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	Malta Labour Party annual conference opens [ MaltaMedia.com ]
		On Thursday evening, the Malta Labour Party, opened its annual general conference, the last such conference before the general election.It is expected that by the end of this conference on Sunday, the Malta Labour Party would have made a step forward towards finalising its electoral manifesto.
		Preceeding the conference, earlier on in the week, the Labour party held think-tank sessions known as fringe meetings which served to consult with social partners such as environmentalists, educators, local councillors, medical professionals and intellectuals so as to allow the party to draw policies that are in line with the Maltese social reality.
		Party leader, Dr Alfred Sant, who shall be delivering the conference’s closing speech on Sunday, had himself declared that his party was well ahead with preparations for the coming election and is ready to move into electoral mode at the press of a button.
	www.maltamedia.com /artman2/publish/govt_politics/article_4834.shtml (382 words)

	Malta Labour Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the main party of opposition in Malta, and at the 2003 general elections obtained thirty of the sixty-five seats in the Maltese House of Representatives, with a 47.5% share of the vote.
		In the meantime the MLP's connection with Third World Independentist and Socialist movements, together with its targeting the Church as pro-British and the cause of failure of the Integration project led to the Party leadership being interdicted by the Catholic Church authorities.
		The Party agreed to constitutional amendments in 1987, which guaranteed that the party with a majority of vote was given a majority of seats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malta_Labour_Party (823 words)

	Encyclopedia: Malta Labour Party (Site not responding. Last check: )
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		The Nationalist Party or Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) is a Maltese political party.
		Communist Party of Malta (in Maltese: Partit Komunista Malti), is a communist political party in Malta.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Malta-Labour-Party (1866 words)

	Nationalist Party (Malta) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Party did not even contest the 1945 elections for the Council of Government which for the first time raised the Labour Party from third-party status to that of a major party at the expense of the Constitutionals.
		In the elections of 1981 the party achieved an absolute majority of votes for the first time since 1933 but it did not gain a parliamentary majority and was relegated to the opposition.
		The party won the 1998 elections convincingly, a feat that was repeated in 2003 following the conclusions of accession negotiations with the European Union in 2002.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Partit_Nazzjonalista (978 words)

	Encyclopedia: Labour Party (Malta) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The MLP was greatly helped in its struggle for the minds and hearts of the Maltese workers by the emergence of the General Workers Union.
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		Malta's proximity to the Suez Canal proved to be its main asset during these years, and it was considered to be a most important stop on the way to India.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Labour-Party-(Malta) (1600 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Nationalist Party (Malta) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was founded by Dr Fortunato Mizzi in 1880 as the Anti-Reform Party, opposing taxation decreed by the British (The people of Great Britain) colonial (A resident of a colony) authorities and measures to Anglicanise the educational and the judicial systems.
		The Party did not even contest the 1945 elections for the Council of Government which for the first time raised the Labour Party from third Party status to a major Party at the expense of the Constitutionals.
		The party won the 1998 elections convincingly, a feat that was repeated in 2003 following the conclusions of accession negotiations with the European Union (An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members) in 2002.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/na/nationalist_party_(malta)1.htm (989 words)

	Malta Today: Labour upbeat about election (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Malta Labour Party organisers and supporters are feeling the same euphoria the party felt prior to the 1996 elections when Labour won a landslide victory.
		Party president Manwel Cuschieri is also spreading the word among supporters that March has already been chosen as the month for the general election.
		When Labour Party supporters ask why March, the Labour hierarchy is replying that the Maltese Government is being pressed by the European Union to hold an election as early as possible to allow the EU to decide if it lets Malta in within the first enlargement.
	www.maltatoday.com.mt /2002/0505/l7.html (296 words)

	Malta
		A representation of the George Cross awarded to Malta by His Majesty King George VI on the 15th April, 1942 is carried, edged with red, in the canton of the white stripe.
		Malta remains a keen participant in the Commonwealth, the UN and the Council of Europe.
		The Mission in Malta is being closed with effect from 31st March 2002 and the Ambassador of India in Tripoli will continue to have concurrent accreditation as the High Commissioner of India to Malta with his residence in Tripoli.
	meaindia.nic.in /foreignrelation/malta.htm (2057 words)

	Labour Party (Malta): Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Labour Party (Maltese (Breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat) : Partit Laburista) is a Maltese (Breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat) political party.
		The Labor Party advocated less intervention by the Catholic Church, and, after 1958, less intervention by Britain (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) in Malta's affairs.
		In the European Parliament the Malta Labor Party's representatives belong to the Party of European Socialists (additional info and facts about Party of European Socialists).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/labour_party_(malta)1.htm (263 words)

