The Malta Independent 17 July 2026, Friday
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Securing his future

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 08:22 Last update: about 13 months ago Kevin Cassar

Robert Abela has opened the doors and the multi-millionaires have stepped out of the shadows.  They're no longer controlling our government from the back room. They're out there in full view,...

Gozo ferry: count vehicles, plug leaks

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 08:18 Last update: about 13 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Gozo Channel traffic keeps shattering every benchmark the National Statistics Office (NSO) prints, yet government cranes stay parked and quays groan under loads they never met in their design briefs....

Address the state of emergency on our roads

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 08:17 Last update: about 13 months ago Darren Carabott

Something happened on our roads this week. Something that should serve as a chilling wake-up call to recognise a state of emergency that needs to be acknowledged in the first place, and most...

Land use planning reform: the contrasting alternatives

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 08:15 Last update: about 13 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

The current debate on the changes required to the land use planning system is following two completely different and incompatible paths. The government's chosen path is one which considers the...

One day

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 07:51 Last update: about 13 months ago Noel Grima

One day, sooner or later, all this will be reversed. "Dream on," I hear you say. If I am wrong, and you are right, that's very bad news for our island. For the processes now raging will...

Reminisces of a former public prosecutor (Part II)

Sunday, 3 August 2025, 07:20 Last update: about 13 months ago Mark Said

Jurors coming from the general public and all walks of life do not reason through problems and issues the way that lawyers and judges do. That is why I used to diligently hone and maximise my...

A decisive Prime Minister

Friday, 1 August 2025, 09:03 Last update: about 13 months ago Owen Bonnici

Malta will not be alone in recognising the State of Palestine next September and will be joining another 10 EU member states who have already recognised the State of Palestine. Out of these ten...

The Maltese summer

Thursday, 31 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 13 months ago Alfred Sant

A friend who like me also carries the load of many years on his back said: I don't understand why they make all the fuss that has become so widespread, about how hot the weather has become. I always...

The loss of manufcaturing

Monday, 28 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 13 months ago Alfred Sant

If there's one issue about which I sympathise with the aims of the Trump administration in the US, it's the importance Trump attaches to manufacturing industry, both in terms of the national interest...

Helping you kill yourself

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 08:25 Last update: about 13 months ago Kevin Cassar

Wednesday 2 July marked the end of the period for public consultation on the possible introduction of assisted suicide, which Labour calls euthanasia. "Numerous", "voluminous" submissions were...

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