The Malta Independent 7 November 2026, Saturday
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Changes in the European Commission

Thursday, 31 August 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

The current European Commission still has a year and two months in office but it is already projecting the image of an institution that is fading down. Three Commissioners will have left in recent...

Underwater museum

Monday, 28 August 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

The concept of an archaeological museum on the seabed is an excellent one. Personally I will never be one of those who will go down into the depths to visit the place and many others will be in the...

Owen’s ‘magna kawlata kawlatorum’

Sunday, 27 August 2023, 08:40 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Aquilina

Minister Owen Bonnici appears to have been contaminated by the cowboy virus that the Prime Minister is purposefully spreading amongst his Cabinet ministers. Sources close to the Superintendent of...

Five topics for Sunday

Sunday, 27 August 2023, 08:30 Last update: about 4 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

I want to discuss five topics this Sunday. 1.       Owen Bonnici and the Maltese Language Centre Whichever ministry is entrusted to him, Owen Bonnici...

Crook magnet

Sunday, 27 August 2023, 08:27 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

On 24 October 2022, a German online portal reported: “Iosif Galea has been found guilty of tax evasion by a Frankfurt District court which handed him a 30-month prison sentence”. Less than...

Tears of the Earth

Sunday, 27 August 2023, 08:23 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

As a result of mistreating the earth, we are damaging our own home: our common home. We are inflicting self-damage. In the words of Leonardo Boff, the Franciscan Brazilian Liberation Theologist, as a...

Talking rubbish

Sunday, 27 August 2023, 07:26 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

We may not have time or aptitude to think and remember for this fiery, unremitting, heat just fries your brain. But late summers in Malta have always been the same. With the temperature peaking over...

Empowering cultural traditions

Friday, 25 August 2023, 07:49 Last update: about 4 years ago Owen Bonnici

A total of 27 voluntary organizations are set to embark on a new cultural project through the Artistic Financing for Feast Associations Scheme, receiving a commendable total of €140,000 in...

Economic model

Thursday, 24 August 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

Much has been said about the Maltese economic model and the need for it to change. Still it seems to me that little thought has been given to what is exactly being understood when referring to...

Local Councils, PL, PN and ADPD

Thursday, 24 August 2023, 07:30 Last update: about 4 years ago Michael Briguglio

Overdevelopment, dirt, waste management and criminality are just some of the issues which have a strong localised dimension, yet in which local councils have little, or no authority at all....

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