The Malta Independent 30 July 2026, Thursday
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Common Agricultural Policy: a destructive status quo

Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 09:02 Last update: about 6 years ago

Unfortunately on Tuesday, the majority of MEPs in the European Parliament gave in to the agro-industrial lobby, and decided to maintain the destructive status quo by voting in favour of the Common...

Bound to repeat the same mistakes – The traffic issue

Monday, 6 December 2021, 07:39 Last update: about 6 years ago Rebekah Cilia

Every day around 31 new cars are introduced to the Maltese roads. A quick look at the way the government is tackling the issues shows an evident lack of national strategy and...

Digital Services Act ‘taking back control of the internet’

Sunday, 5 December 2021, 08:26 Last update: about 6 years ago

When digital platforms emerged a decade ago, the societal challenges arising from harnessing new technologies and services seemed straightforward, and the possibilities were endless. Today, those same...

The police presence on our public transport

Sunday, 5 December 2021, 08:25 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark Said

In September the Malta Public Transport and the Malta Police Force signed a collaboration agreement with the aim to improve public safety and security on public transport through an increase in police...

Defining hate speech

Sunday, 5 December 2021, 08:23 Last update: about 6 years ago

“Hate speech” per se is not a legal term, as the proper term used is “incitement to hatred”. Don’t try to search the term hate speech within the Code because you...

A reckless and indifferent society

Friday, 3 December 2021, 08:37 Last update: about 6 years ago Ivan Bartolo

Malta has changed at an alarming rate. It is not always possible to keep up with all that is going on.   Change in the environment I recently watched a documentary regarding Malta on a...

Leading by example

Thursday, 2 December 2021, 08:26 Last update: about 6 years ago

Employee engagement is one of the most important indicators in measuring work satisfaction. Employees today want to be involved in their work, enthusiastic about the organization they work for, have a...

Working towards an HIV-free future

Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 09:27 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

We have come a long way since the first cases of HIV were identified forty years ago. We went from no treatment to a cocktail of drugs with undesirable side effects to a daily pill with little to no...

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