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Marsalforn roadworks: Progress or prolonged chaos?

Sunday, 7 September 2025, 08:28 Last update: about 11 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The road that links Victoria to Marsalforn should have been a lifeline. Instead, it has become a daily ordeal for residents, business owners, and visitors. Government speeches talk about bypasses,...

In Malta, environmental crime pays

Sunday, 7 September 2025, 08:26 Last update: about 11 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

The land use planning reform currently subject to a public consultation, is, in practice, another amnesty. It gives one very clear message: why follow the rules? Just wait for the next amnesty, or the...

Forget me, forget me not

Sunday, 7 September 2025, 07:33 Last update: about 11 months ago Mark Said

The 'Right to be Forgotten' was enshrined in EU law in 2014. If requested, this law lays down that search engines and other directories (such as court judgements) must delete any links to information...

Story of miracles

Sunday, 7 September 2025, 07:32 Last update: about 11 months ago Noel Grima

When the Baltic Airlines plane carrying the Hamrun Spartans players, officials and supporters was on its way back to Malta, it passed a stone's throw from the Ukrainian border. It probably also...

Making Malta proud

Friday, 5 September 2025, 07:40 Last update: about 11 months ago Owen Bonnici

It was a unique moment in the history of Maltese football when in Latvia last week, Hamrun Spartans became the first Maltese football team to reach the league stages of a European competition, the...

Delay

Thursday, 4 September 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 12 months ago Alfred Sant

In the media this week, a report appeared about an appeal against a decision by the Planning Authority covering the use of a wide stretch of farm land outside the development zone which has been going...

The PN is a movement, not a business

Monday, 1 September 2025, 11:29 Last update: about 12 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Allow me to refer to the article in The Malta Independent, Saturday 23 August - 'PN debate: Borg wants to appoint a CEO, Delia says Secretary General post must not be weakened' And I quote...

Domani

Monday, 1 September 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 12 months ago Alfred Sant

A problem which is not being given sufficient recognition in this country concerns the use we are making of our resources. Land and the natural environment, the sea, space in general and urban space...

Prepare for the fight ahead

Sunday, 31 August 2025, 08:55 Last update: about 12 months ago Kevin Cassar

Robert Abela is trying to fool the entire nation again.  After trying to rush his shameless planning legislation through parliament just before the summer recess, intent on catching everybody...

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