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Can A US style jobs package save the euro?

Sunday, 11 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The past weeks have seen a negative sentiment in shares around the world, with stock markets suffering falls of a magnitude not seen since the global ...

Milestone Vote on Frontex scheduled for next Tuesday

Sunday, 11 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

“They were crying out for help but they were thrown back into the hold. They asked for help because they had no air. One of them managed to escape, but ...

Will Our grass be greener by 2020?

Sunday, 11 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

How often have we been told that things will be done to improve our environment? I have not been counting, but I have heard the rhetoric often ...

‘Caveat Emptor’, in politics as in the marketplace

Sunday, 11 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Does the Labour Party really have any need to get its act together (difficult) and come up with some policies on something other than suicide (the latest ...

Caught Between Scylla and Charybdis

Sunday, 11 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Homer’s Odysseus had a choice between either navigating close to Scylla, a six-headed monster of a rock, or close to Charybdis, a dangerous whirlpool, ...

The Partnerships we need

Sunday, 11 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

On this 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, we remember that 9/11 was not only an attack on the United States, it was an ...

J’accuse : Civil Society and its enemies

Sunday, 11 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I remember perfectly where I was 10 years ago today. I was at home, sick with a heavy dose of “man-flu” (a newly added term to the Oxford dictionary) ...

The Great bank robbery

Saturday, 10 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

For the American economy – and for many other developed economies – the elephant in the room is the amount of money paid to bankers over the last five years...

How Has the fall of Gaddafi affected security in the Mediterranean?

Saturday, 10 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

After six months of defiant resistance, chilling threats, and outright brutality, Gaddafi’s regime has fallen. This collapse, however, is far from the end of the story, as Libya starts an even more complicated chapter in its history...

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