The Malta Independent 4 November 2026, Wednesday
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The adoration of the great leader

Sunday, 23 November 2025, 08:04 Last update: about 13 months ago Kevin Cassar

Official state propaganda asserts that Kim Jong-il was born on a sacred mountain, heralded by a double rainbow and the appearance of a new star in the sky.  Official biographies insist he never...

The car racing track: more money down the drain

Sunday, 23 November 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 13 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

Four years ago, during a Cabinet meeting at the Ta' Qali basketball pavilion, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that a €20 million car racing track would be constructed at Ħal-Far....

Abundance is a myth

Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:59 Last update: about 13 months ago Frans Camilleri

The recent Budget was heralded by Prime Minister Robert Abela as "the best budget ever."  The ink had not even dried on it before he told a gathering of Labour followers that "the next budget...

Eco-Gozo: Vision versus reality

Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:58 Last update: about 13 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Eco-Gozo started as a challenging idea under the then PN administration, in 2009, when Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono launched a project that aimed to transform Gozo into an "eco-island" by 2020....

AFM: A crisis that simply won’t fly away

Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:57 Last update: about 13 months ago Darren Carabott

Over the past months I have been following the pitiful situation at the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM), rather closely, to truly understand how our brave and dedicated service men and women are being...

A creative economy we can be proud of

Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:57 Last update: about 13 months ago Julie Zahra

Creativity has long been treated as a colourful accessory to Malta's economic model. sometimes celebrated, sometimes forgotten. Yet, creativity in all its forms and facets, is far more than spectacle...

Unnecessary and possibly illegal hardship

Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:54 Last update: about 13 months ago Mark Said

According to the Electricity Supply Regulations [Subsidiary Legislation 423.01], in the event of non-payment by a consumer of an overdue account, Enemalta has the legal right to suspend the...

The Colossus with feet of clay

Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:52 Last update: about 13 months ago Noel Grima

He straddles the whole world like a Colossus, hogging the limelight, being in the news multiple times a day, all the time at the most controversial. At the same time there has never been a...

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