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TMID Editorial: Eurovision investigation - Oh, the irony!

Friday, 28 May 2021, 07:37 Last update: about 6 years ago

In line with tradition, Malta’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has led to controversy a few days after the country, despite the expectations of many, failed clinch the...

TMID Editorial: Pastizzi and the Eurovision

Thursday, 27 May 2021, 09:52 Last update: about 6 years ago

As long as the Maltese have their pastizzi, get a few vouchers from the government every now and then and can watch the Eurovision Song Contest, then they are able to close their eyes to all the bad...

TMID Editorial: Covid-19 – Those (dreaded) masks

Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 07:57 Last update: about 6 years ago

Over the past few weeks the situation with regard to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malta has improved tremendously. In March, we reached a peak of having more than 500 cases registered...

TMIS Editorial - Tourist product? One massive traffic jam

Sunday, 23 May 2021, 11:30 Last update: about 6 years ago

Malta is set to open its 2021 summer tourism season in the coming days, in hopes of reviving this sector which has been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic.  For weeks, the Government has said...

TMID Editorial: Covid-19 - Mass events and packed arenas

Friday, 21 May 2021, 08:33 Last update: about 6 years ago

Valletta Cultural Agency chairman Jason Micallef lamented on Wednesday that, while the Netherlands had allowed a mass gathering for the Eurovision Song Contest, Malta does not allow cultural...

TMID Editorial: Politics – A tale of two Abelas

Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 08:54 Last update: about 6 years ago

Minister Carmelo Abela is in the eye of a proverbial political storm. He was recently found to have breached ethics with the publication of an advert intended to boost his image rather than...

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