No-fly Zone: Why so late?
Saturday, 19 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
When it finally came to be, it was harsher than originally expected and gives licence to wider measures which can be taken against the Gaddafi regime....
Libya Crisis: Time is running out
Friday, 18 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The more time goes by, the plainer it becomes – time is running out for the Libyan rebels in Benghazi....
The Referendum: A taste of no jubilation
Friday, 18 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
At the end, after Wednesday’s ‘stand up, sit down’ vote on the Opposition motion regarding the referendum question, there was no jubilation, either in the House, or among those who had assisted at the event....
Internet Shopping: Two weights two measures
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
There is growing evidence that Malta is being treated as a ‘second-class citizen’ when it comes to internet shopping....
A Necessary evil: Extended lifetime
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Any which way you look at it, it must be conceded that an extension of the lifetime of the Marsa power station is a necessary evil....
Carnival - The Last exit of the king
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Unsung, unwept, unnoticed even. A week ago yesterday the king made his last exit.King Carnival in other words made his last exit from Valletta’s City Gate....
Time For review - We have not harnessed the atom
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
While nuclear power has been around for decades, and has warmed and heated homes across the globe, the horrendous sequence of events in Japan must teach us that we have not yet harnessed the atom safely....
Realtà Court case: Why this ruling was so important
Tuesday, 15 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Those who believe in true freedom of expression breathed a sigh of relief yesterday on learning that writer Alex Vella Gera and editor Mark Camilleri had been acquitted of charges which had been brought against them according to Malta’s obscenity laws....
Coming Together: Unity will always prevail
Tuesday, 15 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
By nature, the developed world shuns cooperation and charity. When all is working correctly and as it should, the emphasis is on competition; winning the rat race. ...
Japan Earthquake: Massive devastation
Monday, 14 March 2011, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
In what brought back memories of the 26 December 2004 tsunami that devastated south-east Asia, killing 230,000 people in 12 countries...