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How Poor is poor?

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Right across the European Union, people have been surveyed by Eurobarometer to find out about poverty and whether people are finding it difficult to pay their bills on time. It turns out that 61 per cent of the ...

‘Après Moi’

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

When the government wanted to sell the premium property occupied by the former Holiday Inn Hotel on the Fort Cambridge site...

Give Them toys to play with

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Enough time has now elapsed to be able to take a long view at the government at work, after the imbalance created by a small ...

J’accuse : The Banana Republic

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There’s this company and its put a new product on the market. Over the last 80 days it has averaged a sale of 37,500 units per day. ...

What Dad Means to me

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Does Fathers’ Day mean anything beyond the simple giving of a present? Is it just my impression that on this island only the Lady (fat or immaculate)...

Half-days Are a serious matter

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Yes, it’s true, the summer half-days in government departments come up for discussion every year. ...

Democracy Without the ‘demos’

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Six years ago (31 July 2005), this newspaper carried a strong leading article on the issue of transparency. ...

Curiouser And curiouser

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

When Alice fell through a black hole into a world where everything was distorted, logic flew out the window...

Stop Talking down the economy

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

The rocky financial ride of the last two years does not seem to be coming to an end any time soon. ...

It’s All about perception

Sunday, 27 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

So the government “is doing its utmost to change the perception of poverty among the Maltese”. That really is taking spin into freefall. It means ...

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