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Are we reconciling employment with family life?

Thursday, 23 July 2020, 10:24 Last update: about 7 years ago Michael Briguglio

Can we say that people in Malta are reconciling work with family life? A recent publication by the National Statistics Office (NSO) provides important data on the matter, using 2018 as the year under...

Tax on financial services

Monday, 20 July 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

The tax on financial services, labelled the financial transactions tax (FTT), has been back in the news as a tax the EU could charge in order to secure a new source of revenues. These it needs to...

Eyes Wide Shut

Sunday, 19 July 2020, 11:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

Living on a small island probably causes genetic loss. Particularly in the eyesight. Some people stop seeing things rationally, and get engulfed in an emotional vision of the world. There are many...

After the PN civil war

Sunday, 19 July 2020, 10:13 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The civil war within the PN has no end in sight. This does not only inflict considerable damage on the PN: at the end of the day it damages the whole country. The two instances of a vote of no...

The dam wall will finally give way

Sunday, 19 July 2020, 08:55 Last update: about 7 years ago Victor Calleja

If we do make it through the Moneyval test, we will have done it by the skin of our teeth, seems to be how most positive commentators reason. In the words of some sage Maltese politician,...

Not even George can save him now

Sunday, 19 July 2020, 08:30 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

Looking back on these traumatic days, we can see the dramatic decline of Adrian Delia from Leader of the Opposition to 'kap sfiducjat'. All through last weekend the President of the Republic sent...

Being held hostage

Saturday, 18 July 2020, 09:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

Most hostage-taking situations are a consequence of insecurity, retribution or for ransom.  A hostage is a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an...

Learning: A lifelong process

Friday, 17 July 2020, 06:45 Last update: about 7 years ago Owen Bonnici

Learning should be a lifelong journey for everyone, no matter the age and social background. We all need to acquire skills that are relevant to our lives, our needs and our work. As a government...

Labour's hundred years

Thursday, 16 July 2020, 07:48 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

Labour’s first hundred years of life which the party is celebrating this year should be an occasion for all those who believe in its ideals to reflect about them and about how they matter as of...

Stop taking us for fools and annul the hospitals deal!

Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 06:19 Last update: about 7 years ago Peter Agius

During my working life, I have had the responsibility for purchasing services with public funds. Beyond the imperative details of national and European legislation setting the rules for that, the main...

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