Ending The nation-state myth
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
This autumn, thousands of college students will be taught a myth presented as fact. It is a myth that has helped fuel wars and may hinder finding solutions to the world’s biggest problems. ...
A Catalyst in Europe
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
The Union for the Mediterranean previously known as the Mediterranean Union is a community established on the 13 July by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as a development of the Euro Mediterranean Partnership....
Pity The marines are not in town
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
This article has nothing to do with the US 6th Fleet. But it has much to do with the feeling of disappointment...
Irregular Migration: is something budging?
Monday, 15 September 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
The issue of irregular migration has undoubtedly become one of the major preoccupations of our citizens, and rightly so. The influx of boat people in our country has become ...
Solidarity, Subsidiarity and sustainability
Monday, 15 September 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In the first weekend of September I had the pleasure to attend the two-day conference for mayors and deputy mayors organised by the Local Councils Association. ...
Social Shock absorbers
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The recent fall in the price of crude oil and other commodities augurs well for families who in recent months have had to face ever-increasing costs to buy staple goods needed for day-to-day...
Ninety-Nine L-A-B-O-U-R
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Sometimes I wonder how news reporting works in this country. Yesterday, the newspapers carried a court report detailing the fact that One Productions Ltd has lost the legal battle to use the trademark ...
J’accuse: The Meaning of life
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
In his latest podcast (or as he insists on calling it – podgram) Stephen Fry speaks, among other things, about the “soul danger” that every blogger or columnist faces. A podcast incidentally, is...
The Dawn of the Taser
Sunday, 14 September 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
I have a trivia question for you. Do you know what the most famous catch phrase of 2007 in the United States was...?...