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What’s in it for me, Minister?

Friday, 29 September 2017, 08:58 Last update: about 10 years ago Alex Muscat

Gone are the days when one would be dreading the first Budget of a legislature. Labour has departed from the parochial mentality of having unpopular budgets in the first years of the mandate, and more...

The complete package

Friday, 29 September 2017, 08:57 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Mizzi

Following last June’s much-lauded European Union decision to effectively do away with roaming charges on mobile phones – a process started ten years ago by noneother than our own Prime...

Domestic violence

Thursday, 28 September 2017, 09:25 Last update: about 10 years ago Miriam Dalli

Domestic violence should not just a phrase conveniently used on certain occasions, Labour MEP said, but should be a way to understand the plight of so many women and take action. In her vlog,...

The problems with an outsider

Thursday, 28 September 2017, 09:17 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Let’s leave aside the fact that Adrian Delia is a highly contentious choice because of his baggage, and make believe that he is as clean as a whistle, upright and thoroughly correct. Many of the...

Taxation in Europe

Thursday, 28 September 2017, 09:17 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Pressures are still building up in Europe for corporation taxes (eventually also income tax on citizens) to be brought closer to the same structure across countries. Up to now, the setting of such...

Morsels

Wednesday, 27 September 2017, 08:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

·         Delia Coalition: The Delia coalition continues to struggle to find its footing in the Nationalist Party.  It seems that defiance is coming...

My Tuesday intuitions - The promise

Tuesday, 26 September 2017, 09:20 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

Seismologists use a seismograph to measure an earthquake.  The seismograph is an instrument that measures seismic waves caused by an earthquake.  The gross domestic product is one of the...

Incinerator? No thanks.

Tuesday, 26 September 2017, 09:10 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Waste is a resource that should be used instead of being thrown away. For this to be achieved, we need to change from a linear to a circular economy. Malta’s waste management strategy identifies...

Delia’s seat and beyond

Monday, 25 September 2017, 10:18 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

The difficulties that the Nationalist Party faced to find a seat in the House of Representatives for its new leader Adrian Delia is pure evidence that the division that emerged strongly in the...

Precarious work

Monday, 25 September 2017, 07:34 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

It is highly probable that instead of being in decline, precarious employment in Malta is on the rise. Which applies not just for foreign workers coming from Africa or the Middle East but equally for...

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