The Malta Independent 1 September 2026, Tuesday
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Celebrating Kindness

Monday, 20 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The English idiom you have to be cruel to be kind does not apply to this occasion...

The 1970s’ Inheritance

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

We are sometimes so near events as they happen that we fail to grasp the overall significance....

Lions Led by donkeys

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The day after the last general election three years ago, the government announced that Malta had joined Nato’s Partnership for Peace (PfP). ...

J’accuse: ‘Pater Nunquam’

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Paul Borg Olivier has told the Nationalist Party General Council that the Nationalist Party remains “the party that proposes values without imposing them”. ...

Should Maltese Tax money bail out Greece?

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Before addressing this question, I have to reflect on two higher order questions related to the grim political and fiscal situation in Greece. Does Greece want a bailout? Is a bailout the best solution for Greece?...

That Special person called Dad

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Father’s Day is a sweet reminiscence of how much our lives have been blessed by our fathers. Honouring fatherhood and paternal bonds is a justifiable tribute to the fathers’ ...

Close The chapter and move on

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The longer the Nationalist Party prolongs the divorce chapter, the longer it will continue to do itself irreparable harm....

Waste Not, want not

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

That there is a section of the population in Malta which is liberal is now a fact. The numbers, it seems, are larger than even the traditional political...

Are We cultured?

Sunday, 19 June 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Culture is a wide-ranging term and veers towards elitism. I am not including ‘customs’ here, because to my mind that word used by many to suit their agenda belies the true nature of what culture should be all about. ...

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