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Libya: Have We missed the bus, again?

Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Swept up in a completely futile controversy whether Malta should, or should not, imitate the Italians and push would-be asylum seekers back into the sea (not that Italy is doing so, anyway)...

Slayings: The Biggest problem of Free Libya

Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

As the conflict in Libya continues and forces loyal to Gaddafi continue to pound the Western bastion of Misurata and the Eastern crossroads city of Ajdabiya, it would seem that the rebels have their hands full....

Under The guise of faith: Our Malta of sorrows

Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The title of this leading article is chosen purposefully, and it is in direct response to the severely stunted and opportunistic mentality of some members of the clergy in the way the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows was celebrated. ...

Libya Crisis: Testing the limits of NATO without US

Monday, 18 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

United States President Barack Obama’s insistence that NATO, not the United States, take the lead in attacking Muammar Gaddafi’s military is exposing a hard truth about an alliance that never before fought an air campaign with the US in the back seat...

Gozo: A Gem that needs protection

Monday, 18 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It was a strange coincidence that the press conference given by Gozo Minister Giovanna Debono on her ministry’s work during the third year of government was held on the eve of the premier show of the series Game of Thrones...

No Quarter to illegal hunting

Sunday, 17 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Malta, it appears, is facing the final spring hunting litmus test and, for all intents and purposes, this spring should very well be the government’s last attempt to regulate an area that has been, perhaps until now, seemingly uncontrollable....

Deteriorating Standards

Saturday, 16 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The defeat against Greece in the Euro 2012 championships qualifying match last month has cost the Maltese national side seven places in the FIFA world rankings....

Here We go again

Saturday, 16 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses is once again threatening industrial action, starting on Monday, unless the bed shortage in the day surgery unit is seen to qu...

Asylum Seekers: Another tragedy at sea

Friday, 15 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Yesterday, two people drowned off the coast of Pantelleria as the Italian Coast Guard tried to rescue asylum seekers from a boat that had drifted onto rocks close to the small island’s shores....

Misurata: The Real horrors of Libya

Friday, 15 April 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The UK’s ITN news has broadcast an exclusive story from besieged Misurata after a journalist and cameraman managed to circumvent the net of Gaddafi’s control and enter the city from the sea....

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