The Malta Independent 25 May 2025, Sunday
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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....

Understanding Alcoholism

Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

One of the major problems on this island, that goes hand-in-hand with drugs, is the use of alcohol. ...

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...

They’re Soldiers not girl guides

Sunday, 6 February 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Public reaction to the army’s chosen method of quelling a peaceful protest at Safi’s detention camp can be divided into roughly three categories: outright condemnation of the army, outright condemnation of the detainees, and the inevitable fence-sitters (...

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. ...

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