	Malta Today: The Labour Party will not close the door (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dr Vella said that this was not the first time that the Nationalist Party had stated that this was Malta's last chance for accession within the EU.
		When the Malta Labour Party returns to power next year we will discuss a partnership for the good of both countries and we won't shut the door completely regarding EU accession.
		People in the Labour Party will change one day, no one is immortal, and maybe the conditions will be better.
	www.maltatoday.com.mt /2002/10/13/t2.html (576 words)

	Labour Party - AskTheBrain.com
		The Labour Party's priority is to build a democratic socialist society in Britain and to create the conditions necessary to free the world from poverty, inequality and war.
		The Malta Labour Party's (MLP) proposals for reforming the country's electoral system point to one clear fact: the party wants to strengthen, maintain and encourage the two party system that we have had in Malta for the past 30 years.
		The vast majority are Labour voters and their support of Labour in general elections over the past couple of decades has done much to mitigate that party's failure to attract white voters.
	www.askthebrain.com /labour_party-.html (495 words)

	Malta Country Paper - Europe Division - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the face of Labour’s threat to pull the plug on EU accession if it won the general election on 12 April 2003, the Nationalists were returned to power with a 52% majority, thereby putting an end to more than a decade of debate over membership.
		Malta is also active on environmental issues, in particular oceans governance issues, where it developed the common heritage of mankind concept for the seabed.
		Malta has traditionally had close connections with other Mediterranean countries, and had a strong presence in Libya during the period of sanctions and frequently served as a conduit and a transport link to it while the ban existed on air links.
	www.mfat.govt.nz /foreign/regions/europe/countrypapers/malta.html (1001 words)

	Malta Today (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Labour leadership contestant was at pains to explain that Manuel Cuschieri is a friend of his, and made the claim that it was not Cuschieri who decided the direction of his programmes.
		Montalto said if the Labour party told Cuschieri to direct his programmes to appeal to the Labour core voters and not to the moderates, the middle class and the floating voters, that was what he would do.
		Whether the MLP should vote in favour of the accession treaty was another question and while he said he was strongly in favour of respecting the will of the majority, he said it was also important to respect the desire of the large minority.
	www.maltatoday.com.mt /2003/05/04/5.html (1807 words)

	West European Politics: The 1996 Maltese election: swing of the pendulum. (victory of Malta Labour Party in 1996 ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		(victory of Malta Labour Party in 1996 elections reverses landslide victory of the Nationalist Party in 1992)
		The victory of Malta Labor Party in the Oct. 26, 1996 general elections is a complete reversal of the 1992 elections where the Nationalist Party (PN) won by a landslide margin of 5% over Labor.
		The Maltese electorate voted the Malta Labour Party (MLP) into office in the general election held on 26 October 1996,...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:19657052&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (261 words)

	Malta Today: Labour Party want to close Wied Ghammieq sewage outflow (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The MLP plans to exclude all drainage outflow from this area by enlarging the St Anthony Recycling Plant." This was voiced yesterday by Joe Mizzi, MLP’s chief spokesperson for environmental policies and planning, as he spoke at the Sewage Plant at Kalkara.
		In a MLP document entitled ‘Ambjent b’sahhtu ghal sahhitna’ the party has outlined various proposals towards reducing sea pollution.
		Mr Mizzi explained how, during Labour’s last span in government, both parties, together with various NGO’s and the Church, had agreed on the principle of utilising the plant to treat wastewater.
	www.maltatoday.com.mt /2002/09/8/l2.html (876 words)

	Search Malta - Maltese Surname Connection
		When the Malta Labour Party won the majority of the popular vote and seats in the 1971 General Elections, Miss Barbara was again appointed Minister of Education and Culture.
		Apart of this reform she introduced in Malta a new type of technical education at trade level, and thus many trade schools, where various skills and crafts were taught, were set up in Malta and Gozo, for boys and girls.
		As Chancellor of the University of Malta, ex officio, President Barbara's interest in the education of the masses and in the propagation ;of scientific and technological education has continued unabated.
	www.searchmalta.com /surnames/barbara/agatha.shtml (1852 words)

