High rises: Cutting the skyline down to size
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 07:57
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Part of Malta very unique charm is our skyline. Our villages’ skylines are beautiful because they are usually focused on the parish Church, normally with a cupola whiohc is silhouetted against a...
Women as active participants in society
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 07:57
Last update: about 13 years ago
Andre Camilleri Camilleri
Increasing the labour force participation and raising the rate of female employment is of paramount importance for the EU as a whole to meet its 2020 headline target – that of having 75% of the...
It never rains but it pours
Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 08:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Gejtu Vella
Figures may be used to give different impressions. Numbers may also be misleading and worse still used to shift attention from more serious national issues of which unfortunately, presently, we have...
Ukraine: Returning to the east
Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 07:59
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Thousands of protestors continued to gather in Ukraine yesterday to protest its government’s decision to scrap a trade and association deal with the European Union in order to focus on boosting...
Violence of the worst kind
Monday, 25 November 2013, 07:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Domestic violence. The phrase is alien to many of us, those of us who live in harmonious and happy relationships. Every relationship, whether it is between a couple or a fully...
Marie Benoit's Diary
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 11:39
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Lierac launch by Pharma MT Ltd at Villa Arrigo Lierac Paris Laboratories were created in 1975. The range, on display at Villa Arrigo, is extensive and includes anti-aging skin care, daily...
The political relevance of Dun Karm
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 11:24
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Professor Oliver Friggieri is the author of 11 books on Dun Karm, including his biography, and has spent 35 years collecting – for the first time ever – all the poet’s lyrics in both...
What passes for normal in Malta
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 11:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
So one minister has declared half a million euros in cash kept at home (he trips up in noughts and thinks a billion is a hundred million, so he may have meant 50,000) and another minister declares a...
White Ribbon Day
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 10:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Tomorrow, the world commemorates the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Also known as White Ribbon Day, it is a day for solidarity with female victims of...
First and foremost, the national interest
Sunday, 24 November 2013, 09:15
Last update: about 13 years ago
Stephen Calleja
A government – in this case Labour – that listens to what people are saying and goes back to the negotiating table over an issue on which there is public outcry is not a weak government....