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A Garden is better than a car park

Friday, 17 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Only last Sunday the Qui-si-sana area got its new garden. A welcome sight to many who remember, not so long ago, that the place was going to be converted into a car park, protruding a few floors above the ground. ...

Act 2 – The Auditor On the tender

Thursday, 16 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Had Bateman won the tender, when Marsa is shut down in 2012 the Bateman plant would have operated on diesel not gas....

WikiLeaky Power

Thursday, 16 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Since its inception, the state has been the main vessel of power; access to power usually meant control of the state, whether by election or by violent takeover...

The True test of freedom

Thursday, 16 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

For all the high-flown words about freedom of speech and liberty...

Iran Cannot be stopped with sanctions

Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

A hallmark of the Obama administration’s Iran policy has been a dual track approach to its contentious nuclear programme: diplomacy, and pressure on the regime....

We Need sanctions against Iran

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

Winston Churchill once described Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”. No one yet has come up with an analogy to describe the difficulty of understanding and dealing with Iran....

Health Care and the collective agreement

Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

When it comes to sick leave, workers’ rights are breached, as we like saying locally, ‘left, right, and centre’. Who says that an employer can send a...

A Fair deal for Africa’s resources

Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

One of the major principles upon which this vision is based is the idea of “partnerships” – a major prerequisite for the achievement of dynamic, efficient,...

No Better pay before better times

Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

If one had to ask me whether I consider the MPs honoraria to be decent or adequate I would in all honesty say no. Particularly for those who are engaged in a number of parliamentary committees...

Our Republic

Monday, 13 December 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Today, hopefully, we proudly celebrate the 36th anniversary of when our nation became a Republic. Today is Republic Day. ...

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