The Malta Independent 23 July 2026, Thursday
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Prevention starts at the dinner table

Sunday, 4 February 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alicia Bugeja Said

Cancer does not discriminate; it transgresses all boundaries, including ethnic and personal beliefs. However, one key aspect of preventive health lies in our dietary choices. The consumption of fresh...

The Maltese way of meritocracy

Sunday, 4 February 2024, 07:57 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

Meritocracy should be a social system in which success and status depend primarily on individual talents, abilities, and efforts and in which people advance on the basis of their merits and never on...

Kalaxlokk still lives

Sunday, 4 February 2024, 07:20 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

An acquaintance told me that a meeting was held some days ago for former employees of Kalaxlokk because they seem to have some residual claims on the government. I was surprised because I did not...

Malta's commitment to peace and security

Friday, 2 February 2024, 09:51 Last update: about 3 years ago Owen Bonnici

Mayors and local leaders from over 24 cities across the Middle East and North Africa, alongside civil society organizations and international partners, converged in Valletta for a conference organized...

Subsidies

Thursday, 1 February 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

Today, the state pays out hefty subsidies to make possible and to finance projects in all artistic sectors. Never before has this country seen so many productions in the theatre, music and the visual...

Do we have a constitutional crisis?

Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 07:02 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

In political science, a constitutional crisis is a problem or conflict in the function of a state that the constitution or other fundamental governing law is perceived to be unable to...

New ideas

Monday, 29 January 2024, 07:36 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

The claim is made that tourism in this country needs to attract clients of a higher quality and it is justified. In this way we could ease the excessive wear and tear that mass tourism is placing on...

The right to know and the duty to remember

Sunday, 28 January 2024, 09:02 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” Attributed to Spanish-American philosopher Jorge Santayana, these words signify not only the duty to remember, but more,...

Abela’s fuming

Sunday, 28 January 2024, 09:01 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

Robert Abela made a scene as he walked out of court. Visibly irate he launched an unhinged tirade against the opposition. “Today a unique situation evolved in the courtroom, where the PN showed...

Gozo airstrip - another waste of resources?

Sunday, 28 January 2024, 07:59 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

On Sunday 6 February 2005, just before the local council elections, then Labour Leader Alfred Sant announced that then MEP Joseph Muscat had proposed that the EU allows air services flying fewer than...

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