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Physiotherapy In mental health

Friday, 1 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

‘Mens sana in corpore sano’ (healthy mind in a healthy body). That’s how the old adage goes. Physiotherapy or physical therapy in a mental health setting aims to achieve a ...

Think Small first: Giving a fresh impetus to SME policy

Friday, 1 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Maltese economy. They constitute the overwhelming majority of businesses (99%) and account for two-thirds of the total employment....

Jobs And structure in the global economy

Thursday, 31 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The global economy is at a crossroads as the major emerging markets (and developing countries more broadly) become systemically important, both for macroeconomic and financial stability and in the...

From Cairo To California

Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Egypt and California are headed in opposite directions politically. Egypt has had too little democracy and is moving towards more. California has had too much democracy and is moving towards less...

Suddenly… Environmental ethics

Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Environmental ethics is not one of those areas of bioethics that gives a buzz as much as discussions on the status of the embryo or euthanasia...

Libya Shows US policy inconsistencies

Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The US-led attacks against an autocrat in oil-rich Libya have opened the Obama administration to questions about why it’s holding back from more robust support for opposition forces challenging other dictators...

Reactors And reactions

Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Although it might be still too early to gauge the full environmental and societal costs of what has actually happened in Fukushima’s nuclear power plant in Japan there is no doubt that this is not a problem that will go away easily or quickly...

Libya Mission is clouded by confusion

Monday, 28 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

President Barack Obama said he was setting clear and unmistakable terms for the US role in Libya: it would be limited, lasting days not weeks, and its purpose was to protect Libyan citizens...

A Nation based on perceptions?

Monday, 28 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Last year the European Union opted to dedicate a full year to poverty and social exclusion. I must say that a number of activities were organised to comply with the message that the EU wanted to convey to its citizens...

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