The Malta Independent 9 November 2026, Monday
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FW: The Equivalent of a custard pie

Friday, 7 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

One has to admire the courage of Nicola Abela Garret in taking to task Minister Austin Gatt over the ridiculous bus times which people are having to put up with after the ridiculously botched route planning for Arriva...

A Sad loss: A modern genius

Friday, 7 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Apple’s visionary, Steve Jobs, has lost his long battle with cancer and has left us. It is bizarre to think that this man who invented gadgets could have such a profound effect on our lives....

Social Services: Benefit Of the doubt?

Thursday, 6 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The issue of social services is one which is always on the agenda. Maybe it is sometimes quietly on the backburner, but there is always tweaking and fine tuning as the realities of the day change....

Life: Smile Please, oh non-smiling people

Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The best place to observe the Maltese people is either to watch them on the recently-improved buses or on the streets...

Amanda Knox: Will We ever know the truth?

Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Amanda Knox and her former partner Raffaele Sollecito walked away from court as free people...

Innovative: Denmark’s Fat tax

Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

No, we are not talking about a huge tax to be imposed on Europe, and no, we are not talking about making obese people pay for hospital treatment or to pay extra when they travel....

Greece: Surprise, Surprise

Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Late on Sunday evening, the Greek government announced that it was falling behind on its deficit reduction targets and was likely to close the year two percentage points off what it had originally projected....

Greece: Oh, The irony

Monday, 3 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Why is it that when the Government and the Opposition generally agree on something, the general public seem dead against it?...

2011: Is Democracy evolving?

Monday, 3 October 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Winston Churchill was perhaps one of the greatest advocates of democracy in the recent past and a hero who epitomized the right to free will, to self determination and resistance to foreign aggression in Europe....

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