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J’accuse: Conflicts & Interests

Sunday, 18 October 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Arse-NullRight. First of all I have to get a question off my chest before I explode. Is Arsenal FC worth imperilling a shaky government and a political career to boot? ...

Naïve Or arrogant?

Sunday, 18 October 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Many are those who are saying that Tonio Fenech’s ill-fated decision to accept a trip on George Fenech’s private plane to go and watch a football match in England was purely an act of naivety. ...

That Wonderful word ‘progressive’

Sunday, 18 October 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

In a speech at a meeting of “Democratic Russia” delivered in Moscow on 1 June 1991, a year after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin described the catastrophe that had befallen his nation: ...

Dialogue Of the deaf

Sunday, 18 October 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Parliament reconvened after the summer recess and it became immediately clear that the political tug-of-war has resumed in earnest. ...

Sometimes It’s better to forget

Sunday, 18 October 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Whenever my office colleagues want to refer to some past event they usually seek my help....

No Such thing as a free lunch

Sunday, 18 October 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Everybody wants to have their cake and eat it. A very few people get away with it, but when high ranking politicians have a bite at the game they cannot expect to get off scot-free....

THE WORLD AROUND US : Obama – The Nobel Peace Prize Chump!

Sunday, 18 October 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I supported the election of Barak Obama as President of the United States. However, I was never as caught up in the ‘Beatle mania’ of it all as most people were, and I have warned on more than one occasion ...

Do You still have no regrets?

Saturday, 17 October 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

During the run-up to the last general election, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi stated in unequivocal terms that he and his team had no regrets. He made ...

A New approach to global food security and hunger

Friday, 16 October 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

For one billion people around the world, the daily effort to grow, buy, or sell food is the defining struggle of their lives. This matters to them, and to all of us. ...

Immigration On the boil – again

Friday, 16 October 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Immigration seems to have returned as a subject of debate with a vengeance in Parliament this week. It is of course both a contentious as well as a sensitive subject....

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