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Mapping our new unknown land

Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 10:24 Last update: about 5 years ago Evarist Bartolo

As we try to understand the new world that is being created after the pandemic, the new world struggling to address the climate crisis and the new world order to emerge with the war in Ukraine, we...

Adieu to business as we knew it

Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 10:22 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

The Malta Chamber of Commerce yesterday joined the voices of support to the PN’s initiative to kick start legislative change to make politicians in Malta more accountable to their actions across...

Boxing

Friday, 31 December 2021, 09:15 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

It’s funny how the speakers of the English Language have, at some mysterious point in history, “decided” to label the day coming straight after Christmas as Boxing day. The word...

Shorten swabbing delays or pay for private testing

Wednesday, 29 December 2021, 09:25 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

As the active cases of Covid-19 touch the 8,000 mark with another record of 1,300 cases yesterday, Malta is living through possibly the hardest patch of our battle against Covid-19. The anxiety and...

Addressing migration seriously

Tuesday, 28 December 2021, 09:08 Last update: about 6 years ago Evarist Bartolo

Debate over migration governance has become more polarised, harming the relations between the two shores of the Mediterranean. The northern shore shouts across the sea: discourage irregular migration....

Covid Christmas Take 2

Thursday, 25 November 2021, 07:50 Last update: about 6 years ago Michael Briguglio

Around this time last year, in my op-ed in The Malta Independent, I presented a short snapshot of the Covid-19 situation in Malta and beyond in the run-up to Christmas. This was a time when infection...

Light despite the darkness

Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 10:29 Last update: about 6 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

I vividly remember my first home visits, back in 2012, in preparation for my candidacy in the 2013 general election. In Malta we practise “intimate democracy”; home visits are a must. As...

Eating Disorders

Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 09:57 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

A couple of weeks ago the internet was alight with the new promo for X-Factor, a very popular talent show to be broadcasted on Television Malta in the forthcoming autumn schedule.  It is a show...

Master of destiny

Saturday, 21 August 2021, 08:44 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

Events in Afghanistan in this past week have revealed a shift in global organization and thinking.  Mostly there was a sense of shock at the way the Taliban had swept into Kabul in such a short...

The monster-mess that lurks beneath the surface

Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:12 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The prime minister, confronted by a journalist from this newspaper during a visit to the university, was asked whether John Dalli is still working for the government. This time, there was no 'tu...

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