The Malta Independent 11 November 2026, Wednesday
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Not The time to wear blinkers

Sunday, 2 November 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As we face one of the most difficult economic crises for almost a century, world leaders with vision and foresight are taking every step to cushion the worst effects on their economies. ...

J’accuse: Meet Joe Public

Sunday, 2 November 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A very public affair“Will the real Joe Public please stand up?” A lot is done and said in the name of Mr Joe Public nowadays. This abstract entity is the modern representation of the society with ...

Youth Week: Maltese youths hit their stride

Sunday, 2 November 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The enthusiasm of young people knows no bounds. Whether they are involved in music, sport activities, bands, choirs, fashion shows, ...

Illegal Immigration

Sunday, 2 November 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The topic of immigration, or rather that of illegal immigration, has become a subject that is discussed in all households across all strata of Maltese society. ...

Mirrors And shadows

Sunday, 2 November 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

In early summer, Enemalta Corporation issued full-page advertisements in local newspapers for the sale of premises and land of the ex-Sea Malta Company. ...

The Promised land

Saturday, 1 November 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It is interesting to note how the Nationalist Party interpreted the Labour opposition’s vote in Parliament on the liberalisation of the energy (gas) sector issue as a vote against the relocation of the Enemalta gas plant located in Qajjenza....

The Next US President: Election milestones

Friday, 31 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Next Tuesday, the American population will choose their next president. It is a historical election, in the sense of the taboos and records that is has broken, the period in which we are currently living and the heated debate going on in the US....

Friday Wisdom: Who’s Comfortable with a recession?

Friday, 31 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

This must sound really weird. Surely nobody ought to be comfortable with the onset of a global recession likely to be on a scale not seen since the early 1980s. But don’t bet your bottom dollar on it....

Party Labels and Big Lie theory

Thursday, 30 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

“I have no time for those who manipulate the ignorant. It’s akin to manhandling the physically disabled, in my book: abusing the disadvantaged for the furtherance of your objectives”...

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