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Centre strip on coast road

Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 08:07 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Some time ago, Minister Joe Mizzi announced that a centre strip will be laid down on the Coast Road from St Andrew’s to Bugibba.   We applaud the decision. The Coast Road has become...

A study and a referendum

Monday, 17 June 2013, 08:13 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The idea to have a permanent link between Malta and Gozo is back in the news.   It was Gozo Minister Anton Refalo who first brought the subject up on Thursday when he hinted that a...

100 days and counting

Sunday, 16 June 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The first 100 days in office that this new government marks next week have neither been the earth-shattering political revolution that many of those who had voted for the Labour Party in the last...

Justice reform: The main players left out

Saturday, 15 June 2013, 08:11 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Without a doubt, the government is correct in wanting to reform the Justice sector.   Many have tried before, but the process of change has always been slow. We reiterate, everything must...

Ta’ Qali: A decrepit mess

Friday, 14 June 2013, 08:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In recent years, Ta’ Qali has seen some development in terms of the US embassy complex and upgrading of the national football stadium.   But in yesterday’s session of Mepa...

Dalligate: Good news for Malta, bad news for Brussels

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

Last Saturday’s statement by Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit that the now infamous OLAF report that led to the sacking of Malta’s former EU commissioner John Dalli last October does...

Parliament: An abundance of statements

Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 08:07 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In the previous legislature, parliamentary statements were a rare bird and then only reserved to the prime minister, who would turn them into a solemn State occasion usually after a European...

Emissions: Malta must improve

Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 08:05 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The International Energy Agency published a report yesterday in which it said that Carbon Dioxide emissions across Europe are falling – but Malta is a laggard in this respect, and figures issued...

A new start for the PN

Monday, 10 June 2013, 08:07 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

In his most pointed statement to date, opposition leader Simon Busuttil yesterday told the party’s general council that the PN must admit it made mistakes and that “36,000 people cannot be...

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