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Minimum wage dilemmas in Europe and Malta

Thursday, 9 December 2021, 07:30 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

Debate in Europe right now is veering towards regulatory intervention for a European minimum wage. While the idea of pushing for standardisation of minimum pay all across the continent may gather...

Dora

Monday, 6 December 2021, 07:14 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

After long months of discussions and negotiations the economic and financial committee of the European Parliament voted on a text which finalises the parliamentary draft for a European regulation...

The Speaker’s sins

Sunday, 5 December 2021, 10:33 Last update: about 6 years ago Kevin Cassar

“I have no names to give”. This was Speaker Anglu Farrugia committing perjury at the Daphne Caruana Galizia inquiry. In an interview he gave to Pierre Portelli in 2017 Anglu Farrugia...

The PN’s woes

Sunday, 5 December 2021, 10:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

This topic is complex. There are many elements to it. For instance, bubbles and echo-chambers; a remarkable strain of historical understanding; an equally remarkable type of familiarity with current...

The regeneration of Marsa

Sunday, 5 December 2021, 09:31 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The public consultation which commenced earlier this week relative to the regeneration of the inner part of the Grand Harbour along the coastal area of Marsa is most welcome. Marsa has been neglected...

On running the Lbic gauntlet

Sunday, 5 December 2021, 08:32 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

Experienced mariners tell you that the wind they fear most in Malta is the Lbic (South West) rather than the Grigal (North East).  In the context of the few kilometres that separate Malta from...

Less lawyer, more fighter

Saturday, 4 December 2021, 07:21 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

Consistency and credibility are in short supply in the Partit Nazzjonalista.  There is one voice, though, that makes itself heard above the daily grind, that of Ivan Bartolo, Spokesperson for...

Full authority

Friday, 3 December 2021, 08:26 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

This week was a particularly interesting one in the House of Representatives as we have approved, after a five-hour long uninterrupted discussion and analysis, the proposed cannabis reform bill at...

Rules of political engagement

Thursday, 2 December 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

How political adversaries consider each other and negotiate with each other is a subject of great interest. At the heart of major political choices that by themselves create enormous tensions between...

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