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L’Air Malte, C’est moi!

Monday, 21 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

A fortnight ago the finance minister, politically responsible for the restructuring process of Air Malta, returned the report by Ernst and Young (E&Y) to its authors for ‘fundamental changes’...

On The wrong side of history

Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

That Malta is a nation of cowards is disputable, if the general anger and disappointment at the stance taken by prime minister Lawrence Gonzi and foreign affairs minister Tonio Borg is anything to go on. But that Malta is a nation led by cowards ...

In The hour of destiny

Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

We as a nation seem to be spending most of our time correcting the long-neglected mistakes in our national make-up. ...

Cracks In the leadership

Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

They say the true mettle of a leader can be seen in a time of crisis, and Libya is turning out to be Lawrence Gonzi’s test....

Is It too late for the people of Benghazi?

Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

The quote of the week must be Gaddafi’s “If the world is crazy we will be crazy too”, after the UN finally passed the no fly zone resolution, which many of us were worried would never ...

What’s Happened since Climate Gate?

Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Almost everyone fully acknowledges as fact that the earth’s climate has warmed in recent decades and that human activities are evidently impacting adversely on global climate. All this has been endorsed by all the meaningful ...

COLA And related matters

Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Every now and again the COLA debate resurfaces. The government, through its employment minister, has informed the EU council meeting...

New Skills for new jobs

Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

During the last three years, European families have been facing financial hardship due to the global economic crisis that put countries into recession and hindered ...

Notes On divorce

Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Hearing some Nationalist MPs speak against the introduction of divorce during the parliamentary debate on the referendum question and in the media, I felt as if I was in Iran or under a Taliban regime....

After Japan Catastrophe... is nuclear energy safe?

Sunday, 20 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

News and current affairs programmes are focusing on the earthquake, measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, that occurred on the seabed close to Urayasu and triggered...

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