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Credit Where it is due

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

Dr George Abela’s nomination as President of the Republic gives us many ponderables and what ifs. However, the question we must all truly answer is a simple one: what the nomination means to us on a political ...

Something About this soap business just doesn’t wash

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

The air has been thick with wisecracks about slippery cu.stomers, clean police records and laundering money. You have to admit that the story of a police sting on a cannabis-smuggling...

Stirring The pot

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

We just love our political intrigue don’t we? Alfred Sant writes one article in which he disagrees with the report on why the Labour Party lost and...

J’accuse: A Man For All Reasons

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

Mister President the FirstIn a couple of days’ time, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. There was almost a baptism of fire for the first black President ...

BY GEORGE!A Great choice for President

Sunday, 18 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The news that the government and the Opposition have agreed about something is always a fillip to the country’s morale. ...

The Climate change safari park

Saturday, 17 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As Barack Obama prepares for his inauguration, it is worth contemplating a passage from his book Dreams from My Father . It reveals a lot about the way we view the world’s problems. ...

The Middle East And the way forward

Saturday, 17 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Day after day the traumatic situation in the Middle East is worsening and has come to a point where civilians are the main victims, with the number of dead and casualties steadily increasing. ...

Political Maturity

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

In 1987, the newly elected PN administration, under the leadership of Eddie Fenech Adami came out with a vision of national reconciliation and national unity....

Friday Wisdom: By George

Friday, 16 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

I have never seen such a broad acceptance on any important nomination to high office as the one that has accompanied that of Dr George Abela as the next President of the Republic...

Boosting Creativity and innovation in the EU

Thursday, 15 January 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

As another new year rolls on the European Union, a new European Presidency under the responsibility of the Czech Republic has just started working on its programmes and priorities. ...

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