The Malta Independent 18 August 2026, Tuesday
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Editorial: Our frail economy

Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 09:51 Last update: about 11 years ago

As the government pulls out all stops to proclaim how good the economy is, and this is then fortified by credit rating agencies and the European Commission, it would be profitable to stop and reflect...

Editorial: Malta’s terrible Grigal strikes again

Monday, 31 October 2016, 09:39 Last update: about 11 years ago

So many things happened yesterday – Italy’s terrible earthquake, a quake near Malta and then an explosion in a Gudja field that echoed the explosion today week when the small plane crashed...

Editorial: The right decision… in the end

Sunday, 30 October 2016, 10:18 Last update: about 11 years ago

Malta’s constitutional neutrality is being increasingly called into question these days – from the country’s arguably correct stance during the Libyan revolution to the surveillance...

Editorial: Plane crash - We have no redundancy

Friday, 28 October 2016, 15:57 Last update: about 11 years ago

Practically, all comments regarding last Monday’s unfortunate air crash at the airport regarded the issue how it happened, how it could have been worse for people who happened to pass from there...

Editorial: Is Malta’s competitiveness sliding away?

Thursday, 27 October 2016, 10:18 Last update: about 11 years ago

Today’s front page story which reports that Malta is the most difficult country in the whole of the European Union in which to do business does not make for pretty reading, coming as it has as...

Budget: Beyond the parliamentary drama

Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 09:24 Last update: about 11 years ago

Now that both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have laid bare their arguments on Malta’s economic performance during their budget replies, it is time to ask: what of the...

Editorial: The art of stammering

Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 08:16 Last update: about 11 years ago

Last Saturday was International Stammering Awareness Day. A day when stammering associations, individuals and groups around the world organise events to mark the day and to raise awareness of...

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