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Horse accidents: The only solution is to get them off major roads

Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 08:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

It was only a matter of time before we heard of yet another horse accident. Only a couple of months ago, we published horrific pictures of a horse that had overturned its sulky after clipping a...

UN: Women says there's 'backlash' against equality

Monday, 16 September 2013, 08:06 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The new head of the UN agency promoting women's rights says there is "a definite backlash" against equality for women despite some significant progress, pointing to an upsurge in...

Questioning the Chinese investments

Sunday, 15 September 2013, 09:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Opposition leader Simon Busuttil has been hauled over some hot coals this week for having had the nerve to question what strings were attached to the Chinese investment in Enemalta. To us, this is a...

Motoring: Badly parked vehicles a traffic hazard

Friday, 13 September 2013, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Vehicles belonging to the Environmental Landscapes Consortium are at times badly parked on the side of main thoroughfares while consortium personnel go along with their day’s work, failing to...

11 September: A world forever changed

Thursday, 12 September 2013, 08:03 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

As the world yesterday marked the 12th anniversary of the 11 September terrorist attacks on New York and Washington D.C., one cannot but also mark the fact that few are the ways in which the atrocity...

Maltese psyche’s views challenged by report

Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 09:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    In today’s culture, most men’s animal instinct has been changed from survival and propagation at all costs, to a sense of providing for family and offspring in the best...

Government U-turns multiply

Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 09:48 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

First we celebrated the first 100 days of the new Labour administration. Then the first three months. Now some have remembered it is now six months into this new administration. And, as the Italians...

So we are multi-active

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 13:08 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

As we reported on our front page today, a world traveller who speaks 10 languages, has qualified the Maltese population under the multi-active category – a lively, loquacious people who do many...

As US justifies ‘red line’, militants take over village

Monday, 9 September 2013, 10:44 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Last week, we posed the question in a leading article, asking whether military intervention in Syria would lead to a complete breakdown of the country, turning it into a failed...

A premature celebration

Sunday, 8 September 2013, 08:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

This week’s outpouring of congratulations over the government’s accord with Libya for the purchase of fuel, oil and gas at ‘preferential rates’ could, unfortunately,...

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