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Lib v Con: The Scales of Freedom

Sunday, 3 September 2017, 07:44 Last update: about 10 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

It seems like a story set in Gabriel García Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, with the liberals and the conservatives fighting a civil war. Only that in that novel, General...

All options are on the table

Sunday, 3 September 2017, 07:43 Last update: about 10 years ago

The stern warning delivered by US President Donald Trump to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un: "All options are on the table. Kim Jong-un and his regime have again signalled their contempt for their...

Maltese style

Sunday, 3 September 2017, 07:36 Last update: about 10 years ago

The decorative style favoured by the Maltese for their "Catholic" festas include garish red and gold pavaljuni (the more ornate swirls on them the better), plus kitsch-baroque pedestals, on...

The advantages of EU funds

Sunday, 3 September 2017, 07:33 Last update: about 10 years ago

Most people do not directly access EU funds but I believe many of them benefit from them. Before Malta joined the EU, new roads had been built, so I will not go into this subject. However, several...

Overcoming the heat wave

Sunday, 3 September 2017, 07:29 Last update: about 10 years ago

All of us have suffered from the recent heat wave nicknamed "Lucifer". As one of the local news websites reported, such a heat wave has started forest fires, set off weather warnings alerts...

Transforming armchair activism into physical good

Saturday, 2 September 2017, 11:23 Last update: about 10 years ago

By Tina Urso At times we all feel the need to express our anger and frustrations, on injustices happening worldwide, especially those closer to home. We all feel the need to give our two cents on...

TMID Editorial: World Cup 2018 - Big day for Malta

Friday, 1 September 2017, 11:14 Last update: about 10 years ago

The England national football team returns to Malta for a competitive match for the first time in 46 years. That 1971 game at the Gzira stadium, labelled as the match of the century, remains...

Not a good start

Thursday, 31 August 2017, 11:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

Last week this paper reported exclusively that Malta ended up ranked at 49th place out of 85 cities for startups. This emerged from a study done by the furnished apartment platform Nestpick which...

TMID Editorial: Light pollution - Let there be less light

Thursday, 31 August 2017, 10:47 Last update: about 10 years ago

The blight of Malta’s light pollution epidemic is bound to eventually reach epic proportions unless proper light abatement measures begin being imposed on future developments and remedial action...

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