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The cost of Liberation Day

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 07:48 Last update: about 29 days ago Noel Grima

Last year Malta imported from the US $270 million (and exported $135 million). How much will Trump's 'Liberation Day' cost it? At the time when I'm writing this article the whole world knows all...

Online gambling: all bets are off

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 07:03 Last update: about 29 days ago Mark Said

Malta's status as an online gambling hub continues to bring a wide range of benefits to the country, as the iGaming boom on the island shows no signs of abating. In 2004, we became the first EU member...

Now we have it from the corsair’s mouth

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 07:00 Last update: about 29 days ago Victor Calleja

To most, it is an obvious fact that we live in interesting - and dreadful - times. The world is not a happy place right now. When anyone, in whichever part of the planet, utters or does something...

The Europe of Abel and the Europe of Cain

Friday, 4 April 2025, 10:54 Last update: about 29 days ago Owen Bonnici

52 years ago, a Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was held in Helsinki, Finland. It was an important conference which sought to improve relations between the Communist bloc and...

The self-employed

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 09:12 Last update: about 30 days ago Alfred Sant

Is the number of self-employed people rising or declining? In traditional sectors like retail, their number all across Europe is certainly going down. In new sectors like those involving digital...

Tariffs and inflation

Monday, 31 March 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 months ago Alfred Sant

The US administration is following a strategy based on an increase of customs duties over a wide spread of products imported from practically across the world. In the forefront one finds neighbouring...

The weakness of strength

Sunday, 30 March 2025, 08:15 Last update: about 2 months ago Kevin Cassar

In 2019 in an interview on Frontline, Steve Bannon clearly outlined the strategy adopted by Donald Trump.  "The real opposition party is the media. Because they're dumb and they're lazy they can...

Mqabba: abandoned by the state institutions

Sunday, 30 March 2025, 08:12 Last update: about 2 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

Mqabba has a number of quarries too close to the residential area. They have been there for ages. Residents are accustomed to their impacts. Twenty-eight months ago, in these columns I had written...

Long term vision to address over-population needed

Sunday, 30 March 2025, 08:09 Last update: about 2 months ago Darren Carabott

As the days get longer, and the mercury column starts to climb, we know that summer is on the way, and with it all the elements that we have grown accustomed to - both enjoyable and less...

The resignations conundrum

Sunday, 30 March 2025, 08:09 Last update: about 2 months ago Mark Said

Holding a ministerial office involves challenges and duties that do not exist in the private sector. It is also incumbent on ministers to know in what circumstances they should offer to resign....

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