US Buys time in Mideast, but also woes
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
The Obama administration has managed to buy time and may have staved off an embarrassing and politically awkward showdown over Palestinian statehood at the United Nations. It may also have maneuvered itself into a corner...
What Really lies behind Gonzi’s ‘election mode’?
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
If you ask me there must be at least eight different reasons why Prime Minister Gonzi has chosen to swing the whole country into an election mode towards the end of the Independence Day Festivities...
Mideast Heading into dangerous paralysis
Monday, 26 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 16 years ago
Malta Independent
With combative speeches at the United Nations, the Palestinian and Israeli leaders have locked themselves into positions that seem to preclude a resumption of peace talks and usher in a season of confrontation over a Palestinian state...
The King of empty promises
Monday, 26 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Recently I was watching a DVD with my colleagues at work on how employees can work better together and how different sections can do their utmost to give the best support to each other...
The Arab Spring: From North Africa To the Middle East
Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I am deliberately writing this article in anticipation of the Palestinian moves at the UN and the speech to be delivered by the Maltese ...
J’accuse: Pride And prejudice revisited
Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The Statue of Liberty turned 125 last Friday. Back in 1896, the French government donated the statue to the people of America and “Liberty” soon became an iconic symbol and gateway ...
Start Of the silly season
Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Minister Austin Gatt has kicked off the silly season leading to the next election. This being the penultimate PN organised Independence Day festivities before ...
Dissonance And anger on the Fosos
Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I watched, for some time, last Tuesday’s PN mass meeting on NET.The photos in the newspapers next day all showed the crowd ...
They’re Saving their pennies for the next referendum
Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Archbishop’s Curia has announced that it bears no legal responsibility for what happened to the boys placed in the care of a religious order, and therefore it will not ...
The Extended arm of bureaucracy
Sunday, 25 September 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
When local councils were about to be introduced, I really believed that they could make a difference to our way of life....