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A Family at odds with itself

Sunday, 29 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Nine years ago, as a private citizen, I visited the President of Malta to voice my concerns at the way our society was going. In particular I implored him...

Dedicated To all Inter fans

Sunday, 29 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Over the past few weeks I’ve written solely about divorce – concentrating mostly on people’s lives, the insensitive and oppressive way that the “No” camp imposed its values on others, and the ...

J’accuse: CTRL + ALT + DEL

Sunday, 29 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The combination of letters in the title is a common occurrence in computing jargon - mostly favoured by the illiterati and semi-literati of the world of the microprocessor whenever their ...

Safeguarding The integrity of sport

Sunday, 29 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

It is estimated that 125 million people in the European Union practise some form of sport or physical activity. Millions of others are simply avid followers of the spectacle it regularly provides. ...

The Euro – the apocalypse can wait

Sunday, 29 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

While revellers are driving around the streets honking their horns in delight at the result of the divorce referendum, I thought I would choose a more serious for my comments and have chosen to write on the travails of the euro. ...

When Prevention is better than relief

Saturday, 28 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in March, Brian Tucker was in Padang, Indonesia...

Debt And taxes in the eurozone

Friday, 27 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The current crisis in the eurozone is known around the world as the ‘euro sovereign-debt crisis’. But the crisis is really about foreign debt, not sovereign debt....

Halting The loss of biodiversity by 2020

Friday, 27 May 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Over recent decades, humanity has benefited enormously from development, which has enriched our lives. However, much of this development has been associated with unprecedented loss of...

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