Islamic State: Is Libya close to the point of no return?
Monday, 14 March 2016, 08:46
Last update: about 10 years ago
The Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, Martin Kobler was in Malta yesterday for a meeting with Foreign Minister George W. Vella before a pan European meeting to further discuss the fast...
The triumph of Benghazi over war
Sunday, 13 March 2016, 10:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
Mohamed Mufti
“This is Benghazi’s triumph over war”, said my writer friend Fathallah Bzaio, who stuck it for several months, in the city’s most ferocious war zones. “People have...
Easter in Gozo
Sunday, 13 March 2016, 10:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Anton Refalo
For the third consecutive year, the Ministry for Gozo has launched the ‘Easter in Gozo’ initiative entitled “Arti, Fidi u Tradizzjoni” (Art, Faith and Tradition). The...
The Malta Independent editorial: Out of control
Sunday, 13 March 2016, 10:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
With one scandal after another following hot on the heels of the last, and with the Prime Minister failing to take the kind of action required of the leader of a country in each and every instance,...
Good and bad people in government
Sunday, 13 March 2016, 09:30
Last update: about 10 years ago
Michael Asciak
Last Sunday’s article by columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia is, I think, one of her best. She states at one point that she would “rather have to contend with a good and decent person who...
The best is yet to come
Sunday, 13 March 2016, 09:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
Justyne Caruana
In order to pursue greater equality and tackle social justice issues, we need a strong economy. Labour’s basic tenet and motivator has always been and always will be social justice. The very...
Hunters And poachers
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
According to the on-line encyclopaedia Wikipedia, hunting is: “the practice of pursuing animals for food, recreation, trade or for their products. In modern use, the term refers to regulated and legal hunting,...
Conspiracy Of silence
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
Charities and social organisations in the United Kingdom are currently leading a national outcry against a decision by a British judge (Judge Rogers, senior judge on the North Wales circuit) ...
Accepting The Church’s teachings
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 19 years ago
Malta Independent
Marisa Micallef (TMID, 29 January) wrote that we Maltese like to keep up appearances. That may be the case with a few, but many of us truly want to follow the Church’s teachings. ...