The Malta Independent 17 July 2026, Friday
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Tobacco

Thursday, 10 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

Years ago, when many European countries, including Malta, had prohibited by law smoking in all enclosed public spaces (bars, restaurants...), France still allowed it. Now having like the others banned...

Reflections on police day

Thursday, 10 July 2025, 07:59 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

While joining in the celebrations to commemorate Police Day, we must remember that the job of the police is extremely important to protecting the safety of citizens. However, with so many challenges...

The maritime sector

Monday, 7 July 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

People who claim that the maritime sector deserves more attention will always be right even if what they lobby for is already being done. This country is built around the sea and in many aspects...

Why Labour keeps winning (and why it might lose)

Sunday, 6 July 2025, 08:29 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Cassar

You walk down the street and realise you've stepped on dog excrement left on the pavement by its owner. You can't get a night's rest because your neighbour is drilling away at the dead of night. After...

Gozo and Labour’s 2022 manifesto - Three years on

Sunday, 6 July 2025, 08:08 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

In March 2022, the Labour Party asked Gozitans to renew its mandate and offered a tailor-made proposition for the island. Prime Minister Robert Abela framed the "Malta Flimkien" manifesto as an engine...

AFM: Underfunded, demotivated and mismanaged

Sunday, 6 July 2025, 08:07 Last update: about 2 years ago Darren Carabott

The Armed Forces of Malta have been left to their own devices so much that today we have an underfunded, demotivated and mismanaged military, like never before. Unfortunately, while our men and women...

Surprise Surprise: The Labubu Lore

Sunday, 6 July 2025, 08:06 Last update: about 2 years ago Valerie Visanich

As I scroll through the world news while drafting this piece, I cannot help but feel a twinge of absurdity about my chosen topic. With so much chaos unfolding globally, why am I choosing to unpack the...

Over-tourism: is it worth it?

Sunday, 6 July 2025, 08:05 Last update: about 2 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Too many tourists are flocking to these islands. Many more, in fact, than makes sense. Everywhere is overcrowded. It is the same all over most of Southern Europe. Malta is not an exception. Protests...

The rising phenomenon of ‘situationship’

Sunday, 6 July 2025, 07:15 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

We might be legitimately right in boasting that we are the leading nation when it comes to LGBTQIA+ rights, but did we ever stop to think for a moment whether these may be going too far with...

And then they were two, but what if there remained only one?

Sunday, 6 July 2025, 07:10 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

So now all that the once-mighty Nationalist Party could come up with were only two candidates. On to the next stage. While the applications to be the next leader were received by one commission,...

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