The Malta Independent 8 November 2026, Sunday
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TMIS Editorial: On abortion and standards

Sunday, 8 January 2023, 11:00 Last update: about 5 years ago

By the time the year which has just started comes to an end, the political parties will be gearing up for the European Parliament elections, to be held in May 2024, and Malta will be looking for a new...

TMID Editorial: Malta on the UN Security Council

Friday, 6 January 2023, 12:01 Last update: about 5 years ago

Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland got a formal welcome into the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, taking the two-year seats they won unopposed in June. While Malta, and the other...

TMID Editorial: The reluctant pope

Thursday, 5 January 2023, 10:21 Last update: about 5 years ago

The Associated Press described him as the reluctant pope and, given that he was the first head of the Church in 600 years to give up the role, then it can be easily said that the assessment is...

TMID Editorial: Metsola’s mistake, Labour’s hypocrisy

Wednesday, 4 January 2023, 08:20 Last update: about 5 years ago

The President of the European Parliament, Malta’s Roberta Metsola, was caught in some hot water in the week separating Christmas from the New Year. Reports indicated that she was to appoint...

TMID Editorial: Helping those in need

Tuesday, 3 January 2023, 14:32 Last update: about 5 years ago

The holiday season is a time associated with, amongst others, an increase in our sense of charity and helping those in need. Many donate to charity through annual telethons such as L-Istrina and...

TMIS Editorial: Let’s make 2023 better (and less tragic)

Sunday, 1 January 2023, 11:00 Last update: about 5 years ago

Everyone will have personal memories for the year that has just ended.  For many, it was a year to remember for positive occurrences, such as the birth of a child, moving into a new home, getting...

TMID Editorial - Pele: The greatest that there ever was

Saturday, 31 December 2022, 08:24 Last update: about 5 years ago

Pelé, football’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. To many fans, the Brazilian will be remembered as the best to have ever played the game. For others it goes...

TMID Editorial: Unavailable medicines

Friday, 30 December 2022, 09:28 Last update: about 5 years ago

The Nationalist Party on Tuesday issued a statement to express its concern that the list of medicines that are out of stock is growing longer. For example, it mentioned that the provision of insulin...

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