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China’s Shrinking trade surplus

Monday, 14 February 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

China, however, refused to accept the blame and declined repeated US demands to undertake a large revaluation...

Misinterpretations Of tourism happenings

Monday, 14 February 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

If I did not know Robert Arrigo well and if he was not so involved in the tourism industry, I would have classified this article, at best, as ill-informed...

Let’s Stop passing the buck

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

I’m not going to join the divorce movement in its lamentations about the possibility there won’t be a referendum on divorce. Right from the word go, I was against having a referendum on divorce....

Divorce à La PN

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

The position adopted by the Nationalist Party on the introduction of divorce legislation is another instance where political expedience takes precedence over the national interest....

J’accuse: Fight For your right (to party)

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

So the Rais is definitely out and has rushed off to a caravanserai off Sharm el-Sheikh. Thirty years have passed since Sadat’s assassination (and Mubarak’s rise to power), 59 ...

Lost Plot

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

The government’s irrational behaviour is gaining a rhythm of consistency providing evidence that it has lost the plot. Objective observers can quite safely conclude that the bungling of Cabinet’s self-award of an ...

Two Recessions: two responses

Sunday, 13 February 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

There should be a Richter scale for recessions, and perhaps there is one. Such a scale would undoubtedly portray the 2008 recession as the worst ever, ...

Mubarak Finally lets go

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

It took 18 days to dislodge President Hosni Mubarak’s heels from his desperate attempt to cling on to power. He finally threw in the towel on Friday after he had surprised everyone on Thursday, when he said he was not going. This after the ...

The Fish packaging factory at Selmun

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

Our natural and cultural heritage, especially as represented by the beautiful natural features of the Selmun promontory, has always been ...

Getting It right

Sunday, 13 February 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This weekend, as Egyptians rejoice in the streets for having ousted Mubarak, and the Nationalist Party tries to come out with a stand on divorce which will not lose them any votes,...

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