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TMIS Editorial: Joseph Muscat - Goodbye and good riddance

Sunday, 12 January 2020, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago

The era of Joseph Muscat is over, and the end could not have come too soon.  In a tear-jerking (not for everyone) speech on Friday night, Muscat went through a list of his achievements,...

Prime Minister - lift the Third Great Siege!

Sunday, 12 January 2020, 09:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Timothy Alden

Malta and Gozo are currently undergoing their third Great Siege. The Ottomans and the fascists of the Second World War were defeated, but now the attack is not coming from outside the country –...

Pilots of our own destiny

Sunday, 12 January 2020, 09:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Justyne Caruana

‘The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. Michael Altshuler, American author   Virgil’s expression ‘fugit inreparabile tempus’ is...

An economic miracle

Sunday, 12 January 2020, 09:01 Last update: about 8 years ago

The seven years during which Dr Joseph Muscat was Prime Minister marked a complete economic turnaround from the previous seven years. From a situation where the Maltese economy was subjected by the...

In search of El Cid

Sunday, 12 January 2020, 08:15 Last update: about 8 years ago

To those who know the story of El Cid, we suggest to add a bit of imagination.  To those who do not know the story, well, we recommend to just take the dive into the heroics of the man, the man...

TMID Editorial: PL leadership election - The way forward

Saturday, 11 January 2020, 10:09 Last update: about 8 years ago

The Labour Party Leadership election takes place today, and PL paid members will be voting between 8am and 8pm in thirteen voting areas across all of Malta’s electoral districts. Two...

From deficit to surplus

Saturday, 11 January 2020, 09:24 Last update: about 8 years ago

In March 2013, the incoming administration found itself faced with the largest deficit and debt in the nation’s history. The European Commission placed Malta yet again in the EU’s...

Choose for the country, not the party

Friday, 10 January 2020, 10:02 Last update: about 8 years ago

When the 17,000 Labour Party members and electors vote for a new party leader and prime minister on Saturday they do not have the leisure to think first and foremost of the party. The party is in...

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