The Malta Independent 6 November 2026, Friday
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TMID Editorial: A scheme that misses the point

Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 09:25 Last update: about 9 months ago

When the government announced a €25,000 incentive for people to surrender their driving licence, the measure was presented as a bold attempt to tackle Malta's chronic traffic congestion. Yet the...

TMID Editorial: Direct orders and transparency

Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 10:02 Last update: about 9 months ago

The use of direct orders is, of course, necessary in certain situations. One example that comes to mind would be in the case of emergency works in order to ensure that a road is structurally sound...

Breaking the glass ceiling and the glass cliff

Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 07:52 Last update: about 9 months ago

Today I would like to speak about an important issue: the obstacles women often face in their careers and how we can work together to overcome them. Although significant progress has been made in...

TMID Editorial: Six years on from Covid-19

Monday, 9 March 2026, 14:25 Last update: about 9 months ago

Six years ago on Saturday, Malta reported its first case of Covid-19 - the pandemic which today, in some ways, seems like a distant memory. Yet it was a time which had a profound effect on...

TMIS Editorial: What a silly proposal

Sunday, 8 March 2026, 09:30 Last update: about 9 months ago

There are serious issues for Malta and for Europe to grapple with: competitiveness, skills shortages, fiscal sustainability, geopolitical instability and the long-term resilience of the economy....

Book review: Deep in the jungles of Myanmar

Sunday, 8 March 2026, 08:40 Last update: about 9 months ago Noel Grima

'The Jungle'  Author: Clive Cussler Publisher: Penguin Fiction / 2011 Pages: 470pp   Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois in 1931. His father was German and had...

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