Editorial: Parliament - Testy moments
Friday, 2 December 2016, 11:22
Last update: about 11 years ago
In other circumstances, we would have said it was clear the prime minister was abroad. Now, we are not so sure. The fact remains we had some testy moments in Parliament this week. There was...
Editorial - Human rights: Stateless children is a national disgrace
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 10:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
It is nothing short of a national disgrace that the Maltese government is willing to bend over backwards and defy its agreement with the European Commission for people who are able to pay hundreds of...
Editorial: The take-over is (almost) complete
Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 09:47
Last update: about 11 years ago
The history of the Maltese Parliament has many glorious pages and many not so glorious pages. Monday was one of the latter. The meeting of the Public Accounts Committee received a letter from the...
Editorial: The nightmare has started
Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 16:10
Last update: about 11 years ago
We thought it would be bad in October once the schools started, but as anyone who was out and about on Friday can attest, we now know that the coming Christmas will be a nightmare on the...
Editorial: Come off it, you’re both ‘the establishment’
Monday, 28 November 2016, 12:30
Last update: about 11 years ago
‘The establishment’ seems to have become the catchphrase of the day in Malta, with both the country’s two main political parties having pointed accusatory fingers at each other and...
The Parliamentary Ombudsman
Sunday, 27 November 2016, 09:40
Last update: about 11 years ago
Clyde Puli
The Ombudsman has been with us for 20 years and, true to the mission statement, it has contributed towards the fostering of a public service culture based on fairness, dedication, commitment, openness...
Editorial: Delimara and the Seveso Directive’s duty to inform
Sunday, 27 November 2016, 09:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
With the public consultation process on the new Delimara power station wrapping up today, there are many questions that have been left unanswered. And perhaps the most prominent of those issues that...
Labour’s high ranking within the EU
Sunday, 27 November 2016, 08:54
Last update: about 11 years ago
Justyne Caruana
It is said that dreams and ambitions set the ball rolling, but it is only hard work that gets results. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's aspiration for Malta to be the best in Europe is consistently...
The Lisbon Strategy
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
One of the most mentioned topics by MEPs from the 27 member states these days is the Lisbon strategy, EU’s aim of becoming the most competitive economy in the world by 2010...