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Entertainment: The awful state of radio in Malta

Thursday, 6 February 2014, 08:06 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

There used to be a time, even just a few years ago when Malta had good radio stations. Not only was there a good balance between different stations for every taste, but there were also different...

World Cancer Day: Get checked and get screened

Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 07:56 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The figures are enough to boggle the mind. One in four Maltese people are affected by cancer in some way or another. In 2012, 27 % of deaths registered in Malta were caused by cancer – that was...

PN: Keeping up appearances

Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 08:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Many will know of the hilarious British sitcom that titles this leading article. In it, the main character Hyacinth is obsessed with keeping up appearances, pretending to be uppercrust when she comes...

Amanda Knox: Heading for an extradition fight

Monday, 3 February 2014, 08:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Roman Polanski. Edward Snowden. Manuel Noriega. Over the years, the famous and the infamous have been caught up in the legal process called extradition, which governs whether one country will turn...

No more citizenship games please

Sunday, 2 February 2014, 10:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The government would be very ill-advised indeed if it is planning to play any more aces it may still have up its sleeve with respect to the Individual Investor Programme (IIP).   Malta...

Shades of North Korea, Ceausescu and Ukraine ... if not Kafka too

Saturday, 1 February 2014, 08:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The few people who went online earlier this week to see the meeting of Parliament’s Privileges Committee could have been forgiven for thinking this was a scene straight from North Korea, or...

Citizenship scheme: Commonsense finally prevails

Friday, 31 January 2014, 08:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

On Wednesday evening, the government of Malta and the European Commission announced that a deal had been struck on the much maligned citizenship scheme.   At a press conference at Castille,...

Lifestyles: Thirty something and still living at home

Thursday, 30 January 2014, 08:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Almost half the people under the age of 34 in Malta still live with their parents. It is the fourth highest rate in Europe, coming in just behind Slovakia, Bulgaria and Greece. It might also come as...

Ukraine: Too little, too late

Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 07:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych yesterday tried to defuse his country’s crisis with two moves – repealing the deeply unpopular anti-protest laws and accepting the resignation...

Church and State: A step in the right direction

Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Foreign Minister George Vella yesterday said that while the government will collaborate and respect the Church, the agreement signed yesterday to amend the agreement on marriages showed a clear sign...

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