The Malta Independent 15 August 2026, Saturday
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What’s the state of the Union?

Sunday, 18 September 2022, 09:41 Last update: about 5 years ago Josianne Cutajar

This week, the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, gave the annual state of the Union address, where she addressed the European Parliament about the challenges being faced by...

Time, Space… and Palmyra: A Critique

Sunday, 18 September 2022, 09:35 Last update: about 5 years ago

"We used to build temples, and museums are about as close as secular society dares to go in facing up to the idea that a good building can change your life and a bad one ruins it" - Alain de Botton...

The Marian cult in all its ramifications

Sunday, 18 September 2022, 09:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

Like other female writers who were brought up in a (probably single sex) Catholic school (another writer who comes to mind is Karen Armstrong who had also been a nun) Marina Warner was brought up in a...

Long wait for the bus

Sunday, 18 September 2022, 07:49 Last update: about 5 years ago

Malta Public Transport should look into why, last Monday, passengers at Cirkewwa, who had returned from Gozo, had to wait for 45 minutes to board the 42 or 41 bus. Their ferry docked at Cirkewwa...

TMID Editorial: Reforming the Freedom of Information Act

Saturday, 17 September 2022, 10:36 Last update: about 5 years ago

Freedom of Information requests are something which many journalists on the island are no doubt familiar with.  However, this means of acquiring information which is in the interest of the public...

TMID Editorial: The importance of renewable energy

Friday, 16 September 2022, 11:46 Last update: about 5 years ago

A top European Union official unveiled Wednesday a plan to cap the revenues of electricity producing companies that are making extraordinary profits due to the war in Ukraine and climate change,...

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