TMID Editorial: Politics – A tale of two Abelas
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 08:54
Last update: about 6 years ago
Minister Carmelo Abela is in the eye of a proverbial political storm. He was recently found to have breached ethics with the publication of an advert intended to boost his image rather than...
‘Diaspora, Maltese overseas settlement’
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 11:09
Last update: about 6 years ago
Charles Xuereb "The most interesting problems facing Maltese people are probably cultural and those related to identity." This succinct judgement by French migratory researcher, Claude Liauzu,...
450 years since the story of Ta’ Giezu church in Valletta began
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 11:06
Last update: about 6 years ago
On 18 May 1571 the Franciscan Friars Minor, at the time known as the Friars Minor of the Regular Observance, received a plot of land from Grand Master Pietro Del Monte close to Porta del Monte...
Literary collaboration
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 11:03
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
At 82 years, Achille Mizzi must be the oldest, or one of the oldest, poets in Malta, a number sadly depleted by the recent death of Oliver Friggieri. He started writing poetry at a very early age...
A resilient and striving Gozo
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 11:03
Last update: about 6 years ago
Clint Camilleri
Gozo is weathering the storm of Covid-19. Despite its circumstances of double insularity, and a considerable level of dependency on the hospitality sector, Gozo is showing its resiliency. The...
World Taiji Day celebration in Malta
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 11:01
Last update: about 6 years ago
The last Saturday of April marks the annual celebration of World Taiji Day whereby millions of taiji practitioners from all corners of the world perform taiji and promote the wonderful benefits that...
TMID Editorial: Restaurants - A seemingly good first week
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 10:42
Last update: about 6 years ago
It’s been just over a week since restaurants and cafes were able to reopen and thus far business seems to have been good. Walking through the streets of Valletta and Sliema, one could see...
The writers’ Eurovision
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 10:23
Last update: about 6 years ago
It has always been a modest and a low-key competition, but one would have never expected this edition’s Maltese entry to be surrounded by such controversy. Never mind tactical voting...