The Malta Independent 30 August 2026, Sunday
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Malta’s presidency and its Mediterranean role

Sunday, 26 February 2017, 08:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

Since the early seventies Malta has acted as a catalyst in bridge building within the Mediterranean region. For centuries, the Mediterranean Sea itself was a connecting platform that facilitated trade...

Engrave in me...

Sunday, 26 February 2017, 08:30 Last update: about 11 years ago

Can you imagine a dish without flavour? , or can you imagine a person without taking any breath? Can you fathom a person who desires to be holy, meaning fully human and divine, without being humble? I...

The jackals and the hyenas

Sunday, 26 February 2017, 08:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The un/expected has happened. The Labour Administration, elected also on the strength of a pro-freedom of speech stance, is now on the defensive. Labour had promised (point 18 of chapter 18 of its...

Editorial: Delays across the board

Saturday, 25 February 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

The three new schools that the government committed itself to building every year are nowhere near ready. At St Paul's Bay where a new school is really needed, only the excavation of a large...

Editorial: Two interviews, two comparisons

Friday, 24 February 2017, 12:06 Last update: about 11 years ago

Over the past day or so two interviews have been aired on television stations. Dissett saw Simon Busuttil interviewed by Reno Bugeja. And on One Konrad Mizzi was interviewed by Ramona Attard in a bare...

Beyond the praise

Thursday, 23 February 2017, 11:26 Last update: about 11 years ago

We publish in one issue, exceptionally, three assessments of the Maltese economy which were all published in the space of a week. All from reliable institutions like Fitch, the IMF and the European...

Shame on Muscat and Labour!

Thursday, 23 February 2017, 08:47 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Mangion

This time last year it was revealed that top brass in Castille namely Konrad Mizzi, now supposedly Minister without Portfolio, and Joseph Muscat’s own Chief of Staff, Keith Schembri are...

Editorial: Behind the bombings

Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 09:44 Last update: about 11 years ago

The bomb that wrecked a car and almost killed its intended victim at Msida on Monday morning caused a shock wave all over Malta that grew and grew as one found out that there have been five car bombs...

Editorial: The march of the unbelievers

Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 10:38 Last update: about 11 years ago

The huge multitude that flocked to Valletta on Sunday can be described as the march of the unbelievers. They do not believe in whatever Joseph Muscat says. They do not believe in anything...

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