The Malta Independent 6 August 2026, Thursday
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Going on a diet

Sunday, 28 July 2019, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The health problems we face by being overweight are not resolved by changing our wardrobe or loosening our belt but by going on a reasonable diet. And it is the same with our roads. Addressing traffic...

Summer mode

Sunday, 28 July 2019, 10:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

Journalists don’t have seasons, of course. But there are barren patches during the year, particularly the hot summer months, when they can somehow scrape out a proper holiday, more often than...

The silly season is killing us all

Sunday, 28 July 2019, 09:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

This is roughly the start of the silly season when there is supposedly no news – or any news of worth – except that, in this new world order, total disorder rules.  News that might...

Delia’s the man

Sunday, 28 July 2019, 08:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

I am writing this at 3pm and voting in the Nationalist Party general council still has three more hours to go (and five till the announcement) but I can confidently say that by the end of the day...

No more to be revealed

Saturday, 27 July 2019, 09:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

There was a time when the public were sort of curious to see what Labour could do if elected.  They kind of had an itch to scratch and it wouldn’t go away.  Possibly against their...

Supporting our young talent

Friday, 26 July 2019, 08:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

Emerging artists aren’t just young people with paint brushes, theatrical costumes and big ideas, they are our future - so supporting emerging artists is an investment in our future. Apart...

Conflicts of interest

Thursday, 25 July 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Regarding the project that the db company would like to implement in Paceville, the argument was raised and defended in court that a conflict of interest existed for a member of the relevant board...

Bypassing truths

Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 09:22 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

The Central Link project approved by the Planning Board last Thursday is a 6 lane bypass that extends from Mriehel and re-routes into a 4 lane bypass to Mdina through Attard. The major project is...

Fires

Monday, 22 July 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

This summer, in quite a number of locations around Europe - Malta included - fires broke out in the open countryside, wreaking havoc and endangering lives. Even if at Miżieb the damage was...

Chronicle of Tragedies Foretold?

Sunday, 21 July 2019, 10:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

He is clearly under pressure. After the botched attempt to attain high office – a foolhardy ambition given his internationally-known blunders, which shows all-round shallowness of judgment...

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