The Malta Independent 19 April 2024, Friday
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Trading in property

Monday, 18 March 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 2 months ago Alfred Sant MEP

The leading role that the market in buildings and lands plays in the island’s economy was again highlighted these past months by the controversies that new projects gave rise to,  and the...

Gozo Channel Ltd – approaching a dead-end!

Sunday, 17 March 2024, 08:14 Last update: about 2 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The writing has long been on the wall, but no one is heeding it. Now the chickens are coming home to roost and the problems concerning Gozo Channel are snowballing. Where are the promises of the...

Hero for democracy

Sunday, 17 March 2024, 08:13 Last update: about 2 months ago Kevin Cassar

Magistrate Rachel Montebello just delivered a fatal blow to Labour’s attempts to deprive the nation of its right to freedom of expression. In a devastating judgement, the Magistrate decried the...

Will we ever have mixed gender teams in all sports competitions?

Sunday, 17 March 2024, 08:12 Last update: about 2 months ago Mark Said

Lately, I have been pondering on what it would be like to have a football team made up of football stars the likes of Alexia Putellas or Megan Rapinoe playing alongside Messi, Ronaldo, or Kane. Or...

Dignity for our disciplined corps

Sunday, 17 March 2024, 08:07 Last update: about 2 months ago Darren Carabott

National security is a paramount prerequisite for any society to function properly. As long as I have been active in public life, I have always taken a keen interest in this area, and today, I feel...

The climate risks we face

Sunday, 17 March 2024, 08:06 Last update: about 2 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

The first ever European climate risk assessment carried out by the European Environment Agency (EEA) has concluded that Europe is unprepared for what lies in store. The year 2023 was the warmest...

The Pope’s gaffe on Ukraine beats all others

Sunday, 17 March 2024, 05:52 Last update: about 2 months ago Noel Grima

It has had next to no exposure in Malta’s blog-sphere, normally so receptive to adulation where the head of the Catholic church is concerned, as could be seen in the ill-advised visit so soon...

Malta’s Biennale

Friday, 15 March 2024, 07:24 Last update: about 2 months ago Owen Bonnici

Against a lot of global conflicts and regional tensions, the MaltaBiennale.art emerges as a symbol of unity and co-operation. Daily news headlines paint a grim picture of violence, yet amidst this...

Time and time

Thursday, 14 March 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 2 months ago Alfred Sant MEP

Some say that as a language, Maltese is poor by way of a vocabulary which recognizes distinctions in meaning that can be derived from the same concept. We thus use the same word for the different...

Factory construction

Monday, 11 March 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 2 months ago Alfred Sant MEP

In the past the allocation of factories, their construction, their rentals as well as the administration of industrial estates were all the responsibiity of one agency: the Malta Development...

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