The Malta Independent 17 July 2026, Friday
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Manikata’s broken artery threatens every journey to Gozo

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 08:23 Last update: about 13 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Drivers proceed through the quiet outskirts of Żebbiegħ, crest the ridge that watches over Golden Bay, loop round the resort roundabout, skim the cliff above Għajn Tuffieħa,...

The Maltese government: a bystander to genocide

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 08:22 Last update: about 13 months ago Kevin Aquilina

The Maltese government is a bystander to genocide as it remains completely passive and totally indifferent to the genocide of the Gazans by the state of Israel. The Maltese government is perfectly...

From heat waves to flooding: time to get serious

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 08:13 Last update: about 13 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

The current heat wave is a clear indication that the earth is heating up at an ever-increasing rate. The 1.5-degree Celsius limit above pre-industrial global mean temperature level agreed to at the...

Reminisces of a former public prosecutor (part 1)

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 07:21 Last update: about 13 months ago Mark Said

Being retired now and obviously having more time on my hands than I could ever find in my heydays as a practicing lawyer, I am enjoying the luxury of catching up on reading a plethora of books and...

Incompetence rules

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 07:20 Last update: about 13 months ago Noel Grima

So they finally admitted their own incompetence and they did it in the worst possible way. After the social media had been inundated with photos of tourists peeing in a garage entry across the...

State of the happy nation: tal-biki

Sunday, 27 July 2025, 07:19 Last update: about 13 months ago Victor Calleja

The title of this article breaks a sacred rule: don't use Maltese in an article written in English. But rules are there to be broken, and in Malta the rule now is: shatter all rules as no one really...

A gem in the Capital

Friday, 25 July 2025, 08:07 Last update: about 13 months ago Owen Bonnici

At the heart of our capital city, Valletta, is the Grand Master's Palace, a gem of a building with an illustrious history.  You must have walked in front of it countless times but may never...

Three items worthy of note

Friday, 25 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 13 months ago Mark Said

I refer to the recent public statements made by both the Kamra tal-Periti (KTP) and the Chamber of Geologists whereby, concerning the Paceville collapse site, the latter had expressed its grave...

European finances

Thursday, 24 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 13 months ago Alfred Sant

In its proposals for the European budgets covering 2028 - 2034, the European Commission has envisaged a substantial increase in EU expenditures. To account for this, it has referenced the priorities...

The PN battles its own nonsense

Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 07:35 Last update: about 13 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The Nationalist Party stands at a crossroads. Its leadership election should inspire fresh energy and new ideas, yet the rulebook issued lately by its Electoral Commission tells a different story. The...

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