TOP STORY

Now for the real thing
Editorial
It was a historic moment, which will have long lasting reverberations around Europe and the World. A splendid slide show accompanied by pyrotechnics and a display of co-ordinated beams of light heralded Malta’s entry into Europe.

TOP NEWS

Fingers crossed, Sant labours mission to survive

OTHER NEWS

Irish town celebrates Malta’s accession to the EU

Solidarity anyone? Finally, accession reaches fruition

Labour leader sticks to silence

Pharmacists laud ‘Blue Pain Relief’ ads ban

New appointments, old faces

Zammit Dimech: Conflicts of interest at MTA are always declared

Were procurement rules ignored for publication of MIA’s ‘Grip’ magazine?

Commissioner Joe Borg stands firm on abortion but understands new realities

INTERVIEW

Not coming from nowhere
At 58 veteran politician Michael Falzon is contesting the EP election with the Nationalist Party. Here he talks about the campaign, hunters and the search for the “common ground”

Young man, old practices
MLP candidate Owen Bonnici speaks about the new challenges for Malta’s MEPs and his old ways of getting in touch with voters

THIS WEEK

Viva Marie!
Marie Briguglio first shot to television fame through her participation in the widely popular Bir-Rispett Kollu on TVM, and she was propelled further into the limelight by producing and hosting the Viva Malta EU current affairs programme. Here Marie speaks about her dedication to television, how she juggles this role with her work at MEPA, the state of local broadcasting and recent projects she has carried out for major networks such as RAI, ARTE and Deutsche Welle.

SPORT

Tony Formosa's world of sports
Hallowed be thy name

EDITORIAL

A new dawn
European Union integration opens up a new horizon for entrepreneurial Maltese. It serves to attract investment whilst also offering numerous new standards hitherto unknown to the average Maltese.

OPINION

Into the EU copse
That is how last year I weighed the pros and cons when interviewed in ‘Countdown’ for this newspaper.

Europeans the Maltese way
Parliament Up till 30 April, Pliament was the institution that passed Maltese legislation. Now our laws can emanate directly from Brussels and these are regulations which do not pass through Parliament but automatically become part of our laws.

Gonzi for MEP
In Malta anything can happen: the Socialist party can win an election by opposing VAT and taking income tax evaders by the short and curlies; the world’s most Catholic Christian Democrats can oppose divorce but propose legislation on cohabitation. The Prime Minister has made himself president and the ex-President is still undecided whether to return to the hustings.

BUSINESS

BOV registers strong performance for the half year to March 2004

IHI re-opens landmark hotel in Lisbon

PM meets unions, Zarb hopes ‘he’ll listen’

Poor showing for Malta in IMF World Economic Outlook

LETTERS

Not such a flawed survey

Top marks

Stifling conditions for researchers at the National Library