Big Brother’s little ways
Friday, 22 August 2014, 07:57
Last update: about 13 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
Four months ago, the Opposition presented a motion in Parliament to try and stop the Minister of Education from arrogating the power to access any information he...
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A nation addicted to gadgets
Friday, 22 August 2014, 07:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Malta has always been known to be a country where everyone heads down to the beach at every possible opportunity in the summer. We are a social people...
IS
True barbarism rears its ugly head
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 08:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The world woke up to a gruesome sophisticated video message yesterday as the Islamic State posted the beheading of a 40-year-old freelance US journalist...
More than just a talking shop
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 07:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Meusac
When MEUSAC was first set up in 1999, it served as a focal point that gave the social partners and civil society an opportunity to mould Malta’s position in various aspects of the acquis, that...
ISIS is an enemy of Islam
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 07:53
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is not Islamic at all because its militants are committing massacres and atrocities against innocent Muslims and...
Turning 40: get ready for some excitement!
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 09:39
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
40 is the old age of youth; 50 is the youth of old age. So says a French proverb, albeit in French. Having strolled past both landmarks I can see what they mean. I remember my 40th well....
A golden ticket to the Maracanã
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 09:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Just over five weeks ago, most of us were watching the World Cup matches on big screens in one of the World Cup Villages around the Island, at the comfort of one’s home, or in bars. Meanwhile,...
To protest is to be institutionalised
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 07:50
Last update: about 13 years ago
Austin Sammut
What impressed me most among news items over the last days was the incident (or supposedly non-incident) of the gentleman who has had enough of the crumbling MEPA...
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Gozo’s omerta still felt
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 07:49
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It is local lore. If a Maltese goes to Gozo and asks for direction, or how to find a person, the community will rarely help. They become suspicious and either...
A two-weekend theatre bonanza
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 14:20
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Theatre and drama lovers are in for a real treat. The last two weekends of August will be seeing the first edition of the Malta International Theatre Festival organized by the Malta Drama Centre in...