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TMID Editorial: (De)Motivating police officers

Thursday, 21 July 2022, 09:35 Last update: about 5 years ago

Photos that were sent to the media by the Malta Police Union last week show the St Julian’s station in a state of utmost disrepair. The police station in that locality – one of the...

TMID Editorial: Dealing with dictators

Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 09:47 Last update: about 5 years ago

Ursula von der Leyen last week announced a deal with Azerbaijan’s autocratic leader Ilham Aliyev to double the amount of natural gas which Azerbaijan produces and sends to Europe by 2027 –...

TMID Editorial: Another hunting referendum

Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 10:17 Last update: about 5 years ago

The CEO of BirdLife Malta has made it clear that the NGO is working towards holding a second referendum to abolish spring hunting. What is still not known is when this will be held. In an...

TMIS Editorial: Getting rid of Muscat’s shadow

Sunday, 17 July 2022, 11:00 Last update: about 5 years ago

Robert Abela has for long been trying to distance himself from Joseph Muscat. He does not do it openly, and would never admit it if he were to be asked, but the decisions he has taken send the...

TMID Editorial: Doing just the bare minimum

Saturday, 16 July 2022, 09:46 Last update: about 5 years ago

It was, on the face of it, good news to see that Malta had implemented a European directive which means that fathers will be receiving 10 days paid leave on the birth of their child – rather...

TMID Editorial: Of fireworks, safety and noise

Thursday, 14 July 2022, 10:07 Last update: about 5 years ago

A former politician with a penchant for fireworks, Godfrey Farrugia, has told us that the fact that no people were seriously injured when a fireworks factory exploded in June shows that the health and...

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