The Malta Independent 29 July 2026, Wednesday
View E-Paper

Opinions

Losing The thread

Sunday, 12 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Way back in the sixties, I remember my father commenting that UK Conservative Prime Minister Harold MacMillan would lose the next election and how astounded I was that “Supermac” could be so mistrusted. ...

Reflections On madness and sensibility

Sunday, 12 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A few weeks ago Hamas, which has traditionally vowed to destroy Israel, won the Palestinian general elections. Just a few days later, on 27 January, it was the international Day of Memory of the Shoah. ...

The Orthography of loanwords in Maltese

Sunday, 12 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

A number of letters have appeared in the press discussing the orthography of loanwords in Maltese. The main question is whether loanwords should be integrated into...

Don’t Mess with my religion…or lack of it

Sunday, 12 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It is easy to describe the recent fiery events involving multitudes of Muslims protesting against the publication of a series of third-rate cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohammed,...

A Bondi Eurovision

Sunday, 12 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Can someone tell me what all that was about during the Song for Europe festival? ...

Dolorous Delay

Sunday, 12 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

Alternattiva Demokratika recently published its first set of proposals on rent reform. In comments made on these proposals to another local paper, the Minister of Social Solidarity was once again on the defensive....

Freedom Of speech is not a box of chocolates

Sunday, 12 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In October 1979, Labour supporters marched on the Valletta offices of The Times, ransacked them, and then set fire to the place on the grounds that ...

A Barometer of apathy

Sunday, 12 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

Despite all the gearing up for the forthcoming local elections, despite the inevitable pictures of party leaders with their candidates, despite all the analysis that will follow, only one thing is certain about these local council elections. ...

An Open letter to Tonio Borg

Sunday, 12 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Dear Tonio,Hi. How are you? I hope you are well. Sorry I haven’t kept in touch lately. ...

Mepa Opens can of worms

Saturday, 11 February 2006, 00:00 Last update: about 21 years ago Malta Independent

The State of the Environment Report, drawn up by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa), and released to the media by Rural Affairs and Environment Minister George Pullicino last week, highlighted ...

  • don't miss