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How much longer?

Saturday, 26 January 2019, 09:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

In some future time, looking back on what today seems an everyday normality, there could very well be – or perhaps there already is – a study to be made on how Malta steered itself through...

An eventful week

Friday, 25 January 2019, 07:58 Last update: about 9 years ago Owen Bonnici

This week we announced further reforms in our justice system, whereby the Administrative Review Tribunal has now been enhanced and strengthened with two additional panels – the Gaming Panel and...

Social debate?

Thursday, 24 January 2019, 08:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

There was a time, not so long ago, when the EU as an institution, was considered to be at the forefront in promoting the social values of solidarity. Those who viewed it in this light included unions,...

We are racists!

Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 08:23 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I never thought I would come to this conclusion in my lifetime.  I believed the racist comments that are flying around were simply puked by a few Facebook pseudo-warriors. It appears that little...

Health: spend money on services not corruption

Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 15:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his vlog MEP Francis Zammit Dimech speaks on the Vitals scandal, the company that took over 3 hospitals in Malta and Gozo. He said that one had to ask why a contract was signed with Vitals when the...

Trees of hope in the kingdom of greed

Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 08:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Camilla Appelgren

I'm sitting on the sofa scrolling through the photos from last weekend. It was an amazing weekend in so many ways. I met wonderful people and had so many interesting discussions, yet there was...

Labour markets

Monday, 21 January 2019, 07:57 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

The indications are that we do not have aunified labour market in Malta, with wage levels and employment conditions that impact “interactively” on each other.  Instead, the labour...

New economy, traditional economy and collapse

Sunday, 20 January 2019, 10:40 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

'Best in Europe', 'Envy of the World' ... grandiloquent slogans intended to beguile the masses and bypass the thinking classes who can clearly see through the sham....

Infrastructure Malta is missing the real alternative

Sunday, 20 January 2019, 10:02 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The studies forming part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the Central Link project dealing with the road infrastructure between Mrieħel and Attard has just been published. Public...

Leaving people in the dark

Sunday, 20 January 2019, 09:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

I don't usually watch Xarabank but I made an exception this week and watched the one featuring Adrian Delia....

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