The Malta Independent 1 May 2024, Wednesday
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In Transition

Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The year that we have just started will see this government surpass the halfway mark....

Generosity And compassion

Monday, 4 January 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Over €2 million were raised for l-iStrina on Boxing Day and there were no prizes on offer. It was just a fun night organised by the President’s Office and the Maltese people really showed their generosity....

Government-local Council collaboration

Sunday, 3 January 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

That Malta has organised its first street party to herald in the New Year is commendable, but the resistance from different quarters to the initiative is disappointing to say the least. ...

Not A care in the world

Saturday, 2 January 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The accidents which took place on New Year’s Eve and the early hours of Friday morning were ample proof that we can expect 2010 to continue on the same note of 2009....

A Year of challenges

Friday, 1 January 2010, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Today is the New Year and the start of a new decade. Some of the challenges we will face in 2010, we have seen before and will see again. But some of those challenges are new. 2009 was not such a good year. For the first few years of our memb...

Be Safe tonight

Thursday, 31 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Thousands of people will go out tonight, aiming to end the year in style and to welcome 2010 with merriment, drinks and a good deal of socialising. ...

Vandalism... A plague

Wednesday, 30 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

On today’s front page, we carry a photograph and a story about a tree which has been burnt by vandals. Many might look at the photograph and think what the big deal is about – it is simply a tree. How very wrong....

Our Way of doing things

Tuesday, 29 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Malta has truly done itself proud this year in giving to others and giving without the promise of a return....

A Time of joy; a time of excess

Monday, 28 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Sadly the indications are that two young men found dead on Christmas morning did so as a result of flooded lungs, probably caused by a drug overdose....

EU Short of the mark in Copenhagen

Sunday, 27 December 2009, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Hot on the heels of having appointed a foreign policy chief, a move aimed at giving the European Union a more prominent role on the world stage, the bloc ...

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