The Malta Independent 14 July 2026, Tuesday
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Technical skills

Monday, 13 July 2026, 07:32 Last update: about 16 hours ago Alfred Sant

Maybe it's just a wrong impression but even if so, it is held by many. Over the years, the Maltese population has experienced a decline of technical skills. Or rather, there's been a decrease in the...

Beyond survival: Crohn's disease changed my life, not my purpose

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 07:50 Last update: about 1 day ago Katya De Giovanni

Ten weeks after major bowel surgery, I found myself standing on doorsteps mainly across the 4th and 10th districts, meeting residents, attending community activities and asking for their trust once...

Of truth: The generation that climbed (Part 3)

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 07:48 Last update: about 1 day ago David Spiteri Gingell

The first two articles traced the climb and the vacuum it left. This one, and the last, are the reckoning. The reckoning turns on a single question: who can afford to tell the truth about migration,...

Gozo: Charging in the dark

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 07:40 Last update: about 1 day ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Minister Clint Camilleri inaugurated the new Ta' Xħajma charging depot on May 27. Twenty-two electric buses gleamed behind him, fresh from an €11million investment. Gozo, the press release...

Dim the sun, seed the clouds

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 06:51 Last update: about 1 day ago Frans Camilleri

In July last year and again this year I was one of some 1,000 people who paid a $1 so that I could dim the sun just for a tiny bit, to save the world from climate change.  It wasn't a scam, but a...

Can we cope without air conditioners?

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 06:48 Last update: about 1 day ago Michael Briguglio

As Europe experiences increasingly intense heatwaves, keeping cool is no longer simply a matter of comfort. It is becoming a question of public health, social inequality, and policymaking. Some...

Migrants still denied full family rights

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 06:36 Last update: about 1 day ago Mark Said

Last June, the plight of Fatima, a non-EU national pregnant with her third child, who was denied reunification with her husband, a migrant worker in Malta at the time, hit the headlines of the local...

Understanding Malta’s crime rate

Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 11:11 Last update: about 25 days ago Mark Said

According to the latest statistics, Malta registered the lowest crime rate in more than 15 years. The figures ostensibly render our country very safe, where crimes declined from 45 crimes per...

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