Wading Against the tide
Sunday, 30 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Today it will all be over, for this year at least. I refer of course to the Eurovision song contest, what else? The overrated, over the top extravaganza, the glitzy, cheesy, human circus, the froga (jum...
Maltese Ways and European ways
Sunday, 30 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
The suspension of European Union funds for education programmes is a tough example of what membership is all about. It should serve as an eye-opener that the Commission does not toler...
Tightening European Belts – austerity measures everywhere
Sunday, 30 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
Government deficits in Europe soared during the global slump and several European countries have been forced to introduce a number of austerity measures that have hit people...
Judgement Day
Sunday, 30 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
All the European newspapers at the moment are regaling their readers with the ongoing woes of the euro. Predictions of doom and gloom abound. The only people who do not seem ...
Something To talk about
Sunday, 30 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
Exactly this time last year I had written about this desperate need of ours to win the Eurovision song contest, and here I am, a year later about to do the same thing again....
Question Time - European Banking Authority
Saturday, 29 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
A report concerning the European Banking Authority was adopted by ECON Committee last week. What are the main objectives of the proposals in the report? ...
Development Aid in five easy steps
Saturday, 29 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
NEW YORK: Every country, rich and poor, should ensure universal coverage of primary health care, including safe childbirth...
Teaching The elephant to dance
Friday, 28 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
“In the educational field, we must find a way to get people to smell the smoke and see the flames – without actually burning down the tent”...
Two Rowdy weeks
Friday, 28 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
“Nothing is said on the closure of the Marsa power station, by far the largest polluter we have on the island. They only criticise the Delimara station which pollutes less and which is needed to push the economy”...
Abortion And a spot of shopping
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The saddest irony of it all is that the Maltese women who are paying for trips to London to have abortions there are the very ones who have the means and the education to raise their babies well...