The Malta Independent 23 July 2026, Thursday
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Choosing balance in 2026

Sunday, 14 December 2025, 08:26 Last update: about 8 months ago

Perhaps it's still time to start thinking of New Year resolutions. It's never too early to reflect on the good habits that have allowed us to achieve the successes of the past twelve months, while...

Zero to three – educating the youngest

Sunday, 14 December 2025, 07:44 Last update: about 8 months ago

Early Childhood Education and Care provisions have seen mainstreaming in Malta in the last decade. Partly caused by a growing population, partly caused by working parents and partly caused by limited...

Your protest sign belongs in Parliament

Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 08:04 Last update: about 9 months ago

Dear Activist. You are a person who is accustomed to fighting for what you believe in. You're out there on the streets where you've organised, mobilised, educated, and resisted. The reality is that...

A new digital era for Malta’s healthcare

Sunday, 7 December 2025, 07:04 Last update: about 9 months ago

The launch of the Digital Health and Health Data Strategy 2030 marks an important milestone in Malta's national journey toward a more efficient, connected, and patient-centred health ecosystem....

A decade of change: Labour’s regeneration drive in Cottonera

Thursday, 4 December 2025, 12:54 Last update: about 9 months ago

Once regarded as a fading remnant of Malta's industrial past, the Cottonera region - the historic Three Cities of Vittoriosa, Senglea, and Cospicua has experienced nothing short of a renaissance over...

A long-term decline in discipline

Thursday, 4 December 2025, 12:53 Last update: about 9 months ago

As a serious incident in one of our schools unfolded earlier this week, parents, educators and students have turned to social media and media outlets to express their fears over this distressing...

Brussels rings the bell

Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 08:12 Last update: about 9 months ago

Europe reactivates its fiscal guardrails after years of pandemic-related leniency, and Malta struggles to adjust to the return of discipline. The Stability and Growth Pact sets two basic rules: keep...

Building Malta’s tomorrow

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:56 Last update: about 9 months ago

We speak often about the future, but the future isn't something that arrives on its own. It is built -- step by step, decision by decision, project by project. And today, across our islands, that...

One-0-Six

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:53 Last update: about 9 months ago

For the second consecutive year, the MUT teamed up with the Floriana Local Council to celebrate the Union's 106th anniversary. The activity, held on the eve of the anniversary, started with mass at...

We cannot keep calling Malta’s housing crisis a trend

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:52 Last update: about 9 months ago

Every so often, a moment comes along that perfectly captures the widening disconnect between the realities faced by ordinary people and the political rhetoric meant to reassure them. This week's...

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