|
|
Article: THE MALTESE CONNECTION.
- Article from:
- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 Contemporary Review Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
MALTA? You are leaving Greece in December for Malta? Yes, in fact, we were. My wife and I had three good reasons. First, we had been in Greece for almost three months, and we had either to get a residence permit or leave the country. European Union citizens need not bother about residence permits in Greece, but my wife and I were Canadians, and the Greek immigration bureaucracy, deprived of their old victims from Europe, has kept its talents for red tape honed by turning its attention to the prey that remains. Second, Athens was harassed by a series of one-day strikes and demonstrations by students protesting against educational reforms which will raise standards sharply, ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Malta; In the falcon's shadow; It's a tiny lump of ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
December 10, 2000 ;
700+ words
... ... talk inevitably comes around to Malta's greatest shaping force ... order known as the Knights of Malta. Their history sounds like ... This is the nutshell version: Malta won't make sense without it ... Crusades, as the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, where ...
|
|