The Malta Independent 9 November 2026, Monday
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About nature, because of nature and for nature

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Marika Azzopardi

When Ernest Callenbach wrote his now legendary novel Ecotopia in 1975, he unwittingly fathered an international movement directly inspired by the ecological possibilities outlined in his book. He...

Governing by administrative diktat

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 07:36 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Aquilina

The Catholic Church in Malta, in its latest position paper of 11 June on the Embryo Protection Bill No. 5 of 26 May, raises a number of important issues in relation to government’s proposed...

Revolution of the fifth kind

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 07:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

It comes close on the heels of the fourth (digital) revolution which came close on the heels of the third and second (electric powered mass production) which itself came close on the heels of the...

TMID Editorial: The Covid-19 yo-yo continues

Friday, 17 June 2022, 09:44 Last update: about 5 years ago

It’s been two years and three months since Malta registered its first Covid-19 case. We have since learnt to understand that the virus comes in waves. In the first few months of the...

When neutrality is worse than belligerence

Thursday, 16 June 2022, 09:57 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

When delivering the “speech from the throne” on the occasion of the opening of parliament, President Vella appeared to redefine the concept of our neutrality.  He specifically stated...

TMID Editorial: Valletta should not become another Paceville

Thursday, 16 June 2022, 09:46 Last update: about 5 years ago

For years on end we all wondered why Valletta, our capital city, went to sleep at 7pm when the shops closed and all the workers returned home. We questioned why, whereas other European capital...

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