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EU Summit in Brussels discusses tax evasion and energy policy

Saturday, 25 May 2013, 08:50 Last update: about 14 years ago David Casa

The European Union summit in Brussels, held on 22 May had two major issues on its agenda, tax evasion and improvement of energy policy. President Barroso expressed his concerns that the EU is facing...

Un-meritocratic decisions

Saturday, 25 May 2013, 08:48 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Definition of meritocracy:   People whose progress is based on ability and...

Terrorism: The London attack

Saturday, 25 May 2013, 08:47 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Two men with butcher knives, a machete and a meat cleaver attacked and killed a soldier near military barracks in the south London neighbourhood of Woolwich on Wednesday. The attack seemed to...

Malta's finances once again under the spotlight

Friday, 24 May 2013, 08:21 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Wednesday's summit which focused on energy and fiscal evasion will not go down in history as one of the most notable EU meetings of recent years. As a matter of fact its conclusions barely...

Justice will be done

Friday, 24 May 2013, 08:21 Last update: about 14 years ago Ian Borg

After experiencing Nationalist Government for 24 of the past 27 years the Maltese people yearned for a change in direction.  They wished for a new beginning.  Their desire for change was so...

Malta’s swimming water revolution

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 12:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Malta has borne witness to something of a revolution over the last decade insofar as the cleanliness of its swimming water is concerned.  Malta’s beaches and swimming water have, once...

No admission in court

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 07:58 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Reference is being made to the report which was featured in your esteemed medium related to the note which the undersigned presented in court on Tuesday 14th May in which I decided to...

Giving jobs to family

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The President appeared on a television interview show earlier this week, defending his position with regard to his wife’s personal assistant, who is also his daughter-in-law’s...

Joseph’s carrots as bad as Mintoff’s stick

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 07:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

It is Eurovision weekend and a week before the first round of the election for deputy leaders of the Nationalist Party. By now, I’m used to fielding two kinds of...

EU: What to make of our financial figures?

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 07:56 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat yesterday said he was optimistic about lowering the country’s deficit below the 3 % of Gross Domestic Product threshold as stipulated by the EU.   The PM...

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