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The Boats of Malta

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:20 Last update: about 11 years ago

Malta's colourful luzzus are well-known, but did you know that the colours on Malta's traditional boats are associated with different harbours? Or that the death of a member of a fishing family is...

Get fit and help a good cause

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:20 Last update: about 11 years ago

Late last year, the Maltese health and fitness scene was taken by storm by a new state-of-the-art fitness facility that opened at Fort Cambridge in Sliema, near The Point. With a 2,000m2...

Marie's Diary: Waterbiscuit: distinctly cool

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:18 Last update: about 11 years ago Marie Benoît

Students of restaurant fashion would put Waterbiscuit in the modern state-of-the-art category, with its sleek lines and open kitchen. It is not busy with baubles and pictures but soothingly neutral...

Lost for words

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:16 Last update: about 11 years ago Marika Azzopardi

Most people will probably emerge mesmerised and perplexed. This exhibition welcomes only those who carry a certain age and with it an understanding or at least a knowledge of our island society's...

The nuns who lived off the proceeds of prostitution

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

At the lower end of Merchants Street there is a church that was closed up and neglected for many years and only used as a place for Carnival preparations. The church had been hit in World War II...

Dear John ...

Monday, 30 January 2017, 10:05 Last update: about 11 years ago Robert Cutajar

These words of gratitude reflect the deep resolve felt by so many children, youths, and families blessed by your work, to continue the journey you've inspired in us, seeking always and incessantly the...

Editorial: Is the government heading for a fall this week?

Monday, 30 January 2017, 09:47 Last update: about 11 years ago

On Friday, as many know, the EU heads of government will meet for an informal Council in Malta. This meeting comes at a crucial time for the EU: it is before the UK triggers Article 50 for Brexit...

Editorial: Air Malta’s last chance for survival

Sunday, 29 January 2017, 11:30 Last update: about 11 years ago

In the wake of the long drawn out collapse of the government’s talks with Alitalia over a strategic partnership with national airline Air Malta, the airline now appears to be flying on nothing...

The Opposition criticising its own past action

Sunday, 29 January 2017, 08:24 Last update: about 11 years ago

I refer to the article entitled “Dilly-dallying and dangerous shortcuts: the Minister’s constitutional amendment” by the Hon. Clyde Puli carried by The Malta Independent on Sunday of...

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