The Malta Independent 9 November 2026, Monday
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Cutting off your nose

Friday, 9 September 2016, 15:12 Last update: about 11 years ago

There is a very earthy version in Maltese which is politely translated as ‘Cutting off your nose to spite your face’ Consider the mysterious ways in which Air Malta moves. Air...

Editorial - Panama Papers: The scandal that will not die down

Friday, 9 September 2016, 11:46 Last update: about 11 years ago

If there were ever any doubts that the Panama Papers scandal could wilt and die and be forgotten, proof that this has not happened nor will happen came when Leo Brincat faced the European Parliament...

Delimara power plant: Deadlines, aesthetics and safety

Thursday, 8 September 2016, 09:25 Last update: about 11 years ago

An article in today’s issue highlights the fact that the government is more than likely bound to miss its umpteenth deadline for the commissioning of the Delimara power station.   And...

Editorial: Sack the Law Commissioner or muzzle him

Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 09:24 Last update: about 11 years ago

That Malta’s Law Commissioner, Dr Franco Debono, is a controversial figure is by now taken for granted by everyone. His recent stint as a Member of Parliament under Lawrence Gonzi’s...

Welcome enforcements

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 08:56 Last update: about 11 years ago

On Friday night, a row of mostly Italian cars were parked at Salina watched over by the police, which Police HQ later described as an ‘ordinary roadblock’. It looked anything but...

Traffic: And school hasn’t started yet

Saturday, 3 September 2016, 08:27 Last update: about 11 years ago

On Thursday morning, commuters on their way to work from the South had to deviate around most of the centre of Malta, arriving more than an hour late for work. Apparently, the massive traffic jam...

Politics are back

Friday, 2 September 2016, 08:29 Last update: about 11 years ago

With a public discussion being held by the Nationalist Party’s women section this evening at St Paul’s Bay, political activity is back after the summer recess. Even if Parliament will...

Behind the Monti move

Thursday, 1 September 2016, 09:42 Last update: about 11 years ago

On 2 August, GRTU published a statement, unusually in Maltese only. It was disregarded by the English-language papers and to date has not been carried, as far as is known. That was the day when...

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