The Malta Independent 18 August 2026, Tuesday
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Is the government making good for its environmental errors?

Sunday, 23 October 2016, 09:06 Last update: about 11 years ago

From the Zonqor Point controversy to its support for spring hunting and autumn trapping, and from the use of Outside Development Zone land to the demerger of the former Malta Environment and Planning...

Editorial: Politics - Respecting the media

Saturday, 22 October 2016, 09:34 Last update: about 11 years ago

It has become a habit for this government to call a press conference minutes before it is due to start. With traffic being what it is – we do not own helicopters – it is hard to arrive in...

Budget 2017 in the light of S&P’s upgrade

Thursday, 20 October 2016, 09:46 Last update: about 11 years ago

Those who would want to understand what is happening in Malta especially with regards to the Budget for 2017 announced by the Government this week would do well to contextualize their reading with the...

The hunting lobby’s never-ending audacity

Sunday, 16 October 2016, 09:15 Last update: about 11 years ago

How dare the government give rural areas to children instead of hunters? This was the gist of the reaction of the country’s main hunting lobby yesterday to the news that the government has...

Another art controversy blows up

Saturday, 15 October 2016, 09:42 Last update: about 11 years ago

Every so many years, our community gets a sudden, big, explosion of an art controversy and, while not being experts in the field, we enjoy seeing so many eminent persons squabbling like mud wrestlers,...

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