The Malta Independent 24 June 2025, Tuesday
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Loopholes On purpose?

Sunday, 17 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

It seems to be common practice to build tourist-related facilities to get around planning regulations and build outside the development zones. ...

Honey, I Shrunk the Union

Sunday, 17 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Last week, figures published by the National Office of Statistics revealed that... hey, wait: where are you all going? I know I used the word “statistics”, but that’s no reason to go and do a GWU port workers section on me, now is it? ...

The Electability of electricity?

Sunday, 17 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It does seem extraordinary, doesn't it, that a full eight years after 1998, electricity bills still dominate the political agenda, will still be one of the deciding factors in how people vote, will still be one of the most used ...

Construction Site management

Sunday, 17 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The tourist sector in Malta has gone through yet another season of adversity. One of its identified maladies was the poor state of the environment – and the most obvious ailment was the fact that, at the ...

No Place for compromise?

Sunday, 17 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Dutchman Jeremy Boissevain and several other social observers from the realm of academia have, over the years, frequently alluded to our inbred polarisation that...

Abortion, Catholics And Politicians

Sunday, 17 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

To be pro-life and against abortion is natural. To be against abortion and not be pro-life is possible. To be against abortion and against giving the Constitutional right to life to the unborn child is a major contradiction. ...

Where Are the Nationalists?

Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

One of the most painful and sensitive things that the Nationalist Party has subjected us to is the way they think that the majority of the Maltese people is made up of uneducated people. ...

Low-cost Carriers

Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I am extremely glad that finally, a decision has been taken on low-cost airlines....

Swieqi-itis?

Sunday, 10 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Do you remember Swieqi? Or Swieqi as it was? Not my hometown incidentally....

Perspectives From the arena

Saturday, 9 September 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The boffins running the political party machines know that, in politics, images can be crucial – which explains why the Nationalist Party is bent on capitalising on its EU ...

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