The Malta Independent 19 June 2024, Wednesday
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Austerity Measures: A one-year battle lost

Friday, 25 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Portugal has lost a one-year long battle to stave off a European bailout. As the world’s attention was diverted to the human tragedy in Libya...

Business As usual: And let’s prove it

Friday, 25 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Some media around the world have sought to make more out of the current situation in Malta than exists. ...

Gaddafi: The Real picture in Tripoli emerges

Thursday, 24 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As journalists continue to delve deeper into the psyche of Tripoli, it is becoming increasingly apparent that Gaddafi does not enjoy the support he is attempting to portray through propaganda....

The Fine line: A conundrum for the coalition

Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The vast majority of the world has welcomed strikes which have directly targeted Gaddafi military assets which were directly employed in killing his own people....

Libya Crisis: What redress for the widows of Zawiya?

Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The repeated incursions by planes from the coalition countries, which can many times be audibly heard from us in Malta, and the news that they are wreaking considerable damage to Gaddafi’s military bases and infrastructure are welcome news....

Malta As a military base: Mixed reactions

Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The announcement by the government that Malta will not be used as a base for military aircraft in the no-fly zone operation has been met with mixed reactions. ...

Differences: Unity Among unions a utopia

Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Confederation of Malta Trade Unions on one side, and the General Workers’ Union and Forum Unions Maltin on the other side, are at loggerheads again....

Libya Fallout: The government and protecting jobs

Monday, 21 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The situation in Libya has become more complex, as coalition forces, led by the UK, France and the US, initiated attacks on Libya on Saturday night....

Air Strikes: In the nick of time

Monday, 21 March 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

From what can be gathered from first-hand accounts, the French strikes on Gaddafi forces outside Benghazi came just in the nick of time, as heavy tanks began to pound the cityscape....

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