The Malta Independent 13 May 2025, Tuesday
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TMIS Editorial: Still no flowers grow in Parliament

Sunday, 23 March 2025, 09:30 Last update: about 3 months ago

When the late Oliver Friggieri published his masterpiece "Fil-Parlament ma jikbrux fjuri" (No flowers grow in Parliament), it was 1986. The country was in turmoil, on the verge of a civil war....

TMID Editorial: A more humane prison

Friday, 21 March 2025, 10:42 Last update: about 3 months ago

Archbishop Charles Scicluna last Sunday visited the correctional facility in Kordin, celebrating Mass and meeting inmates on the occasion of what is known as the Prisoners' Jubilee. The prison...

TMID Editorial: The electoral status quo

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 10:40 Last update: about 3 months ago

Malta's two major parties were, perhaps quite expectedly, evasive on whether they favoured a proposal put forward by the Malta Chamber of Commerce for Parliament to be significantly...

TMID Editorial: Rethinking local plans

Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 13:04 Last update: about 3 months ago

Malta's urban planning and local plans have long been the subject of criticism, with many observing a lack of forward-thinking strategies that address the challenges of a rapidly urbanising nation....

TMID Editorial: The fight against drugs

Monday, 17 March 2025, 11:36 Last update: about 3 months ago

493kg of cocaine were seized by local authorities throughout the calendar year of 2023. This was revealed during the presentation of the National Drug Report for 2023, by the Manager of the National...

TMID Editorial: 16,662 crimes reported

Saturday, 15 March 2025, 09:55 Last update: about 3 months ago

16,662 crimes were reported in 2024 according to the latest CrimeMalta Observatory report, which is a very slight reduction of 1% in reported crimes compared to 2023. Any reduction in crime year...

TMID Editorial: Debates on defence

Friday, 14 March 2025, 12:00 Last update: about 3 months ago

Ever since Donald Trump and his sidekick JD Vance kicked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy out of the Oval Office at the White House in an unceremonious display of the arrogance and sheer...

TMID Editorial: Good initiative leads to political bickering

Thursday, 13 March 2025, 10:40 Last update: about 3 months ago

It is a good initiative to have food that would otherwise be going to waste to be distributed to voluntary organisations which, in turn, will hand it over to people in need. Last Monday, the...

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