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Know Thyself – and only then, move on

Sunday, 4 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Those who have most to embarrass them in their relationship with the Libyan tyrant are keen to move on and gloss over the last 40 years as though they never happened, or failing that, to rewrite recent history instead....

Investing In human capital

Sunday, 4 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Figures published by the National Statistics Office regarding full-time employment show that, in March of this year, 147,355 people...

Had The paucity of aptitude make the PM close ranks?

Sunday, 4 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

So now we know that our Prime Minister does not think much of his colleagues’ abilities. According to a document released by Wikileaks, Laurence Gonzi ...

Thinking The unthinkable: the break-up of the Union?

Sunday, 4 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Fears about the world economic outlook have increased significantly over the summer. Major stock markets are down and the price of gold – always a safe haven when confidence is low – is trading at an astoni...

J’accuse: Apocalyptic

Sunday, 4 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It’s the end of the world as we know it. Not really it isn’t. In relative terms it could be though. For the time being it’s probably best if we concentrate on the fact that the end of summer is nigh, though blessed as you are to be living on an...

The Funny side of funerals

Sunday, 4 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Have you ever noticed what people do at a funeral?...

Political Hatred? Le, Grazzi

Sunday, 4 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

As the weeks and months tick by, and strategically placed ‘pawns’ are slotted into place so that it will be all systems go once Gonzi blows the official election campaign whistle, I feel I have to once again revisit an old theme....

Of Bedfellows and lackeys

Sunday, 4 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Labour’s own past has painted it into a corner – feeling uncomfortable, it tries, in typical Muscat fashion, to wriggle out and in so doing attempts to shift the blame on the PN. The ‘mhux jien m...

Pakistan, US Struggle to define their relationship

Saturday, 3 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

In the aftermath of the secret US raid to kill Osama bin Laden, Pakistani officials want a detailed agreement spelling out US rules of engagement inside Pakistan, officials in both countries say, but Washington’s refusal to sign a ...

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