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TMID Editorial: Eurovision - Why do so many care so much?

Monday, 14 May 2018, 11:37 Last update: about 9 years ago

One more year has passed and Malta’s hopes for a win at the Eurovision song contest were crushed again. Each year, we hold our own contest to choose our representative, and many Maltese...

TMIS Editorial: There’s something in the air

Sunday, 13 May 2018, 11:30 Last update: about 9 years ago

It is something of an incongruous situation when a country that has switched over to imported energy through an interconnector to the European grid and which has transformed its generation from heavy...

To Mother

Sunday, 13 May 2018, 09:06 Last update: about 9 years ago

When we were still at home, my brothers, sisters and I used to call her ‘ma’ and among ourselves and our cousins, we always referred to her as ‘il-mamma’ … mother....

Another busy but successful week

Sunday, 13 May 2018, 08:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Justyne Caruana

The government’s strong belief in the healthy contribution of the private sector to the national economy is confirmed by the fact that, nine out of every 10 new jobs last year were generated by...

Memory Cafés offer connection for people with dementia

Sunday, 13 May 2018, 08:17 Last update: about 9 years ago

Alex Gobey   The first Memory Cafés were developed in The Netherlands in 2004, where educational talks were followed by a social gathering, and this idea quickly spread to other...

The clown and the children

Sunday, 13 May 2018, 08:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

In his postface to the book Il-Liġi, il-Morali u r-Raġuni, Peter Serracino Inglott spoke of “that sort of schizophrenia which leads one to act at variance with one’s...

‘Am I bovvered?’

Sunday, 13 May 2018, 08:13 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

The mass rallying of people chanting “Joseph Joseph” at the Mayday mass meeting in Valletta is anything short of terrifying. On Facebook, one could see photos of youths and young children...

It's easy to complain

Sunday, 13 May 2018, 08:12 Last update: about 9 years ago

For all those looking for a better tomorrow, here comes the hardest part. For all those who know things can be better, that standards can be higher, that the country can be healthier, fairer and more...

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