The Ryanair Base proposal – a route analysis
Sunday, 16 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
As our sister daily The Malta Independent exclusively reported recently, the MTA is in discussions with Ryanair with regard to a base. It could well become one of the topics during the summer parliamentary recess. The following analysis is based ...
Ashamed To be Maltese
Sunday, 16 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Sometimes I am ashamed to be Maltese. It happens, in most cases, when foreigners are involved. Whenever I hear stories of bus drivers overcharging tourists,...
Be Careful what you wish for
Sunday, 16 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
The armchair economists who have spent the last 10 years calling for the government to “do something” to bring down property prices have got their wish. Property prices are falling, ...
J’accuse: Why Gozitans Don’t give a (golden) duck
Sunday, 16 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha’ Now that’s quite a mouthful of a name and I doubt many readers would be familiar with it. If I were to limit my tease to the initials YKK, ...
Mary And the priesthood
Saturday, 15 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
Pope Benedict XVI entrusted the current Year for Priests, announced by him on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of St John-Mary Vianney, the Cure of Ars, to the Most Holy Virgin. ...
Clouds In my Coffee!
Saturday, 15 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The prime minister may call a general election if and when he deems it necessary. The turbulence claims within the Nationalist Party (PN) and ...
Celebrations That are
Saturday, 15 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 18 years ago
Malta Independent
As you read this article, you are probably taking a break from your routine. You're probably not at work, and even if you don't hail from one of the seven villages that celebrate the Ascension into Heaven of Our Lady, you're hopefully ...
In Memory of Jennie and Clifford
Friday, 14 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
I’d like to start my article by paying, once again, my respects and give my condolences to Pippo Psaila, his sons Neil and Simon and the Psaila family, following the tragic loss they suffered a few days ago. ...
Selecting Our children
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
“This may be a humane thing to do, for it gives every individual a chance, irrespective of the genetic odds against their paying their way for the company”...