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Breaking Point

Sunday, 16 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

It is amazing how events in Tunisia this week transformed themselves so quickly from small riots in the suburbs into a mass movement for change in the capital city, leadin...

Untimely Hesitation

Sunday, 16 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Considering the bad press the Vatican and the Catholic Church have had to face and continue to face around the world with regard to the issue of paedophile priests, it is indeed strange...

J’accuse: Hermes’ New Clothes

Sunday, 16 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Hermes the classical Greek God - and not the modern sartorial homonym - had “messenger of the Gods” as his main job descrip...

The Protection of Christians in the Middle East is a Muslim mission

Saturday, 15 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The recent criminal attacks against the Coptic Church in Alexandria form part of a new link in a chain of terrorist acts experienced by many countries in the world, which targeted thousands of innocent people of different faiths and races ...

What Are the European Capitals of Culture in 2011?

Saturday, 15 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The whole concept surrounding the European Capital of Culture was sparked in 1985 by Greek Culture Minister Melina Mercouri, developing today into a unique showcase as well as an effective platform for putting certain cities on the map...

Merkel, The salary rise and Mario Felice

Friday, 14 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Here’s wishing all our readers a happy new year, with health being the foremost wish, alongside with all our personal dreams and wishes....

Sudan’s Moment of opportunity

Friday, 14 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Not every generation is given the chance to turn the page on the past and write a new chapter in the history of their people. Yet today - after brutal civil wars spanning 50 years killed two ...

Shooting Spotlights debate over guns

Thursday, 13 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The shooting of a US congresswoman and the killing of six others at a Tucson, Arizona, shopping center prompts Americans yet again to ask why. Are guns still too readily available?...

Banana-skin Humour

Thursday, 13 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Front Against Censorship has rushed to criticise Public Broadcasting Services for cancelling the programme VIP Xow because of one scene in which former AD chairman Arnold Cassola threw shoes at photographs of the president...

The Official pursuit of happiness

Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

In a time of tight budgets and financial crisis, politicians nowadays look to economic growth as the centrepiece of their domestic policy programs...

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