The Malta Independent 28 July 2026, Tuesday
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The travails of two women PMs

Sunday, 23 October 2022, 07:53 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

Well, that’s not entirely correct. One is no longer a prime minister and the other at this precise moment (11.15am on Friday) is not yet a prime minister. This week at least internationally...

Free nations

Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

“The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.” “[But then] without...

Voluntary organisations

Thursday, 20 October 2022, 07:56 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

There are few, if at all, good estimates of the overall contribution made by voluntary organisations to the life of our community. An obvious reason why is the wide sweep of activities covered by the...

Budgetary Season in a southern European island state

Thursday, 20 October 2022, 07:33 Last update: about 5 years ago Michael Briguglio

Malta’s budgetary season comes within a context of plural crises around the world. Impacts and repercussions of Covid-19, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the climate emergency, amongst others, are...

Public inquiry recommendations: Still a long way to go

Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 07:48 Last update: about 5 years ago Evarist Bartolo

Enough time has passed to take stock of what has been implemented in the last 16 months since the publication of the recommendations on the media by the Public Inquiry into the assassination of Daphne...

How to contain

Monday, 17 October 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

How shall we contain the ongoing environmental damage that proceeds around us? By disallowing all construction in all zones which are still in a “natural” state or which are allocated...

Truth will overcome

Sunday, 16 October 2022, 09:53 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

“Government should seek to take appropriate and opportune steps to ensure that the state reconciles with the family of the assassinated journalist in order to start healing the serious and...

Daphne: the five-year wait for justice

Sunday, 16 October 2022, 09:02 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Most of us remember what we were doing five years ago slightly after 3pm on Monday October 16, 2017, when the news flashed that a car had exploded in Bidnija. The possible connection with Daphne was...

Fishing legislation in Malta - A quantum leap forward

Sunday, 16 October 2022, 08:58 Last update: about 5 years ago Alicia Bugeja Said

Time and time again, this government has reiterated the necessity of working hand in hand, directly and indirectly, with all those involved within the Fishing and Aquaculture sectors. The reason...

Time stood still

Sunday, 16 October 2022, 08:03 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

In 1963, people all over the world and especially in the US were asking themselves where were they and what were they doing when President Kennedy was killed. I know where I was and what was I...

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