenting his Budget for 2012, Minister Tonio Fenech quite understandably focused on his need to exercise prudence and responsibility...

Social Vision and solidarity  

Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Together with my wife who hails from the northernmost part of the island with views and countryside that take your breath away particularly in winter, we opted to live midway between my hometown and hers. ...

A Moment In Time - Till debt do us part

Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This business (there I go, right at the very start, with my second word of the day) of debts causing a horrifying chain of collapsing and collapsible governments, creating ...

Charged Political climate

Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Just in case you have not noticed, we are right in the middle of an election campaign. Things might calm down for a few days over Christmas, ...

Metastasis Of a crisis

Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A few weeks ago I penned an article in this paper entitled “United Stakes of Europe”. In a nutshell, I had joined an increasingly large chorus of columnists who were ...

Sepp Blatter Under fire again

Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Accused of granting 450,000 Brazil World Cup tickets to his pals...

A Wide awake Budget 2012-fact or fiction

Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Monday was Budget Day but it has been and gone, with very few solutions – particularly for solving our debt problems. Still, what can a cash-strapped minister...

J’accuse: The New Labour Stupid

Sunday, 20 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It’s been ages. If a week in politics is long then almost a month getting married, going on a mini-moon (that’s the trendy half honeymoon while waiting for the real thing)...

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