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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 15 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 14 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...

The Economics of happiness

Friday, 9 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

We live in a time of high anxiety. Despite the world’s unprecedented total wealth, there is vast insecurity, unrest, and dissatisfaction. In the United States, a large ...

The Final chapter is yet to be written

Friday, 9 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Our summer has been dominated by the conflict in Libya. This conflict, now in its seventh month, seems to be at its end, although the final chapter is yet to be written...

Ten Years on: still fighting Islamophobia

Thursday, 8 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

September 11, 2001 brought on unimaginable death and destruction, and unfortunately, the public’s response led to more collateral damage than many ...

Rotten To the core

Thursday, 8 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Labour elves are out in force on the internet comments boards to defend the person they consider (deservedly) one of their own – Magistrate Scerri ...

The Euro crisis and Malta (2)

Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Though vehemently denied by Malta’s power elites, the decision to adopt the euro in January 2008 was rushed and premature. Apart from all that could be said about the euro being a fair weather construct, from a Maltese perspective the...

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