The Malta Independent 14 November 2026, Saturday
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One Box not two

Sunday, 13 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

How many times have you stopped and wondered why we sometimes just accept a situation even...

Born Again Maltese

Sunday, 13 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In 2004 Malta joined the European Union; it was a house divided over the issue. One half of Malta believed that joining ...

Protecting Your rights

Sunday, 13 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

On 1 July 2002, the provisions of Part V11of the Consumer Affairs Act; titled “Sale of goods to Consumers” came into force. These provide ...

The End of fiscal sovereignty in Europe

Saturday, 12 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

MILAN: The late Milton Friedman said that a common currency – that is, a monetary union – cannot be sustained without a deep form of economic and political unio...

Poverty And sweet talk

Saturday, 12 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

Poverty is indeed a big challenge to combat. It does not relate to money income alone, but the lack of enough money is a crucial pr...

Nothing Besides remains

Friday, 11 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

If we turn to the financial dimension, even Germany now plans to cut 15,000 civil servants and apply taxes on airlines and energy companies to save €11 billion this year...

More Foreign investment pours in

Friday, 11 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

“I would much rather have these growth figures, which compare favourably with our European neighbours, than have no growth at all, thus invoking the doom and gloom scenario”...

Signed, Sealed, delivered – he’s yours

Thursday, 10 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

I’m starting a ‘Help Make Adrian Vassallo’s Dream Come True’ campaign. He told The Times that he would rather live in Iran and riot in the streets to defend his religion than live in a country where pornography is available in hotel rooms....

Françafrique At 50

Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

“Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade once labelled the CFA franc a colonial relic – but that was when he was an opposition leader. Now he considers it the best currency in the world”...

Having Abortions in the UK

Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

... I doubt whether the same measuring stick would be used on pregnant women, first because it seems unreasonable to stop a woman’s freedom to travel and secondly because most of the EU...

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