The Malta Independent 20 August 2026, Thursday
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Serves him, serves them, right

Monday, 21 September 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

So Minister Joe Mizzi, whose fuse is not noticeably long, upped and left a press conference because of persistent questioning by a Net News reporter who would not take No for an answer and would not...

Migration alarm: not another flash in the pan

Sunday, 20 September 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

Time and time again we have seen Europe and the world at large recoil in shock and horror at the multiple shipwrecks in the Mediterranean that have claimed, between them, thousands of lives. Last...

Environment: A diminishing maritime habitat

Saturday, 19 September 2015, 09:01 Last update: about 12 years ago

A new report by the World Wildlife Fund has shown that marine life populations around the world have halved in two human generations. Let’s put that into context, half of the world’s...

Paceville attack: An incident just waiting to happen

Thursday, 17 September 2015, 08:30 Last update: about 12 years ago

The recent mayhem that unfolded in Paceville was an incident just waiting to happen. The fact that the perpetrator was Libyan does not make a blind bit of difference to the fact that we have a...

Protecting the elderly: A very tricky balancing act

Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 08:53 Last update: about 12 years ago

The government has announced that it plans to take away the rights of people to wills of elderly relatives if they are found to have neglected them or submitted them to inhumane conditions in their...

Whoever would have thought: shamed by the Germans

Monday, 14 September 2015, 07:50 Last update: about 12 years ago

On the English-language Deutsche Welle TV station, they showed a long programme on Saturday evening showing how Germany is welcoming the Syrian migrants. Now DW is sponsored by German State money...

Crime in Sliema: Well done, but more is needed

Saturday, 12 September 2015, 09:03 Last update: about 12 years ago

The police yesterday arraigned five foreigners in connection with a string of thefts that occurred in the Sliema area. No doubt, this was a major coup for a force that over the past months had...

Record: Queen Elizabeth’s reign

Friday, 11 September 2015, 09:00 Last update: about 12 years ago

It was a day for the history books. But it was not in her majesty's temperament to make much of a fuss. On Wednesday, 9 September, 2015, about 5:30 pm, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest...

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