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Trick Or treat?

Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

A new way of thinking about individual choice has taken the political landscape by storm. America’s new president Barack Obama and the leader of the British Conservatives, David Cameron (just to drop a couple of names)...

Tackling Irregular migration

Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The European Union has bolstered its actions in the quest to eradicate illegalities dealing with irregular migration. Employers who are illegally hiring immigrants to pay them low wages and avoid taxes ...

The PN’s Dented green credentials

Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

The PN might have some 77 electoral promises in their manifesto and some 87 recommendations in their climate change consultation document but when we put hype...

Frontbencher Blunders and backbencher rumblings

Monday, 2 February 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This second Gonzi legislature seems to be characterised by some surprising behaviour on the part of Prime Minister Gonzi. After having embodied in himself the whole Nationalist Party...

Derelict

Monday, 2 February 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Derelict vehicles and other material have been blemishing our countryside and urban areas for too long now. The government and local councils strive to enhance the quality of life of residents and the tourism...

Art And medicine

Sunday, 1 February 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Art and Medicine are two disciplines that, at first glance, seem as different as chalk and cheese. However, a closer look shows that there are several parallels between them. ...

J’accuse: Party Times

Sunday, 1 February 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Bruxelles la MocheBrussels and I have a love/hate relationship in the sense that I love to hate it, so whenever I get a chance to visit Europe’s bureaucratic capital this love-to-hate-you relationship is rekindled. I’ve tried long and hard to ...

The Voice of the citizen

Sunday, 1 February 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The vast majority of European citizens may regard the European Union as overly bureaucratic, too technical and somewhat out of touch regarding the real needs of its peoples....

Hot Topics for a damp winter

Sunday, 1 February 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Tonio Borg, what have you gone and done? Speaking on why the new rent laws will not apply to gay couples or couples who live together, the Deputy Prime Minister apparently made his personal feelings about alternative lifestyles very obvious. ...

We Want fights, not projects

Sunday, 1 February 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

The announcement of more public spending on capital projects is supposed to jolly things along, liven up the atmosphere, put a little bit of zing into the economy and the merest spring into the step ...

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