UK elections: The Brexit referendum
Saturday, 9 May 2015, 08:53
Last update: about 12 years ago
Britain’s Tories registered a surprise comprehensive victory at the polls yesterday, with the Conservative Party securing an outright majority to form an exclusive government. The...
Migration: A rare day without a tragedy at sea
Friday, 8 May 2015, 08:14
Last update: about 12 years ago
As the weather gets hotter and the seas get calmer, hardly a day goes by without us hearing of yet another tragedy where people perish in the Mediterranean Sea. Yester was one such day, but this...
New university: Sustainable education
Thursday, 7 May 2015, 08:32
Last update: about 12 years ago
The government’s fledgling deal with Jordanian investors and an American university is welcome news. We say ‘fledgling’ because what was signed on Tuesday was a heads of...
New parliament: After all the pomp, citizen apathy abounds
Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 07:58
Last update: about 12 years ago
Speaker of the House of Representatives Anglu Farrugia has spent his entire tenure to date trying to push the message that the debating chamber belongs to the people and is a reflection of our people...
Greece: Time is running out
Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 08:16
Last update: about 12 years ago
It was yesterday reported that Greece had made some progress with its creditors as the deadline for its loan repayment to the IMF looms darkly on the horizon. But has progress really been made?...
We gave a future to our past
Monday, 4 May 2015, 08:02
Last update: about 12 years ago
Jason Azzopardi The unfolding debate regarding whether, and if so, how, Government should acquire a particular building with historical significance in Guardamangia merits giving the public the...
World War II and Russia
Monday, 4 May 2015, 08:01
Last update: about 12 years ago
Vladimir Malygin This year the world is celebrating the 70th anniversary of victory in the bloodiest and most cruel war of the XX century – World War II. In Russia it is usually...
Politics: A new home for Parliament
Monday, 4 May 2015, 07:59
Last update: about 12 years ago
Parliament will be officially moving to its new home this evening. After months of controversy and delays, the new Parliament building at the entrance of Malta’s capital city will be opened...
The Europe We want
Tuesday, 16 January 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 21 years ago
Malta Independent
We are now 27! From the county of Kerry to the eastern Carpathians, from Lapland to the Canary Islands! ...
The Chihuahua Of Europe
Sunday, 14 January 2007, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The trouble with Malta is that, because of its insignificant size, it suffers from the political equivalent of short-person syndrome. It is precisely because of its lack of physical impact that it makes so much noise...