The Malta Independent 13 August 2026, Thursday
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Today We ring the bells, tomorrow we wring our hands!

Sunday, 6 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I was astonished with what the leader-writer wrote about the Maltese lira’s demise and the adoption of the euro (TMIS, 30 December). I found the heading “Goodbye Lm, and good riddance” in very bad taste and insulting to the Maltese people....

Rhetoric And clichés

Sunday, 6 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

“L-gholi tal-hajja jifnik” (The high cost of living wears you down). Do you remember this slogan? ...

Unanswered Questions

Sunday, 6 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The year 2008 has arrived, soaked in rain, rudely interfering with our long-planned euro celebrations. The good thing about it was...

Alfred Justified by Nick on Xarabank

Sunday, 6 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to a letter by Joe Azzopardi published on 8 December, as well as to an article by Dr Austin Sammut in The Times of Malta. These mentioned my ...

End Of a love affair with Malta?

Sunday, 6 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

In 1989 I bought a flat in Katerina Vitale Street, Xemxija. There was no Mistra Village then but in the following months my late husband...

Good Things done badly

Sunday, 6 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It should have been the highest and most significant event in the four years Lawrence Gonzi has been leading the present administration....

Mepa’s ‘perennial Blunder’

Saturday, 5 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

What a cheek must the PRO of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (TMID, 20 December) have to try to exonerate Mepa from the latest blunder it has committed in giving the green light to the ...

Gambling For charity

Saturday, 5 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The annual fund-raising campaigns, so traditional during the Christmas season, have come and gone and once again the Maltese have shown great solidarity with people in need....

Gozo Contribution to GDP

Saturday, 5 January 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the article titled Gozo contribution to GDP reaches 5.8% (TMID, 31 December)....

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