The Malta Independent 8 November 2026, Sunday
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Catherine Wheels

Friday, 17 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

No, this is not an editorial about fireworks, although there is always so much to say about that subject too....

Last Year and today

Thursday, 16 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

It is often said that a day is a long time in politics. And it certainly is. So when one thinks of what a year could be, then using the same comparison it may be likened to eternity....

Burden Sharing

Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

European leaders will be meeting in Brussels over the next two days and one of the items on their vast agenda is the signing of a pact on irregular migration and asylum, which lays down a common policy that includes the concept of burden sharing....

A Knee-jerk reaction

Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Sant’ Antnin recycling plant in Marsascala seems to be shaping up nicely and is surely a massive improvement over the way things were just a couple of years ago....

A Sad story

Monday, 13 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

It was inevitable that, one day, the dreaded news that Labour MP Karl Chircop lost the fight for his life would have arrived. ...

From Thesis to synthesis

Sunday, 12 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Going by what is said, written and discussed by most Maltese, we are still living in cloud-cuckoo land. The world around us is falling apart and we are still thinking we will inevitably be safe....

Another Threat

Saturday, 11 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

When earlier this year the government announced that it was paving the way for the liberalisation of the hearses market, which forms part of the public transport sector, the Public Transport Federation went into a frenzy. ...

Tacit Agreement

Friday, 10 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Environment and Planning Authority has decided to move its more important meetings – those that concern matters of national importance and big projects that could create controversy – to new and bigger venues....

Public Land exercise

Thursday, 9 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

It is no secret that governments take the most unpopular decisions – those which could cost it votes in an election –...

Saving The water table

Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

The government yesterday announced that it was going to get tough on people who tap into the water table and that it was imposing a one-year moratorium on the sinking of any new boreholes....

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