Executions:
Rethinking lethal injections
Monday, 28 July 2014, 07:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A third execution by lethal injection has gone awry in six months, renewing debate in the United States over whether there is a foolproof way for the government...
Malta poised on the Libyan knife edge once again
Sunday, 27 July 2014, 09:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The 2011 Libyan conflict that ended in the gruesome death of dictator Muammar Gaddafi has all but vanished from news headlines, but the aftershocks and continued...
Middle East:
The silence on Gaza is deafening
Saturday, 26 July 2014, 08:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
At the time of writing, the death toll of Palestinians in the Middle East had edged over the 800 mark as the Israeli army intensified its attacks in Gaza and...
The Opposition:
First get the wrongs redressed
Friday, 25 July 2014, 07:55
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Those, few or many, who may have been listening in to Parliament earlier this week, when the House began to discuss the Bill on election spending, must have been...
Hunting:
Perverse application of the law
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 07:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
One cannot begin to comprehend the decision by the law courts to order the investigation of Birdlife volunteers for being in possession of injured and dead ...
Trade envoy:
In the interest of who?
Tuesday, 22 July 2014, 08:01
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Our sister newspaper The Malta Independent on Sunday published a story in its last edition where it was revealed that Mrs Sai Mizzi Liang has dual citizenship...
Boatpeople:
A tale of survival and a tale of death
Monday, 21 July 2014, 07:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Yesterday, the AFM brought 83 weary people, including women and children, to shore after rescuing them from the high seas. They arrived in the blistering heat of...
How many more must die before Europe takes action?
Sunday, 20 July 2014, 09:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
There are so many subjects worthy of today’s leading article: the curious circumstances surrounding the appointment of a new judge and the retirement of...
Bulldozing in the Tiananmen style
Saturday, 19 July 2014, 10:55
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
What happened in our Parliament over the past days and especially yesterday exhibit quite the wrong uses to which a House of Representatives can be put: instead of being the House of free speech, it...