The Malta Independent 23 July 2026, Thursday
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TMID Editorial: The election’s first spat

Saturday, 9 May 2026, 08:59 Last update: about 3 months ago

The first week of the election may have seen the two major parties be well-behaved to each other, but the second week ratcheted up the heat as we got to see our first political spat of the campaign...

TMID Editorial: AI, technology, and education

Friday, 8 May 2026, 10:22 Last update: about 3 months ago

The onset of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology within the educational sector in Malta has accelerated over the past years. This is particularly the case with AI, which has been...

TMID Editorial: The PM’s historical amnesia

Thursday, 7 May 2026, 10:50 Last update: about 4 months ago

The current narrative being pushed by the Prime Minister suggests a convenient bout of historical amnesia and an attempt to inflate his own efforts while demeaning the work of others. By saying...

TMID Editorial: Lowering the bar risks undermining education

Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 09:47 Last update: about 4 months ago

Malta's new National Homework Policy is presented as a forward-looking reform, one that shifts emphasis from quantity to quality while safeguarding student wellbeing. On paper, the rationale appears...

TMID Editorial: Blurring state and party lines

Monday, 4 May 2026, 09:45 Last update: about 4 months ago

The first week of the general election campaign has thrown up everything that the people have come to expect: mass rallies in every corner of the country, billboards as far as the eye can see, and...

TMID Editorial: No appetite for electoral reform

Saturday, 2 May 2026, 09:56 Last update: about 4 months ago

Away from the mass meetings, the billboards, the flyers, the house visits, and the meet and greets, there are a lot of intricacies to running a general election purely from a procedural point of...

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