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A Moment In Time - ‘Beżżulism’ and other asides

Sunday, 31 October 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Never was the popular term in the vernacular, beżżul (unlucky man), more appropriate and justified than last week when a 36-year-old Sicilian...

Budget 2011 – ‘Oui à La réforme!’

Sunday, 31 October 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Malta’s Budget for 2011 was presented in Parliament on Monday as pouring rain pelted down with unprecedented fury. Yet we did not take...

Ramblers’ Corner - Malta Goes European

Sunday, 31 October 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

While the Opposition was hammering the government in our hapless political system, the real issue that needed to be discussed was not...

Would You like to come to tea?

Sunday, 31 October 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

“In 1928 the richest one per cent of Americans received 23.9 per cent of the nation’s total income. After that, the share going to the richest ...

How To negotiate with the Taliban?

Saturday, 30 October 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

The war against the Taliban is passing the nine years mark and NATO forces are waning their commitment to a never-ending counterinsurgency war, is the time ripe for negotiating a deal with the Taliban? ...

What Is being done in the EU on cross-border healthcare?

Saturday, 30 October 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Healthcare is considered to be oneof the most important sectors in every Member State.Things start getting complicated when this care is shared between Member States – something inevitable in this day and age...

Currency Chaos

Friday, 29 October 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Today, every country seems to want to depreciate its currency. Japan has resumed foreign-exchange intervention...

Online Chatting: a symptom, not a cause

Thursday, 28 October 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Ms Bishop said that most of the people she interviewed for her research think that online one-to-one relationships and internet chatting are unacceptable for those who are in a committed relationship...

The Paradox of blinking

Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

And US President Barack Obama did nothing when Israel refused to extend its freeze on new building construction in the West Bank, causing Israeli West Bank settlers to rejoice....

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