The Malta Independent 17 August 2026, Monday
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Always on Sunday

Thursday, 2 February 2017, 09:48 Last update: about 11 years ago

The recent liberalization of shopping days to include the option of opening up on Sundays is very welcome. The rule banning the opening of outlets on Sunday had become rather threadbare in recent...

Editorial: Disintegrating the integrated

Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 06:39 Last update: about 11 years ago

Times of Malta, The Malta Independent and MaltaToday have joined forces to call on the Maltese government to review Malta’s arbitrary system of ‘temporary humanitarian protection’...

Editorial: Is the government heading for a fall this week?

Monday, 30 January 2017, 09:47 Last update: about 11 years ago

On Friday, as many know, the EU heads of government will meet for an informal Council in Malta. This meeting comes at a crucial time for the EU: it is before the UK triggers Article 50 for Brexit...

Editorial: Air Malta’s last chance for survival

Sunday, 29 January 2017, 11:30 Last update: about 11 years ago

In the wake of the long drawn out collapse of the government’s talks with Alitalia over a strategic partnership with national airline Air Malta, the airline now appears to be flying on nothing...

Editorial: Arts and Culture 1 – Politicians 0

Saturday, 28 January 2017, 10:11 Last update: about 11 years ago

The billboard was right, after all. Malta’s presidency of the Council of the EUis not just a matter of politicians but also an opportunity to showcase Malta’s culture all over...

Editorial: Election timeframe a most welcome announcement

Thursday, 26 January 2017, 10:56 Last update: about 11 years ago

The Prime Minister’s announcement that the next General Election will be held approximately a year from now, more specifically, around March of next year is welcome news for a number of...

The threat of a low-cost Singapore of the West

Thursday, 26 January 2017, 10:34 Last update: about 11 years ago

When she called in EU diplomats to the gilded halls of Lancaster House, British PM Theresa May knew, as much as her interlocutors, the precariousness of the British post-Brexit position. Just...

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