The Malta Independent 8 November 2026, Sunday
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TMIS Editorial: Abortion and the political pendulum

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 10:51 Last update: about 5 years ago

Evarist Bartolo made an interesting observation a few days ago. The former education and foreign minister, in a post on Facebook, raised questions as to whether the Abortion Bill the government...

Story within a story from Syria’s golden age

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:37 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

First published in Arabic in Lebanon in 1998 and now published in translation, this book has been awarded the PEN Translates award for novels in translation. The book opens when the narrator gets...

Back o’ the net…

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:33 Last update: about 5 years ago

Let's face it, we are rubbish at football. As a national team I mean. I'm not referring to our Premier League sides packed with sundry talented foreigners. When we try to put out a Malta...

They deserve better

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:28 Last update: about 5 years ago

Fifty years ago today, on 22 January 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the infamous case that came to be known worldwide as Roe v Wade, thereby decriminalizing abortion throughout...

Condominium pandemonium

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:27 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

We have finally heard the long-awaited good news. The conflicts and problems encountered by residents who live in apartment blocks will be addressed through a review of the Condominium law. The...

Tackling the shortage of medicines

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:26 Last update: about 5 years ago Josianne Cutajar MEP

The surge of respiratory diseases in the last weeks resulted in considerable pressure on European hospitals as well as a depletion of medicine reserves including antibiotics. In light of these...

On medical termination of pregnancy

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:24 Last update: about 5 years ago

The matter at hand in reality is quite simple. However, it has caused such a national stir and polarisation that it has become inordinately complex. It has become a maelstrom of religious, moral,...

Marie Benoit's Diary - Life Network: Making abortion unthinkable

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:24 Last update: about 5 years ago Marie Benoît

I write this in gratitude and admiration of Dr Miriam Sciberras and her team who work relentlessly to save the lives of as many babies as possible from abortion and total annihilation. So far 26...

The PN’s stand on abortion and divorce

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:19 Last update: about 5 years ago

Historically the PN has always used these two words "abortion" and "divorce", to scare the wits of the Maltese, and particularly the Gozitans, for their own political ends. Using their enormous...

Anything you can do, AI can do better?

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:18 Last update: about 5 years ago

Less than two months ago, at the end of November, developers at OpenAI released ChatGPT for use online. It’s currently free to use (though there are plans to monetise it), and in just under four...

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