The Malta Independent 19 August 2026, Wednesday
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The lessons from Euro and Eurovision

Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 08:44 Last update: about 11 years ago

There was a nice interview carried out by Campus FM with Ira Losco yesterday morning.  The perspective that Ms Losco offered compared Eurovision as it was in 2002 when she came second and...

Glass houses, local councils and Chris Said

Sunday, 10 July 2016, 09:04 Last update: about 11 years ago

A sense of perspective is always a good thing in politics but it is, sadly, a rare quality in this country’s tribal political scene. And it is precisely that sense of perspective that the...

The wages of Brexit

Thursday, 7 July 2016, 10:09 Last update: about 11 years ago

The pound yesterday hit a fresh 31-year low against the dollar as worries over the UK's exit from the European Union continued to rattle financial markets. At one point, it dropped to $1.2798,...

Domestic violence: Shrines of the victims

Thursday, 7 July 2016, 09:08 Last update: about 11 years ago

Up in that very scenic spot that is Kuncizzjoni, there is a small whitewashed shrine which reminds trippers of a heinous crime that happened right there. A woman whose only crime was that she had...

Statistics: Getting closer to half a million

Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 08:15 Last update: about 11 years ago

Malta’s population is increasing, and quite dramatically. Recent statistics show that in 2014, Malta had a total population of 429,344.  In 1980, there were only 316,000 of us. That has...

Brexit: The rise of intolerance and hate

Monday, 4 July 2016, 09:26 Last update: about 11 years ago

The British people – well, the English and the Welsh people’s decision to leave the European Union must be respected. The EU big shots have called on the UK to leave the union as soon as...

Where’s Panama again?

Sunday, 3 July 2016, 09:53 Last update: about 11 years ago

There was a time, not so long ago, when the Maltese population had become intimately acquainted with the Central American country of Panama. Many people who previously could not even readily find it...

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