Grim Outlook – can Europe avoid recession?
Sunday, 30 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
A concerted effort this week by EU member states focused on how to stem the tide of recession. The negotiated solution seems to be in three parts: first, there is a 50 per ...
Catch Them young
Sunday, 30 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It is firmly believed that regular physical activity and sport are essential for a healthier and better lifestyle. To this end, physical education is ...
It’s Paul Pace Who should resign
Sunday, 30 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
If I were Health Minister Joe Cassar, I would be tempted to grab MUMN president Paul Pace by the lapels of his jacket – or somewhere more hurtful – and tell him ...
The Language of global protest
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The protest movements that have flared up across the West, from Chile to Germany, have remained curiously undefined and...
Combating Homelessness: What has been done so far?
Saturday, 29 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
While the number of people living on the streets in Europe’s cities has declined considerably in some member states over the last few years, the situation has deteriorated in others, particularly fo...
Gaddafi’s Death a cautionary tale
Friday, 28 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Images of Muammar Gaddafi’s bloodied body flashed on TV screens across the world may have sent shivers down the spines of Syria’s Bashar Assad and Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh, two leaders clinging to power in the face of long-running Arab Spring uprisings...
Avoiding The poverty trap by 2020
Friday, 28 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
An increasing number of debates on poverty and social exclusion have taken place around Europe and yielded to a set of political incentives, possibly addressing this social burden...
China’s Crippled financial sector
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
Even in the best of times, it is difficult for China’s small and medium-size enterprises to get bank loans...
Stamping Feet while Europe burns
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
While we sit back and discuss the ins and outs of Joseph Muscat’s email exchange with a rather naive RTK journalist, European leaders are in knots of tension as the debt crisis brings the union to the brink of collapse...
Libya After national liberation
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Arab Spring has brought dramatic changes right across North Africa and the Middle East; nowhere more so than in Libya, where a civil war has swept away the former regime. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is now dead...