The Malta Independent 14 August 2026, Friday
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Local Democracy under attack

Sunday, 7 September 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Clyde Puli

Malta has applied a system of local government for more than two decades now. It has been an experience which, by and large, can be considered a success. We have been able to adapt the system of local...

Obesity and sport

Sunday, 7 September 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Joseph Cuschieri

One of the major problems that our nation is currently facing, and that will come back to haunt us in the years to come, is that of obesity. Make no mistake – obesity is a medical condition in...

Let’s dance

Saturday, 6 September 2014, 07:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

        It had been a long time since Labour were in power. Twenty-five years, give or take a couple. A grand party was well due in order to celebrate the success of the...

The rubble and the stones

Friday, 5 September 2014, 07:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

        I’m going to talk about values. And I’m going to ask whether Joseph Muscat and his Tagħna Lkoll gang have any   There, I’ve said it....

Writing a crooks’ charter

Thursday, 4 September 2014, 09:52 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

        Is this government writing a crooks’ charter, or what? It takes ‘anything goes’ to new limits – except, of course, if you are one of its...

Are we on the brink?

Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 07:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Austin Sammut

        This world of ours is probably in the worst state of universal hostility since World War II. First and foremost there is a threat of a facedown between the United...

Wipe off that grin

Tuesday, 2 September 2014, 07:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

        Some, as expected, publicly claim that the Labour Government has set course on the wrong footing from day one. Conversely, others argue that Government is on...

Summer déjà vu

Monday, 1 September 2014, 07:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Marlene Farrugia

        When I was a child, listening to stories was one of the things I enjoyed most. Quite often, during the summer holidays I used to knock on the doors of...

Led by Chris Fearne, the breast fascists up the ante

Sunday, 31 August 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

If you had any doubt that the tendency towards fundamentalism and the control of women exists in every society, and that what Islamic extremists have done is take it to the extreme using religion as...

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