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A Moment In Time: Burying issues or what?

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

Election results effectively help to bury old issues quicker than filling out your ballot paper. Last week’s EP elections left no one in doubt about Labour’s well-earned European credentials, though the issue was already a false one from the very start. ...

Quirks, Seats and the alphabet

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

In the end, Simon Busuttil’s overwhelming popularity – and the weakness of his fellow Nationalist Party candidates – turned out to be the main cause that prevented the PN from obtaining the third seat in the European Parliament....

The Ragtag coalition for change

Sunday, 14 June 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Joseph Muscat is hard at work copying Barack Obama’s coalition for change. If there is a single original thought in that man’s head, somebody please tell me about it....

Reflections On a surreal election

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

Watching the aftermath of the MEP election results, it felt like I was watching last year’s fallout from the general election, except everything was in reverse....

Minding The gap

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

The publication of the trade statistics by the National Office of Statistics for the period January to April 2009 can easily give rise to unjustified optimism about our foreign trade....

Lessons Learnt

Saturday, 13 June 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Five years ago I was invited by the US Embassy in Malta to join what is called the International Visitors Programme sponsored by the Department of State....

Beyond Statistics

Saturday, 13 June 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

The result of the European Parliament elections of last weekend needs to be analysed beyond its statistical value of percentages and numbers. ...

Wake Up to the message

Friday, 12 June 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Was it written on the wall? Was it expected? And did polls predict the fact that the Nationalist Party was in for an unsatisfactory result at the European Parliament elections? ...

Friday Wisdom: The Kahuna and the brain

Friday, 12 June 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The result of the MEP elections is known. The result of local elections, which votes will be counted over next weekend, is not expected t...

Minister Meets students

Thursday, 11 June 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

Education Minister Dolores Cristina yesterday met students who are ending their studies at the Institute of Tourism Studies where they have successfully completed their tourism management course....

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