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Isis: Making it to the EU agenda

Saturday, 6 September 2014, 07:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström was in Malta over the past couple of days as her tenure comes to a close.   It was a bit of a strange one,...

Questions that need to be answered

Friday, 5 September 2014, 07:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        A case heard in court this week unfolded quite bizarrely. A man, in his 50s, was charged with defiling a minor. Investigators testified that the man had asked the...

Society: Anything goes

Thursday, 4 September 2014, 07:51 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        The last couple of months has seen a number of news stories and comment pieces about the levels of inconsideration that people in Malta can descend...

Public Transport: Swift action taken, bravo

Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 07:52 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        On Monday, this newspaper published a story about a bus driver who had scolded an elderly woman for trying to help another elderly woman in her commute. The...

Politics: The icon of the 500 days of Labour government

Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        As part of an ongoing series, an article in this paper yesterday described the first 500 days of the Labour government by focusing on Minister Manwel...

Public transport: Back to the old days and old ways

Monday, 1 September 2014, 07:52 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        Perhaps the thing that people do not miss about the old yellow buses was the attitude and appearance of the (not all bus drivers). Of course, we all look back...

Regeneration: A breath of fresh air in Cospicua

Saturday, 30 August 2014, 07:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        Seeing the Cospicua Docks come to life is a breath of fresh air. After years of abandonment, the area became decrepit and was an eyesore. The project had been in...

Middle East: Relief for the people of Gaza

Friday, 29 August 2014, 07:52 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        The news that a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas has been greeted with great Hurrahs in the diplomatic world, Malta included.   But, with...

Saturday evening fever

Thursday, 28 August 2014, 19:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        One may think the world did not break off for summer. There was fighting in Ukraine, terrible fighting in Gaza, Ebola broke out of its narrow confines plus...

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