Players Are too greedy
Saturday, 20 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
A few weeks ago, the threat of a strike by footballers in Italy revolved around an issue on which the players had some form of justification – their dema...
Dirt And grime
Saturday, 20 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The story published in this newspaper, regarding the filthy state of affairs in the stands of the Tal-Qroqq National Pool, is symptomatic to our attit...
Exercise: We Are a lazy bunch
Friday, 19 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
While Malta has all the gyms and new fitness fads that one can find anywhere else in the developed world, we are still, for lack of a better term, a lazy bunch....
Terror: Worrying Developments in Sinai
Friday, 19 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As the news began to filter in of the attacks in Southern Israel, where civilian buses were shot at by armed terrorists, the world came to a new realisation....
Eurozone: Heading Towards the inevitable
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The joint press conference held yesterday by German and French premiers Angela Merkel and Nikolas Sarkozy contained proposals that were inevitable – closer economic and fiscal policy in the eurozone....
Riots: Automatic Detention
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Riot police and the use of teargas are, thankfully, not very common sights in Malta. But that was precisely the scene at Safi on Tuesday as migrants at the Safi detention centre...
Phone Wars: Google ups the stakes
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Google has flexed its financial muscles and gone head-to-head with Apple, by purchasing Motorola Mobility – in cash – for $12.5bn....
On Our doorstep: Crunch time in Tripoli
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
It has been a rather long time since the world, and Malta as well, took any notice of what is happening in Libya. But now things are moving, fast....
Private Lessons: Need for accountability
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The Education Ministry has gone on record saying that the private tuition sector is to be regulated...