The Malta Independent 14 August 2026, Friday
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Breaking tribalism and oppression through direct democracy

Sunday, 23 August 2020, 07:53 Last update: about 7 years ago

Representative democracy - as the Maltese have understood it - is an oligarchic system. There is something deeply rotten, corrupt, tyrannical and sick about Maltese politics and its influence on...

TMID Editorial: Tourism – Julia’s failed mechanisms

Friday, 21 August 2020, 08:04 Last update: about 7 years ago

Malta is by far the safest country in the Mediterranean, Tourism Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli told the BBC in early July. That was the time when the number of new Coronavirus cases was...

‘Ors fl-ispazju’

Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 10:18 Last update: about 7 years ago

You are very well-known in Malta for two books for the 10+ age group, Teresa and L-Ispettaklu Stupend Żanżan Kelma. This is a departure from those novels as it is a picture book aimed...

A Whisper as loud as Rock!

Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 10:06 Last update: about 7 years ago Marika Azzopardi

It was an old upright in front room at home that started it all. The jangling instrument, battered and discordant was a 'toy' he played with regularly. He taught himself to play it, not enough to...

Urging the protection of the Bull ray in Malta

Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 10:02 Last update: about 7 years ago

Nature Trust - FEE Malta and Sharklab Malta have joined forces in order to lobby with the national authorities to declare species such as the Bull ray full protection similar to other...

GoTo goes into the new normal

Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 10:00 Last update: about 7 years ago

GoTo is mapping the road ahead for the eco-friendly shared mobility operator following the COVID-19 pandemic, not just ensuring its full range of services meets increased demand, but also launching a...

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