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The Dangerous game of numbers and figures

Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Numbers and figures. Is this what our short life of ours has boiled down to? From a life’s perspective they (numbers) may not matter as much but in the political and finance sectors numbers do matter, and how...

Asia’s Giants colliding at sea?

Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Even in an age of 24-hour globalised news, some important events only come to light well after the fact...

Time For a reality check

Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

While Libyans have not had a taste of democracy for almost half a century – which means that so far it is something completely alien to all those who may be 45 years old and under ...

Al-Assad Warns of earthquakes

Monday, 31 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

In a rare interview given to the UK’s Sunday Telegraph, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad warned of earthquakes, if the West were to intervene in its affairs....

A Tragic mistake

Monday, 31 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Following the second emergency EU Summit in the space of a week, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was finally allowed the media attention he so desperately craves....

A Nation Of Vidiots

Monday, 31 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The past half-century has been the age of electronic mass media. Television has reshaped society in every corner of the world. Now an explosion of new media devices is joining the TV set: DVDs, computers, game boxes, smart phones, and more...

Look After the property market

Monday, 31 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

You will all understand that the property market and the construction industry are sectors that, like other business activities, employs and engages thousands of workers both directly and indirectly...

If It’s good, people will go there

Sunday, 30 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Valletta shopkeepers have been nagging for months about the troubles they’re facing because of declining parking space and far too much building action near the gateway ...

On Red lines and on missing the wood

Sunday, 30 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Last Monday, at the beginning of Parliament’s evening sitting, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi read out a prepared statement on the dramatic (and it would seem ...

Trick Or treat?

Sunday, 30 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Will there be any children asking “trick or treat?” on Balzan doorsteps tomorrow? The one-day mini carnival, where children and ...

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