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EU
membership date in question
The Ireland referendum may not serve to derail the European accession
process, but will definitely prolong the process. And this may mean
that come Autumn 2003, there may be no referendum and election for
the EU. Just another national election.
Malta’s
Chinese players disappear
Over
the past few weeks, table-tennis has captured headlines following
the defection from the national squad of influential Chinese players
Lu Li Ping and Shen Chan. Their whereabouts are unknown.
Foreign
fund foundation irate at Louis Galea’s comments
Culture
Minister Louis Galea looks to have incurred the full wrath of the
World Monuments Fund after last week blaming them, at least in part,
for the non-appearance of a grant to conserve the Mnajdra Temples.
Electoral
system controversy heats up
While the Labour
Party is promising to escalate its actions if nothing is done to
rectify what it claims are serious doubts on the validity of the
electoral register, MaltaToday is informed that President Guido
De Marco has held talks with the Chief Electoral Commissioner.
National
statistics chief pours cold water on official data
If there was spin doctoring or control over information,
then surely there was no proof of it.
Millions
transferred from UK banks to Channel Islands by Maltese tax evaders
The fears raised by an OECD imposition for countries to
exchange information between themselves over bank deposits of
their respective citizens has prompted Maltese investors who have
money stashed in British banks to transfer the money to off-shore
banks in Jersey, the Channel Islands
Louis
Galea, World Monuments Fund cross swords
The mystery surrounding the non-appearance of a
$50,000 grant awarded to Malta by the World Monuments Fund for
the conservation of the Mnajdra Temples deepened yesterday, with
the WMF strongly rebutting claims made by Culture minister Louis
Galea that it was partly responsible for the delay
Malta
takes advantage of globalisation
Ray Abdilla looks at the foreign player influx and how it affects
the local sports scene
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