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Barroso’s Second term

Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Jose Manuel Barroso, the Portuguese president of the European commission, won five more years as head of the EU executive with a sweeping majority of votes that vastly exceeded expectations...

Will The PN manage to rebrand itself?

Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Media gurus and communications experts might not necessarily have been flown in from abroad but there is no doubt that the PN is currently undertaking a soul searching exercise to think up ways and means of rebranding itself....

The Great collapse

Monday, 21 September 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Finance Minister's reply to my press statement regarding the collapse of investment in Malta, according to figures published by NSO, is a confirmation tha...

One Out of five

Monday, 21 September 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

No, it is not the mark of a test. One out of five refers to our national days since today we celebrate Independence Day. I am not aware of another country which has five national days. But Malta...

J’accuse: This Sweet Land

Sunday, 20 September 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Cosmetics giant L’Oreal has commissioned an encyclopaedia that encompasses the history of Beauty. It is not the first and ...

Dead Man’s bounce, maybe, nothing more

Sunday, 20 September 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Many people, governments, our own included, have too blithely concluded that the recession is almost over and that the recovery is almost here.If only it w...

Bankers’ Bonus bogus

Sunday, 20 September 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As the G-20 world leaders prepare for their next meeting in Pittsburgh, one gets the impression from their pre-summit rumblings that they seem to think the ...

Great Expectations

Sunday, 20 September 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

If I had the time I would carry out sociological research on relationships and what people’s expectations are when they go into them....

A Moment In Time: Livin’ on a prayer

Sunday, 20 September 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The more one thinks about his or her relationship with a supreme being or some such entity, the more one questions the need for middlemen...

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