Olympic Games: Michael Phelps Bows out
Monday, 6 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
We do not normally use space for our second editorial on a Monday for sport. But Olympic Games come only once every four years and...
Syria: No End in sight to violence
Monday, 6 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Russia, China and a handful of other countries voted against a resolution on Syria passed by the UN General Assembly, saying it undermines peace efforts...
Budget 2013: A bigger balancing act than ever
Sunday, 5 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
Every year, the country’s budget is a balancing act, teetering between doing what needs to be done and doing what people want to be done. In an ideal world these two matters are one ...
Another Day, another time
Saturday, 4 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
We are sure that the first person to be disappointed with the result achieved by William Chetcuti in the double trap event at the Olympic Games last Thursday was the sh...
Schoolyard Slanging matches
Saturday, 4 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In one of our leading articles published yesterday, we spoke of the increasing importance that people are attaching to social networks and their value as a source of news and information.In that same article, w...
The Relentless expansion of social media
Friday, 3 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The rate at which technology and social media are expanding is taking hold in people’s lives and taking ‘being plugged in’ to a whole new level....
Future Foods: What will we be eating in 20 years?
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
We are all used to eating good quality food – a mixed diet of vegetables, red meat, poultry, fish, and unlimited sources of protein...
Environment: Are Electric cars a non-starter?
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
While the recent stumbling reform of the country’s public transport system has succeeded, with varying degrees of success,...
Finance: US, Germany Stress cooperation to end euro crisis
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and his German counterpart stressed the need for coordinated action in the face of the eurozone debt crisis and faltering global growth...