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TMIS Editorial: Hondoq rejection must be followed by others

Sunday, 6 November 2022, 10:30 Last update: about 5 years ago

There was a collective sigh of relief last Thursday when the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal closed the Hondoq chapter, at least for now. Only the developers were disappointed with the...

TMID Editorial: Lack of transparency

Saturday, 5 November 2022, 10:10 Last update: about 5 years ago

Government’s transparency is very much in question. We see it time and again, through Freedom of Information (FOI) request refusals and also through the refusal to publish certain contracts...

TMID Editorial - University: From chains to parking

Friday, 4 November 2022, 10:09 Last update: about 5 years ago

There was a time when students chained themselves to the steel railings that used to surround the façade of the Auberge de Castille, the Prime Minister’s office. It happened in 1977,...

TMID Editorial: Malta no longer ‘a sweet land’

Thursday, 3 November 2022, 10:26 Last update: about 5 years ago

It was 100 years ago that the national anthem was written. Based on music composed by Robert Samut, poet Dun Karm Psaila wrote the lyrics of what would become one of Malta’s symbols....

TMID Editorial: Time to save Ħondoq once and for all

Wednesday, 2 November 2022, 10:47 Last update: about 5 years ago

Thursday will see another step in the 20-year saga dominating one of the last frontiers of undeveloped and pristine land in Gozo. That is because the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal...

TMID Editorial: Developers and Malta

Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 10:00 Last update: about 5 years ago

Environmentalists and developers have been going head-to-head for years,  is clear which side the politicians favour. Over the past couple of weeks, this newsroom interviewed President of...

TMID Editorial: Malta’s property market conundrum

Monday, 31 October 2022, 12:56 Last update: about 5 years ago

A survey, which is an annual one commissioned by the Malta Developers Association and carried out by KPMG, confirmed last week what was already quite apparent: that housing has become less affordable...

TMIS Editorial: The return of socialism

Sunday, 30 October 2022, 10:30 Last update: about 5 years ago

We had not heard the word for quite a while. It was mentioned only once in the Budget speech last Monday, but it was enough to spark its use. “Our heart was, still is and will remain...

TMID Editorial: Malta’s roads are not safe

Saturday, 29 October 2022, 09:54 Last update: about 5 years ago

Perhaps it never really was, but this year has driven the point home: from a safety perspective, Malta’s road infrastructure simply is not safe for those who have no choice but to use...

TMID Editorial: The Mediterranean graveyard

Friday, 28 October 2022, 09:31 Last update: about 5 years ago

29,000 lives. That’s how many died while making the migration journey to Europe since 2014, the author report by the International Organization for Migration said. 29,000 people leaving families...

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