The core of the Holy Land pilgrimage
Sunday, 8 June 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Pope Francis’ recent visit to the Holy Land made the international headlines. Its real core was about visiting Christians and promoting Christian unity. During his visit, Pope...
The black hole of renting a residential property
Sunday, 8 June 2014, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Tenant: “Just received the first bill in 11 months from the landlord, it’s over €5,000, how can this be possible and that doesn’t include the contracted €50 I have been...
D-Day anniversary:
Lest we forget
Saturday, 7 June 2014, 08:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Veterans from around the world converged in Normandy yesterday to commemorate the lives of those who survived, and the deaths of those who did not in the worlds...
Lithuania gets the green light to adopt the euro
Saturday, 7 June 2014, 08:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
David Casa
As stated by the European Commission, Lithuania is ready to become the 19th Member State to adopt the single currency. The Baltic state will most likely adopt the...
What lies beneath
Friday, 6 June 2014, 07:58
Last update: about 13 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
Since the MEP election results two weeks ago, I have been inundated with calls, e-mails and messages from Nationalists who voted Labour or simply did not vote at...
Those 100,000+ signatures are not about hunting
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 09:55
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
When the hunters and trappers lobby announced that it had a petition with signatures running into the thousands, to block the spring-hunting referendum by...
World Environment Day:
We must take climate change seriously
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 07:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It is 2014, and today is World Environment Day. To mark the occasion, the National Statistics Office yesterday issued figures to mark the day, and the conclusions...
We mean what we say – we say what we mean
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 07:53
Last update: about 13 years ago
Ian Borg
European Parliamentary elections have come and gone. After weeks of campaigning by all the political parties and candidates in the running, the electorate...
The elusive 80,000
Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 08:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Austin Sammut
Joseph Muscat said he was the underdog (sic -33,000 majority) but wanted to be the first party in government to obtain the largest number of votes in a European...