	Confessions of an Atheist
		Yes there is Labour’s leadership election, but it seems to me it would be useless to comment on this election.
		See, it seems to me as though the outcome of this election was decided a very long time ago; long before Sant decided to do both country and party a favour and call it a day.
		His list of achievements is endless; and his contribution to Malta is priceless.
	confessionsofanatheist.blogspot.com (771 words)

	Malta u l-politika: Ittri ccensurati u punti ta' riflessjoni politika.
		Whilst the UHM is fighting the Labour Government on the increase in the water and electricity rates, it had kept its mouth shut when we had a Nationalist Government and the situation was much worse.
		The Labour Government had no choice and if one had to point an accusing finger it has to be at Dr. Fenech Adami who let the W.S.C. and other corporations, parastatal companies and government departments crumble under the weight of the huge losses they were making through mismanagement, bad planning, abuses etc.
		But I was speechless by the senseless demolition of a towing-zone sign (tow zones were introduced by Labour), the driver must have then carried the sign (pole included) to his car and towed it as he drove around the streets showing off his prized possession.
	www.maltapolitics.com /ittriccensurati.htm (2302 words)

	Search Malta - Maltese Surname Connection
		During 1988 and 1989, he chaired a Malta Labour Party working group evaluating the options for future relations between Malta and the European Community from the economic and social perspectives.
		In 1984, he was elected President of the Malta Labour Party and served in that position until 1988.
		Dr Sant led the Malta Labour Party to electoral victory in the General Elections of October 1996.
	www.searchmalta.com /surnames/sant/alfred.shtml (631 words)

	Malta
		Napoléon seized Malta in 1798, but the French forces were ousted by British troops the next year, and British rule was confirmed by the Treaty of Paris in 1814.
		Malta was heavily attacked by German and Italian aircraft during World War II but was never invaded by the Axis powers.
		Although Malta applied for membership in the European Union, when the Labour Party won the election in Oct. 1996, it froze Malta's EU application and withdrew from the NATO Partnership for Peace program in an effort to maintain its neutrality.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107763.html (463 words)

	The Malta Business Times (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However, the EU Delegation told The Malta Financial and Business Times yesterday that it has written to Super One, informing the Malta Labour Party-run station that Verheugen would be making himself avaliable to the station when he visits Malta next week – but on his own conditions.
		EU delegation head Ronald Gallimore explained yesterday that Verheugen is to hold a press conference in Malta and that he would be at the disposal of all the media for interviews on a one to one basis.
		The Labour Party accuses this partnership of being an integral part of the Nationalist Party’s communications strategy, which pushes the party’s agenda in programmes such as Bondiplus, Xarabank and Viva Malta.
	www.businesstimes.com.mt /2002/10/16/t3.html (403 words)

	AD - Press Releases - July 2002 - 01/07/2002 - 15/07/2002 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Malta Labour Party is also in favour of high rise developments without mentioning the negative impact of such development on residential areas and the aesthetic impact of such development.
		Although AD notes that the MLP is saying that such land should be developed in a way that the environment is protected we cannot understand why more land must be reserved to industrial development in an age where the economy is more oriented towards services and tourism.
		Labour MP Joe Mizzi and the then Nationalist Party's representative on the Board Michael Bonnici had voted in favour of this shameful development.
	www.alternattiva.org.mt /prsjuly2_1.html (8630 words)

	Facts & Figures
		Malta is a parliamentary democracy with the legislative power in the hands of the House of Representatives which currently has sixty-five members elected from the two major political parties.
		Malta' President fills the role of titular Head of State and is appointed by the House of Representatives.
		This is by far one of the most important cultural events on the Malta calendar, mainly due to the variety of performances ranging from orchestral concerts, recitals, films, open-air theatre, ballet, art exhibitions and jazz performances.
	www.aboutmalta.com /grazio/factsfigs.html (2091 words)

	Elections in Malta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Malta (Maltese/English: Malta) is a country in South Europe.
		Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 1 and on civil rights with a 1, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
		Freedom House considers Malta to be a free country.
	www.electionworld.org /malta.htm (194 words)

	Dr. Alfred Sant
		The Corporation is responsible for all industrial development programmes in Malta; at the time, it was also charged with oversight responsibilities for public companies, especially in the industrial sector.
		Chaired a Malta Labour Party working group evaluating the options for future relations between Malta and the European-Community from the economic and social perspectives.
		On behalf of the Malta Labour Part participated in congresses and international meetings of the Socialist International, the Confederation of Socialist parties of the E.C., and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Bonn, Paris, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Brussels, Dakar and Lima.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Set/9827/sant.html (967 words)

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