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...