Middle East:
Turmoil blurring borders
Monday, 16 June 2014, 07:58
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Working in secret, European diplomats drew up the borders that have defined the Middle East's nations for nearly a century — but now civil war,...
Is a dog glass half empty or half full?
Sunday, 15 June 2014, 19:03
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It can be quite hard for us to understand the thought process in a dog’s head because we use totally different languages and we have very different goals in life. Some people believe dogs look...
Donation of sunscreens to volunteers
Sunday, 15 June 2014, 19:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
La Roche-Posay Laboratories, through its sole representatives in Malta, Prohealth Ltd, were very proud to donate €12,000 worth of Anthelios XL 50+ sunscreens to be used by all participants and...
Marie Benoit's Diary
Sunday, 15 June 2014, 18:51
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Accademia Italiana della Cucina at La Vela After five weeks in Jersey City, visiting one of my darlings, I went up a size – 1X – or perhaps it is...
Dad’s the word
Sunday, 15 June 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Alison Bezzina
Last week, as I was waiting (not so patiently) in my car, I noticed a man with spiky hair, a tattoo on his forearm and a nose piercing. He was walking slowly in the village square with a toddler in...
Officials and appointees need to learn that they are their position
Sunday, 15 June 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
So the big news yesterday (the big match doesn’t qualify because it started at midnight) was that the human rights organisation, aditus, wrote to the Prime Minister, copied to the civil rights...
Simon’s Freudian slip
Sunday, 15 June 2014, 11:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Noel Grima
Last Sunday, Simon Busuttil tweeted: “”Isn’t it time for Sunday sermons by party leaders to stop?” Welcome though his announcement may have been to many, it was, I...
Taxation for the 21st century
Sunday, 15 June 2014, 09:03
Last update: about 13 years ago
Alfred Mifsud
It is not often that a book dealing with economic and financial matters creates vibrant discussion in the wider society, as has been the case with Thomas Pikkety’s Capitalism in the 21st...