The milk of dreams
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 09:51
Last update: about 6 years ago
Earlier this June, Cecilia Alemani, artistic director of the 2022 Venice Biennale, announced the theme for next year’s 59th edition of the exhibition; Milk of dreams. Inspired by the name of...
TMID Editorial: FATF and the road to exiting the grey list
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 09:19
Last update: about 6 years ago
Malta’s position on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list is an issue that, as more time passes, will see more negative effects on the country. FIAU deputy director...
Common Agricultural Policy: a destructive status quo
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 09:02
Last update: about 6 years ago
Unfortunately on Tuesday, the majority of MEPs in the European Parliament gave in to the agro-industrial lobby, and decided to maintain the destructive status quo by voting in favour of the Common...
TMID Editorial - Balluta jetty: Public pressure does work
Monday, 6 December 2021, 08:22
Last update: about 6 years ago
After a prolonged campaign of public opposition, Captain Morgan on Saturday finally listened and dropped its plans to build a ferry jetty at Balluta Bay in St. Julian’s. The company said...
Bound to repeat the same mistakes – The traffic issue
Monday, 6 December 2021, 07:39
Last update: about 6 years ago
Rebekah Cilia
Every day around 31 new cars are introduced to the Maltese roads. A quick look at the way the government is tackling the issues shows an evident lack of national strategy and...
TMIS Editorial: Cannabis law must go back to the drawing board
Sunday, 5 December 2021, 11:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
The Labour government prides itself in being one “that listens” (gvern li jisma), but when it came to the introduction of new laws on cannabis use, it only listened to its own ambition to...
Digital Services Act ‘taking back control of the internet’
Sunday, 5 December 2021, 08:26
Last update: about 6 years ago
When digital platforms emerged a decade ago, the societal challenges arising from harnessing new technologies and services seemed straightforward, and the possibilities were endless. Today, those same...
The police presence on our public transport
Sunday, 5 December 2021, 08:25
Last update: about 6 years ago
Mark Said
In September the Malta Public Transport and the Malta Police Force signed a collaboration agreement with the aim to improve public safety and security on public transport through an increase in police...
Defining hate speech
Sunday, 5 December 2021, 08:23
Last update: about 6 years ago
“Hate speech” per se is not a legal term, as the proper term used is “incitement to hatred”. Don’t try to search the term hate speech within the Code because you...