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Environment: Will we ever have a cleaner Malta?

Saturday, 7 September 2013, 08:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said he is not at all satisfied with the level of cleanliness on the island and after having taken some emergency measures over the summer months, the...

PN: Forget the mass meeting, pay your staff

Friday, 6 September 2013, 08:01 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Nationalist Party is committing a grave misjudgment in forging ahead with plans to hold the Independence Day Mass Meeting on the granaries.   Many have already remarked that the PN...

Syria: A powder keg waiting to go off

Thursday, 5 September 2013, 07:51 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech on Wednesday reaffirmed Malta’s condemnation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria – unreservedly, at that.   But he also said that a solution...

Politics: Are we going back to asking for cheap oil?

Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 07:47 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Beyond the official bluster and talk of deals, the reality about Monday’s surprise visit by the Libyan prime minister and the agreement signed with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat remains one and...

Arriva is private sector, not a government toy

Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 07:49 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

There is one issue that is escaping many people in this Arriva crisis.   Things have now changed drastically: Arriva is now definitely private sector, not an extension of a government...

Syria crisis: Cameron must fight back after tough setback

Monday, 2 September 2013, 07:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

David Cameron seemed the picture of a confident national leader when he cut short his vacation last week to muster support for a military reprisal against Syria for its purported use of chemical...

Phone logs are perfectly legal

Sunday, 1 September 2013, 07:43 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The police force has had something of a hard time of it lately. From bikini-clad Germans photographed on official police boats to officers, from the catering section, rendering catering services at an...

As Britain baulks, France and the US seek allies

Saturday, 31 August 2013, 14:26 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

British Prime Minister David Cameron will come down on the right side of history as he called for stern action against Syria, despite the UK parliament voting against involvement in a military strike...

City Gate: Even if you thought it was cool, it was not art

Friday, 30 August 2013, 07:32 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Opinion on the image which was seen on the City Gate entrance yesterday was certainly divided. Many thought it was cool. Many thought it was heartwarming. Many others still thought it was a deplorable...

Earth Overshoot Day puts world in the ecological red

Thursday, 29 August 2013, 08:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

As of last week, 20 August to be exact, the Earth has been living in the red in ecological terms.  The date marks the approximate day on which humanity’s ecological resource consumption has...

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