The Malta Independent 12 November 2026, Thursday
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Heartfelt thanks from Pakistan

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 08:28 Last update: about 11 years ago

With grateful and joyful heart, I would like to thank The Mission Fund for the generous donation of €2000 which I have just received. This donation will help me continue assisting our poor...

A hijack or xalata?

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 08:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Ivan Grech Mintoff

This year, our PM’s resolution should be to sack all his many foreign and local advisers and find someone half decent at strategy. If last year’s fake “cup of tea in the young...

Editorial: That was the year that was

Saturday, 31 December 2016, 10:17 Last update: about 11 years ago

As we ring out the old year tonight, we can look back and see how momentous this year has turned out to be. Many will undoubtedly point to the Brexit decision by the British electorate and the...

Editorial: Death by a thousand cuts

Friday, 30 December 2016, 12:46 Last update: about 11 years ago

First it was stopping the Frankfurt route, one of the first and for many years Air Malta's flagship route. Now it is the Manchester route. Is Air Malta facing death by a thousand...

Editorial: The Xalata hijack

Wednesday, 28 December 2016, 13:26 Last update: about 11 years ago

There is a video on the social media posted by مقاطع درناويه صح which shows passengers on the hijacked...

Editorial: A good effort practically wasted

Tuesday, 27 December 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

The Maltese crib at the centre of the Bernini columns in St Peter's Square occupied pride of place during the Christmas 'Urbi et Orbi' blessing by the Pope and all ceremonies connected with...

Editorial: Christmas spirit overcomes hijack

Saturday, 24 December 2016, 09:40 Last update: about 11 years ago

The shock wave that spread across Malta at around noon yesterday as news of the hijacking of the Libyan plane spread around just cannot be described. There was also a comic aside: the crowds in...

National solidarity at its best

Saturday, 24 December 2016, 09:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Justyne Caruana

t sounds even harder to accept that we refer to this suffering on Christmas day. It is however so positive that as a nation we know no limits to human solidarity and the festive season is one special...

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