THE MALTA FINANCIAL & BUSINESS TIMES

01 June 2005
ISSUE NO. 389


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Europe’s cold turkey

 


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Troubled Casinò di Venezia for sale
James Debono
Armando Favaretto, the director general of Casinò Municipale di Venezia S.p.a, the company operating the Casinò Di Venezia in Vittoriosa, has declared that the casinò will be sold by the end of the year.
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French decision deepens rift in MLP
James Debono
In spite of the French result, the MLP will still pronounce itself on the EU’s constitutional treaty.
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A ‘Nee’ after a ‘Non’
A Dutch ‘Nee’ is expected after last Sunday’s resounding French ‘Non’ in today’s referendum in Holland. READ MORE >>


Government in research and development limbo
Karl Schembri
Government still has “no idea” what to do with the Malta Council for Science and Technology, four months since its self-imposed budget deadline by when it had to decide whether the council should be in charge of the national programme for research and technological development.
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INTERVIEW
A time for reckoning
Europe is no utopia for Alfred Mallia-Milanes. With his feet firmly grounded in reality, he says EU membership was necessary but the country now requires a vision to steer it in the bureaucratic corridors of Brussels. READ MORE >>



OPINION
Workers opting to beat the clock
George M. Mangion
Much has been written about the merits of limiting abuse when workers are forced to work overtime exceeding 48 hours per week. In an attempt to better regulate the enforcement of decent working conditions the European Union embarked on a radical programme to improve the capability, efficiency and competitiveness of the labour market.
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I T M 2
Karm Farrugia
Dedicated to the late Julian Manduca, my erstwhile link, who once described my humour as ‘impish’ READ MORE >>


Information Technology

First Maltese keyboard launched

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