The Malta Independent 7 August 2026, Friday
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Daylight robbery by the people elected to government

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The medical visas scandal continues to grow, with threats made against the Libyan go-between who says he paid tens of thousands of euros to Neville Gafà, a former shop assistant placed on the...

The gentle, unassuming giant

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 10:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

It must have been three or so years ago, in late October. I, along with a group of interested persons, climbed the Nuffara hill in Gozo, across the valley from Xaghra, led by an agile and nimble,...

A stinking amnesty

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 10:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The planning amnesty which Parliamentary Secretary Deborah Schembri launched last week to regularise development illegalities that cannot be addressed through a proper application of planning policies...

A moment in time

Sunday, 4 September 2016, 09:42 Last update: about 11 years ago Charles Flores

I am duty and ethically bound to steer clear of the current situation concerning the scheduling or rescheduling of television programmes on the public stations, something from which I hope I can be...

Taking stock of tourism in Malta

Saturday, 3 September 2016, 08:39 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Nothing serves better to stimulate our appreciation of travel and the functioning of the destination for visitors and locals, than, of course, a trip abroad. Not that we are without comments or...

Not my minion

Friday, 2 September 2016, 08:26 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Muscat and his friends do not like my guts. They’re not particularly keen about this newspaper, either. Castille employs a man, officially to answer PQs, but who instead spends the day...

Flawed logic and public holidays

Thursday, 1 September 2016, 09:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Flawed logic is the root cause of many things that go wrong in this country (the other root causes are avariciousness, spite, ignorance and stupidity, but then they are all interlinked), and once more...

Gozo tourism

Thursday, 1 September 2016, 08:08 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

There is much satisfaction in Gozo (as in Malta) about how well this year’s tourist season has done… or is still doing. Many targets were reached, indeed exceeded. One temptation is...

Lowest turnout in 2018 election

Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 09:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Stephen Calleja

We’re still months away from the general election, but my gut feeling is that we will have the lowest voter turnout in recent political history. Since Independence, we have had 11...

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