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European Courts, abortion rights and Ireland

Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This week’s news left us stricken by the European Court of Justice’s verdict about abortion for health reasons. The story goes back to three women who took the Irish...

No, You can’t

Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Several thousand officials from 194 countries just gathered in Cancún, Mexico, for yet another global climate summit. Dissatisfied with the pace of climate diplomacy, many individuals are now wondering what they can do about climate change on their own....

From One TV To Richard Holbrooke

Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

This week I have decided to focus on two totally unrelated issues – One TV and the demise of Richard Holbrooke...

Getting Realistic about electric cars

Monday, 20 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It is disappointing to note the marked contrast between the constructive optimism, on the one hand, of STOA vice-president Ilvana Koch-Mehrin and chairman Paul Rübig and the pessimistic assessment of electric cars of a Maltese commentator...

Planning Ahead

Monday, 20 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

In most European countries tension is rife. One only needs to follow foreign television stations and recapture what happened in London only a week ago when even the Heir to the Royal Throne was at considerable risk...

The Rent Board: No practical reforms

Sunday, 19 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Rent Regulation Board (RRB) is the special judicial body set up under Chapter 69 of the Laws of Malta. Prior to the Rent Law Reform (Act X of 2009), competence was generally vested in the ordinary courts....

Public Accounts scrutiny

Sunday, 19 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Parliamentary democracy is based on very simple notions: A legislature is elected by the people in free elections; ...

J’accuse: The Snowbound Traveller’s Tale

Sunday, 19 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I’m not exactly Chaucer (not even by half) and Frankfurt International is not exactly Southwark either, but as the long, unfortunate day of Friday the 17th unfolded I...

The Year of the aftermath

Sunday, 19 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In another life, perhaps, Roderick Chalmers might consider taking up a university professorship.I heard him speak on Thursday at the Bank of Valletta annual general meeting and he had also spoken in much the sam...

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