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The Sustainable use of pesticides

Friday, 30 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Directive 2009/128/EC, which establishes a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides...

Thinking The unthinkable in Europe

Thursday, 29 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

To resolve a crisis in which the impossible has become possible, it is necessary to think the unthinkable...

People Don’t want visions. They want the real thing

Thursday, 29 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

After a lifetime of supporting the Labour Party and boasting about a grandmother who was mad keen for Mintoff, Joseph Muscat has come late to the understanding that messages of hope and stability sell better than messages of upheaval and confusion...

UN Speech gives Abbas a stronger hand

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

President Mahmoud Abbas’ surge of popularity following his bid for UN recognition for a Palestinian state is bound to give him a stronger hand against the rival Hamas group as they prepare to resume talks on a stalled power-sharing deal next week...

Do Mothers have a right to know sex of baby?

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

According to the latest draft resolution by the council of Europe, the answer is ‘no’; at least that is what they are proposing. The idea is a noble one: that of preventing women from using abortion as a discrimination against sex...

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 15 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...

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