Making It happen
Sunday, 28 March 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Back in October 2007 I chaired a workshop within the General Council of the Nationalist Party that critically ...
Investing In and creating jobs
Sunday, 28 March 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Malta continues to attract local and foreign investment, despite the international economic problems that have had such a negative effect ...
J’accuse: ‘Non Piú andrai’
Sunday, 28 March 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Most of my spare reading time nowadays involves anything that I can get my hands on about the Roman Republic at the turn of the first century. ...
Fighting It out with figures
Sunday, 28 March 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Was it a coincidence, or was there any link between my statistics-ridden article last week and the Prime Minister and his counterpart breaking out in a rash of conflicting statistics at ...
Sleeping With the enemy
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Well, well, well. Predictable, wasn’t it?Now that the mid-yearly exams are over, the Malta...
The Euro is safe in the short and medium term
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
While the frantic negotiations and manoeuvres to set up a safety net for Greece did much to alleviate immediate worries about the stability of the euro, fears of contagion have not abated due to worries about the long-term futures of Spain and Por...
Reforming The common fisheries policy
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
One of the EU policies most in need of reform is the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). From the perspective of an island like Malta, if we are to have an EU CFP, it is vital that it works....
My EP Report regarding VAT Rules on Invoicing
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Last week your report concerning the VAT Rules on Invoicing has been voted on in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. What are the main proposals in your report and how will they be of benefit to the business sector?...
My New appointment
Friday, 26 March 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
This week I would like to share my views on the recent appointments of parliamentary assistants and what was written and said about them in various media...
Neither Heaven nor earth
Friday, 26 March 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
“Should MPs and others in politics use the contacts they make in office to secure jobs once they leave? In other words, should they smile at influential people on the way up in the hope that they will be rewarded with smiles on the way out?”...