Sweet 16
Sunday, 24 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The suggestion put forward by Joseph Muscat (or was it AD?) for the voting age to be brought down to 16 for local council elections, has been described by some as ...
Leave The kids alone
Sunday, 24 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The Labour Party, the Nationalist Party’s youth organisation and Alternattiva Demokratika have found something on which to agree: that 16-year-olds should be allowed to vote in local council elections....
J’accuse: Baby Steps
Sunday, 24 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Never mind the AnschlussThe Russian withdrawal is on schedule. Or so they tell us. Picture the tanks crawling out of Georgian territory, the Russian Bear having done its questionable duty with enough sabre rattling t...
Sovereignty Of the grassroots
Sunday, 24 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
In all democratic countries, the development of liberal institutions has been accompanied by the growth of political parties. ...
In Through the out door
Sunday, 24 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Party politics will always remain a moving experience. By their very nature, party politics embrace currents, ideas and thoughts. ...
Reflections On transport policy
Sunday, 24 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
It is not often that different issues, which could possibly lead to the formulation of one coherent policy, crop up simultaneously. ...
Poor Georgia!
Sunday, 24 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices” – Walter Lippman...
The Independent Planning watch
Sunday, 24 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
An application was submitted to Mepa requesting the demolition of an existing building and the erection of a replacement dwelling. ...
Water
Sunday, 24 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The international scenarioToday there is quite a healthy awareness of global environmental problems such as climate change, global food crisis, the spiralling cost of fossil fuel, and the melting Arctic ice cap. ...
Learning To fly
Saturday, 23 August 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
Labour leader Joseph Muscat’s proposal to allow youths between 16 and 18 to vote in local council elections is definitely a step in the right direction....