The Malta Independent 14 August 2026, Friday
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The debt trap

Thursday, 25 August 2022, 10:13 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

Margaret Atwood is of course the well-known Canadian author of, among others, The Handmaid's Tale (1985) and The Blind Assassin (2000). She wrote this book in 2008 when the world was battling the...

Life and other distractions: It never rains in August

Thursday, 25 August 2022, 10:10 Last update: about 5 years ago

Oh yes it does, but for some reason various acquaintances of mine have been expressing both shock and displeasure at the fact that we, in sunny Malta, have experienced a few unseasonable downpours of...

French-Maltese artist exhibits at Malta Society of Arts

Thursday, 25 August 2022, 10:08 Last update: about 5 years ago

An exhibition of 10 sketches and 25 oil paintings titled The Gold of Malta by French-Maltese artist Martine Rigaud-Busuttil opens today Thursday 18 August at the Malta Society of Arts' seat Palazzo de...

Italian navy tall ship Amerigo Vespucci returns to Malta

Thursday, 25 August 2022, 10:07 Last update: about 5 years ago

After 11 years, since its last visit in 2011, the Italian Navy Training Ship Amerigo Vespucci, carrying the Italian Naval Academy 1st year midshipmen, will enter the port of Valletta on 26 August,...

Back from International Camp – Fenice – La Rinascita 2022

Thursday, 25 August 2022, 10:05 Last update: about 5 years ago

Baden Powell Scouts Malta have returned from a five-day trip on the North Slope of Etna at Statella Park Randazzo in Sicily. Fifty-three scouts and scout leaders represented by Scout Troops from...

Dealing with resentment

Thursday, 25 August 2022, 10:03 Last update: about 5 years ago

We've probably all felt the flames of anger and resentment at some point in our lives, towards people, groups or entities which have caused us harm. Anger and resentment are closely linked, since...

TMID Editorial: Pensioners who want to work

Thursday, 25 August 2022, 07:38 Last update: about 5 years ago

As things stand now, there are people who qualify for a pension before reaching retirement age. Some prefer to continue working; others opt to leave. But those who do, and therefore are entitled to...

TMID Editorial: Now go for the bigger fish

Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 10:50 Last update: about 5 years ago

So much has been said and written about the arraignment of the Marsaxlokk parish priest on charges of money laundering and misappropriation of funds. Fr Luke Seguna has pleaded not guilty to the...

Brussels decides – to what extent?

Tuesday, 23 August 2022, 20:04 Last update: about 5 years ago

EU Treaties cover several wide-ranging areas that require varying degrees of common action and cooperation at EU level.  As the European city that hosts the main institutions of the European...

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