The Malta Independent 8 November 2026, Sunday
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Of paint and observation

Sunday, 16 April 2023, 09:21 Last update: about 5 years ago Marika Azzopardi

Two new artists are presenting their works in public for the very first time, with a collection of oil paintings created over the past few years. The artists, Massimo Dimech and Steve Sciberras both...

Mysteries of the HMS Urge to be uncovered at exclusive event

Sunday, 16 April 2023, 09:17 Last update: about 5 years ago

An exclusive event, in support of the Save the Valletta Skyline Appeal, will take place on 27 April, which marks the 81st anniversary of the sinking of HMS Urge – a Royal Navy submarine of the...

Life goes on, sometimes

Sunday, 16 April 2023, 08:45 Last update: about 5 years ago Marie Benoît

I met Yvonne Galea over 30 years ago. They had just lost their 15-year-old son and I had just lost my husband in Mauritius. It is grief that brought us together. Thunderclouds of grief. A year...

Baghdad bittersweet memories

Sunday, 16 April 2023, 08:35 Last update: about 5 years ago

  It was September 1997. I was about to join the UN's "oil-for-food" programme designed to counteract the effect of sanctions on the Iraqi people. The UN Security Council Resolution 986...

Navigating your way through grief and loss

Sunday, 16 April 2023, 08:30 Last update: about 5 years ago

Grief and mourning are the ways in which we deal with significant losses. Loss refers not just to the death of a loved one but includes life events such as the end of a relationship, job loss, moving...

A Catholic chaplain’s hostile environment

Sunday, 16 April 2023, 06:42 Last update: about 5 years ago

I was asked by a friend to reflect on my NHS chaplaincy experience and to try and draw conclusions that would be of interest to Malta. I initially thought that the Maltese would not be interested in...

A crisis still with us

Sunday, 16 April 2023, 06:40 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

Do you remember how the unfolding of the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis had been front-page news? It wreaked havoc on many young and innocent lives and did irreparable harm to a once-revered...

Towards a zero-emission building stock

Sunday, 16 April 2023, 06:39 Last update: about 5 years ago

Over the last 20 years, buildings in the European Union (EU) have become gradually more energy efficient and have even started to incorporate cleaner sources of on-site energy generation. This has...

TMID Editorial: The case of the four students

Saturday, 15 April 2023, 16:07 Last update: about 5 years ago

News this week that four students had been arrested and were being accused of computer misuse in connection with a security vulnerability in the popular student application FreeHour caused quite an...

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