The Malta Independent 1 September 2026, Tuesday
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Pitiful: Third World road network

Wednesday, 2 February 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Yesterday’s brief early morning downpour resulted in massive traffic chaos, flooding, damage and yet more loss of productivity....

Arab Crisis: Inaction and immaturity

Tuesday, 1 February 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

As the world sits glued to their television screens, hoping for an Arab Spring, our government stays mum and the opposition leader harps on about marketing Malta to increase tourism arrivals – how utterly pathetic from both sides....

World Economic Forum: Echoes Of Egypt

Monday, 31 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Where anti-capitalist protesters failed at the World Economic Forum, the protests in Egypt became the most talked-about subject at the annual Swiss Alpine retreat of global political and business leaders....

Public Transport: On the way to a quantum leap?

Monday, 31 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The much awaited public transport reform is slowly taking shape, as the consortium that has been selected to operate the local bus network steadily establishes itself prior to officially taking over on 3 July....

More Questions than answers

Sunday, 30 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 17 years ago Malta Independent

The Right of Reply from Labour Party Whip Joe Mizzi published in today’s issue a few pages before this defeats the very purpose of the legal mechanism provided by the country’s Press Act. ...

Serious Crime needs to be addressed

Saturday, 29 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Over the past months, it has become increasingly clear that crime is increasing, and violent crime in particular.While statistics have not yet been released, it is a general feeling that is going around. Over...

About Time: Balancing the books

Friday, 28 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The last time we used this headline, it was to describe the direction taken by the government in the last budget to reduce the deficit which will in turn, hopefully, lead to reduction of public debt. ...

Heinous Crimes: Recalling atrocities and honouring victims

Friday, 28 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

27 January was the date, in 1945, when the largest Nazi death camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland) was liberated by Soviet troops. It was the day when the scale of the atrocity of mass genocide became apparent....

Safety: The Elderly and burglaries

Thursday, 27 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

They say that those who abuse children, women or older people get their real punishment when they are let loose in the prison common quarters....

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