The Malta Independent 9 November 2026, Monday
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Editorial: The EU’s lip service to the plight of refugees

Sunday, 5 February 2017, 09:45 Last update: about 11 years ago

EU leaders who convened in Malta on Friday to address the flow of migrants across the central Mediterranean, by and large, paid mere lip service to the awful plight of African migrants trapped in...

Editorial: Men’s club in Germany beats EU summit in Malta

Saturday, 4 February 2017, 11:15 Last update: about 11 years ago

Let’s see how we go about this. Maybe it is a reflection of changed times that the most popular programme on our TV, Xarabank, decided to spend a day with a prostitute in yesterday’s...

Editorial: EU Malta council - Playing with her cuffs

Friday, 3 February 2017, 07:48 Last update: about 11 years ago

At the last European Council, the first one she attended, UK Prime Minister Theresa May was left, according to Adam Boulton, all alone and she spent her time playing with her cuffs. Will she do...

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...

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