Time to talk with Russia rather than about Russia
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 07:15
Last update: about 7 years ago
At the end of this week, I will be travelling to Moscow. The last time an EU High Representative visited Russia was four years ago. The main purpose of my visit is to discuss the issues that are...
TMID Editorial: Prison - Tackling crime
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 07:56
Last update: about 7 years ago
A particular bit of news published this week is a major cause of concern. In 2020, Malta registered the highest number of prisoners it has ever experienced in its recorded history, with over 900...
Stealing the conclave
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 09:56
Last update: about 7 years ago
Noel Grima
Sooner or later, it will have to happen. The conclave to choose a new pope. Novelists of all hues and colours have been trying to draw up a scenario for the next conclave for many years...
marie Benoit's Diary: A complete change of career in midlife
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 09:53
Last update: about 7 years ago
Marie Benoît
"I was happily working for the past sixteen years as a self employed beautician, when out of the blue, we were hit by Covid 19. Nobody had the slightest idea that the world was to face one of...
MAGG webinar on Covid-19 and older persons
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 09:51
Last update: about 7 years ago
Noel Borg, senior nursing manager of the CareMalta Group and non-executive director of Hila Homes, was a guest speaker at a webinar organised on 20 January by the Malta Association of Gerontology and...
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Malta (1952-54)
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 09:47
Last update: about 7 years ago
Anthony Zarb Dimech
The early 1950s saw the ascension of Queen Elizabeth to the throne of England and her first visit in that capacity to Malta on 3 May 1954. The 1950s were marked by many of the world powers...
The opera of our time
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 09:42
Last update: about 7 years ago
Since Dido and Aeneas was written by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell in the 17th century, the face of the world has changed radically through multiple moments of triumph and tragedy. Yet, the...
TMID Editorial - PBS gets it wrong
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 07:56
Last update: about 7 years ago
There is nothing wrong if journalists conducting TV shows on the national station ask tough questions to the Opposition Leader when he is invited for an interview. They are doing their job when they...