1+ week, 1+ day ago   (434+ words) Hundreds of masked anti-immigration protesters blocked roads leading to Britain's busiest ferry port on Saturday, clogging traffic and disrupting travelers and cargo vehicles heading for France. The U.K. government condemned the action, saying it went well beyond peaceful protest. The Port…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (832+ words) Publisher: PrintIt / 2011 As I begin to write, all France is agog with expectation of the Pope's apostolic visit this time next month. This expectation extends beyond the highest levels and is also present at the local church level. The expectation…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1618+ words) Yorgen Fenech was acquitted of all charges in connection with the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia on Wednesday evening, in a jury verdict that shocked many. Fenech was acquitted of both complicity and conspiracy for the murder of the journalist…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (744+ words) Yorgen Fenech has been acquitted. That verdict must be respected. Nine jurors heard two months of evidence and, having considered what was placed before them, concluded that the prosecution did not prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt. That is how…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (427+ words) Statistician Vincent Marmara has rejected allegations that a survey he carried out on the eve of Yorgen Fenech's trial, financed by Fenech's uncle, Raymond Fenech, targeted potential jurors within Fenech's recently concluded trial by jury. The survey centred around public…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (279+ words) Nearly after nine years that the country was shaken by the most gruesome murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, full justice remains unserved. After so many investigations, inquiries, and a 55-day jury, the responsibility for this murder remains unshouldered, and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (461+ words) Malta's fertility rate fell to a record 1.01 children per woman in 2024, remaining the lowest in the European Union for the eighth consecutive year, compared with an EU average of 1.34. Both these figures are much lower than the 2.1 replacement level (the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (121+ words) I have already had the opportunity to comment on the jury system a few weeks ago ('Does the jury system breach human rights', The Malta Independent on Sunday, 16 August 2026). In that piece I had recommended that the government appoints a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (81+ words) The TV died mid-show on Friday, August 28, at around 19:30. The thermometer inside my house read 38 degrees, and I had just reached for the air conditioner. Instead, darkness swallowed the room, the street, and most of Gozo with it. Jury trials…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (749+ words) Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni celebrated her government's milestone longevity at a rally Friday of supporters in the southern city of Bari, arguing that four years of political stability have strengthened Italy at home and abroad. Her administration has become…...