Foreign Office Caught napping
Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Martin Scicluna’s report for the Irregular Immigration Conference did not mince words....
Objective One Status – a priority
Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
This week Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi will be lobbying in Brussels to try and ensure that Malta retains Objective One status within the European Union....
A Message to God
Monday, 14 February 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Dear God,Ever since I got to learn about you as a child on my mother’s lap, I grew to love you among all “beings”...
The Beam in one’s eye
Monday, 14 February 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I am referring to J. G. Vassallo’s Opinion Where is the silver lining? (TMID 22 January)....
The Change brought about by local councils
Monday, 7 February 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
When the Nationalist Party was elected to government in May 1987, Malta was in a really bad state – infrastructurally, economically and socially....
Standards Of conduct in public life
Sunday, 6 February 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
As long ago as l9l7, Max Weber, father of modern sociology, remarked that although politics is not an ethical business, there exists, nevertheless, “a certain minimum of shame and obligation to behave decently, which cannot be violated with impunity, even...
Minus Lm220 Bonus per annum = minus Lm4.23 per week
Friday, 4 February 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The surprising news of the week that the Labour Party intended to redirect the quarterly bonuses into a special fund must have put the Opposition Party in an uneasy situation. ...
Learning From the present
Monday, 31 January 2005, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It is clearly misleading and disrespectful to lay any parallels between what the Jews suffered at Auschwitz and elsewhere to the local scene. ...