TMID Editorial: The test of the Grand Harbour revival
Wednesday, 18 February 2026, 08:47
Last update: about 6 months ago
Malta has heard promises about the regeneration of the Grand Harbour before. They have come from governments of different political colours, launched with varying degrees of fanfare, and too often...
TMID Editorial: Parents’ request should be accepted
Tuesday, 17 February 2026, 10:03
Last update: about 6 months ago
A group of parents whose children attend the Malta Visual and Performing Arts School (MVPA) have formally written to Education Minister Clifton Grima requesting access to the technical report...
TMID Editorial: The planning anomaly
Monday, 16 February 2026, 10:39
Last update: about 6 months ago
The recent court decision revoking a planning permit which had granted permission to construct a residential complex in Swieqi is a clear example of the government's failure to stop the ability to...
TMID Editorial: Calls for improved road safety
Saturday, 14 February 2026, 11:23
Last update: about 6 months ago
Calls for the introduction of average speed cameras and stiffer penalties for repeat offenders of road rule breaches have been made by the Insurance Association of Malta. These proposals could...
TMID Editorial: 112 – A matter of precious seconds
Friday, 13 February 2026, 09:43
Last update: about 6 months ago
Last Wednesday marked the European Day recognising 112 as the emergency number - a day where the importance of this phone number is reminded, and where statistics associated with the previous year are...
TMID Editorial: A National Geological Service
Thursday, 12 February 2026, 12:19
Last update: about 6 months ago
President of the Malta Chamber of Geologists Peter Gatt has long called for the establishment of a National Geological Service, a call which the Nationalist Party is also making. When speaking to...
TMID Editorial: Insularity is Malta’s hidden tax
Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 07:52
Last update: about 6 months ago
Malta's perennial challenge is not a lack of ambition, but a surplus of geography. Insularity, often treated in Brussels as a footnote rather than a defining condition, functions in practice as a...
TMID Editorial: Dwejra deserves darkness, not double-speak
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 10:25
Last update: about 6 months ago
Environmental NGOs are right to describe the proposed Dwejra bill not as protection, but as a carefully packaged act of environmental vandalism. When legislation claims to safeguard a site while...