Marie Benoit's Diary
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 20:47
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
You know how it goes: ‘You must come with us to Sciacca, you will love it.’ and the weeks and months pass by and we simply cannot find an evening when we are all free. But at last it...
Malta ‘far from a cultural desert’
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 20:33
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The recent Baroque Festival turned out to be a huge success, with a total of 6,815 tickets having been, compared to last year’s 5,719 - an increase in attendance of over 1,000. Half of these...
Tricia Dawn Williams piano recital this Thursday
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 20:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Manoel Theatre is presenting an exciting recital of 20th Century and Contemporary Music by one of Malta’s leading pianists, Tricia Dawn Williams, on Thursday 20 February in Sala Isouard at...
Culture and the young
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 20:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The man does it all, from directing to acting, to chairman and festival director, not forgetting to add the title of creative economy adviser to his seemingly endless portfolio. Toni Attard has a calm...
Italy:
A new young leader takes the helm
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 07:59
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Italy’s President, Giorgio Napolitano, has asked Matteo Renzi – the 39-year-old mayor of Florence – to form a new government. Mr Renzi is set to become...
Cards & Cabinet… making the cut
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 07:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Gejtu Vella
Gossip, rumours, speculation and reports about a looming Cabinet reshuffle have been on the increase during these past weeks. Whether this materialises or not remains to be seen. This is...
Where is the Maritime Impact Assessment?
Monday, 17 February 2014, 08:04
Last update: about 13 years ago
Ann Fenech
This time last year, Labour in opposition unveiled their plan on how they would reduce electricity tariffs by 25 percent. The desk top presentation contemplated a scenario where Enemalta...
Olympic Games: Earth's most political apolitical event
Monday, 17 February 2014, 08:03
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Each time an Olympics approaches, the ideal is articulated once more: The true spirit of the games, those who oversee them say, brings humanity together to promote amity and athletic excellence. It is...
State-sanctioned theft of private property
Sunday, 16 February 2014, 09:38
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
A judge ruled last week that five families are to pack up and leave, within four months, the houses they have called home for the last few decades, because they have no legal title to them and the...
Hollow scaremongering
Sunday, 16 February 2014, 09:38
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
In a country such as this with no natural resources and as completely reliant on imported fossil fuels for its energy generation as it is, the generation of electricity is bound to be a cumbersome and...