The Malta Independent 17 May 2024, Friday
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New Year’s Eve Parties

Sunday, 7 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Five!.. Four!.. Three!… Two!… One!… Happy New Year cheered most of the crowds in the early hours of the new year. But not all of them were so cheerful. Most of the people...

‘Status Quo’

Sunday, 7 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

I’d much rather think of the term as the apt name of a favourite rock group, which only a few years back had us fuddled and cuddled in a small, middle-aged crowd for a wonderful concert on a cold, wintry night at Ta’ Qali, ...

When Art is a con

Sunday, 7 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

I am writing on behalf and in the name of my client Alfred Chircop....

Sack MTA And replace it with Birkirkara

Sunday, 7 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

We have all been given an object lesson on branding this past week – by the unpaid people at Birkirkara FC....

The Spirit of 1976

Tuesday, 2 January 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Back in the 1980s Mike Peters, lead singer of the band Alarm, sang about the spirit of ’76. ...

Heroes/Heroines – And not – of 2006

Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

For the Catholic Church in ItalyFor them to deny a Church burial to a man who wanted to die after spending ten years immobile in a bed must go down as the least heroic act of 2006....

An Irresponsible temptation

Sunday, 31 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 18 years ago Malta Independent

With tomorrow being the first day of a new year, our attention will inexorably be drawn to the coming months and what they may bring with them to our country....

Unbending Rule of politics

Saturday, 30 December 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

A time-honoured but unbending rule of politics lays down that, as the economy goes, so does everything else. When economic circumstances are tight, the electorate begins to feel the need for change....

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