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TMID Editorial: PN and PD cannot merge into one party

Friday, 23 June 2017, 11:18 Last update: about 10 years ago

The Labour Party was not completely wrong when it labelled the Forza Nazzjonali PN-PD coalition as the ‘coalition of confusion’. Forza Nazzjonali had a noble aim: that of bringing...

Opinion: An idiot’s guide to unity - Kevin Cassar

Friday, 23 June 2017, 10:14 Last update: about 10 years ago Kevin Cassar

Step 1: First of all if you say you want to bring Unity, make sure you really mean it.  Step 2: Try and convince the whole population that you really mean it.  Roughly half the...

TMID Editorial: A French lesson in political accountability

Thursday, 22 June 2017, 10:05 Last update: about 10 years ago

The French political class and four ministers in particular this week showed what political accountability is all about. France’s justice minister, defence minister, European affairs...

Getting It right

Sunday, 4 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

An IBM advert run some years ago stated “there is a difference between knowing what needs to be done, and knowing how to do it”. ...

Corruption – The seed of evil

Sunday, 4 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Way back in 1987, the Nationalist administration was elected to office on a promise that it would eradicate “root and branch” all traces of corruption. At that time the administration was all fire and fury,...

Acting In Safi’s best interest

Sunday, 4 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The fact that visitors seek the quaint rural village of Hal Safi as a haven of tranquillity is in part attributable to the efforts of past local councils to keep it clean and upgrade its infrastructure. Nevertheless, its lack of ...

The Only weapon against mediocrity

Sunday, 4 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In a few days time, a third of the population of the Maltese islands will vote in the local council elections....

Awaiting An apology

Sunday, 4 March 2007, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I read with great pleasure what Minister Tonio Borg told Parliament recently when he spoke about the shameful events that occurred in Malta in 1942. ...

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