The Malta Independent 4 November 2026, Wednesday
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Is housing for all possible?

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 11 months ago Frans Camilleri

Skyrocketing house prices and rents in Europe risk making housing unaffordable in many countries.  There is alarm about the broader implications of the housing crisis, such that Eurofound has...

Video killed the radio star

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:58 Last update: about 11 months ago Valerie Visanich

It's hardly the first-time technology has been cast as the villain. Just rewind to the 1980s and ask The Terminator. Back in 1984, we were already imagining a robot hitman sent from 2029...

The new PN leadership: A new dawn for Maltese politics?

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:57 Last update: about 11 months ago Mark Said

The meeting between Prime Minister Robert Abela and newly elected PN leader Alex Borg at Labour headquarters appeared quite odd and surprising at a time of unparalleled political polarisation in...

The property market: the collateral damage of the Dubai model

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:55 Last update: about 12 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week I was present at the property conference and listened to what various stakeholders had to say in view of the latest edition of the KPMG Property Report commissioned annually by the...

Auto-enrolment: Governance and accountability that earns trust

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:52 Last update: about 11 months ago David Spiteri Gingell

Auto-Enrolment is a system. Systems do not succeed on intention. They succeed on discipline, competence, and accountability. Malta's AE framework must apply the highest standards to how decisions are...

A child playing with fire

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:42 Last update: about 12 months ago Noel Grima

His predecessor resigned reportedly after a negative opinion poll. Alex Borg did not come out well from the two opinion polls that were published in the past two weeks. They were the first...

Revitalising the arts

Friday, 28 November 2025, 08:28 Last update: about 12 months ago Owen Bonnici

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Arts Council Malta has launched an unprecedented initiative that has been well-received by local artists and the public alike. RETOLD is an initiative that...

Bias

Thursday, 27 November 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 11 months ago Alfred Sant

Across the years, the left in Maltese politics - effectively the Labour Party - would be accused (still is) of not showing sufficient respect towards the island's institutions - in first place, the...

Addressing the fertility crisis

Thursday, 27 November 2025, 07:59 Last update: about 11 months ago Mark Said

The crisis of low and falling birth rates is the most urgent problem facing Malta. While the government continues to introduce pro-natal policies to reduce the birth rate, it remains far from...

Economics and management

Monday, 24 November 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 13 months ago Alfred Sant

Many moons ago, when I came back to Malta after some years abroad, I discovered that among the shakers and movers of the country and its economic enterprises, the demand was growing for people who...

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