The Malta Independent 16 July 2026, Thursday
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Time to jump ship

Sunday, 7 December 2025, 08:04 Last update: about 8 months ago Kevin Cassar

The tide has turned.  Labour's days are numbered. Even former Labour minister Edward Zammit Lewis is warning Labour to get worried.  Labour's much-hyped "best budget in history" didn't shift...

Parks in Malta, profits in Gozo

Sunday, 7 December 2025, 08:01 Last update: about 8 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The government talks about green spaces with the confidence of an administration that believes its rhetoric will stand unchallenged. Week after week, Prime Minister Robert Abela paints a picture of a...

Is AI a threat to humanity?

Sunday, 7 December 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 8 months ago Frans Camilleri

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we do things, how we interact with others, but also what we know about ourselves.  It's already a tired cliché.  This fourth...

Six-Seveeeen

Sunday, 7 December 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 8 months ago Valerie Visanich

 "What are the dates this weekend?" the teacher announced innocently. Within seconds, the classroom exploded with shrieking out of control pupils, all shouting "six-seveeeen", while...

Valletta deserves more than platitudes

Sunday, 7 December 2025, 07:59 Last update: about 8 months ago Darren Carabott

It is way too convenient to resort to empty platitudes when in distress. At best, the strategy betrays a sense of urgency to distract or create a tactic of misdirection. Sadly, however, it is as plain...

Constitutional implications for environmental rights

Sunday, 7 December 2025, 07:43 Last update: about 8 months ago Mark Said

Malta has experienced a progressive degradation of the environment over the last years. Last  October, we had a raging public controversy of unprecedented proportions when parliament,...

Push affordability, lack of

Sunday, 7 December 2025, 07:09 Last update: about 8 months ago Noel Grima

The flavour of the week undoubtedly was Roderick Galdes, chosen by Robert Abela to help people get affordable housing, who turned out to have purchased a duplex penthouse in Ta' Gelmus, Rabat Gozo for...

Our beautiful country

Friday, 5 December 2025, 08:56 Last update: about 8 months ago Owen Bonnici

Last Monday, Parliamentary Secretary Alison Zerafa Civelli and I moved forward a bill to officially enshrine Valletta as Malta's capital city, as well as to formally designate 27 December as the...

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