The Malta Independent 3 June 2025, Tuesday
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The light railway option

Saturday, 24 September 2016, 09:24 Last update: about 10 years ago

When we are all in dread of Monday, especially if it rains on the first day of school, as it usually does, talk turns to the traffic situation.  This is the time of the year when politicians come...

The threat to online gaming

Friday, 23 September 2016, 09:30 Last update: about 10 years ago

Was it just a diversionary tactic to bring up in a dramatic way the issue of online gaming as it was brought up over the past weekend? The threat has always been there although it has become more...

The Archbishop: A voice in the political wilderness

Thursday, 22 September 2016, 09:12 Last update: about 10 years ago

The Archbishop has since his appointment provided something of a voice of reason in the wilderness that is the country’s political atmosphere.  It is not a voice of one political party or...

21 September: Independence – where we are today

Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 08:09 Last update: about 10 years ago

Fifty-two years ago, Malta was celebrating its first day of Independence, attained without bloodshed from the British. Today, 52 years later, Malta is once again celebrating its birth as a...

Big projects: Digging a hole

Tuesday, 20 September 2016, 12:54 Last update: about 10 years ago

In 2008, controversy was rife in Malta over the application by the St John’s Foundation to extend the cathedral museum by digging a huge hole outside the cathedral to house the priceless Gobelin...

Malta’s foray in Club Med

Monday, 19 September 2016, 08:52 Last update: about 10 years ago

This paper has been the only one to question the Prime Minister’s presence at the Athens mini-summit a few days ago. Nor were its points replied to by the government. Now more details have...

Editorial - Leo Brincat: So as to avoid further embarrassment

Sunday, 18 September 2016, 09:30 Last update: about 10 years ago

The European Parliament’s snubbing of Leo Brincat’s nomination to the European Court of Auditors was, over and above the ridiculous blame game taking place within government circles, a...

Editorial: Malta and the EU - Have they all thought it out?

Saturday, 17 September 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

The run-away train that is Malta is fast accelerating and heading into an uncharted territory as the Leo Brincat application to join the European Court of Auditors moves on to the next level. In...

Not a bad idea at all

Friday, 16 September 2016, 09:55 Last update: about 10 years ago

This cedoli initiative by the Nationalist Party makes sense for the party itself but it also makes sense for the investor. After the election which it lost, the party found itself in a horrendous...

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