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Labour’s Trojan horse

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 08:30 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Cassar

"I will fight for Gozo's future," Gozitan PN MP Alex Borg declared. The irony is that Borg isn't even fighting for Gozo's past, let alone its future. Alex Borg gained notoriety when his support...

Adolescence: Rebels without a cause?

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 08:10 Last update: about 2 years ago Valerie Visanich

Stanley Hall, an American psychologist, wrote in 1904 on how during adolescence, individuals experience a period of 'storm and stress'. Over 120 years later, the gripping crime drama on Netflix...

The rationing of proportionality

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 07:56 Last update: about 2 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The Electoral Commission is at it again. This time it is a little bit earlier than usual. It is normal for the electoral boundaries to be periodically revised. The Constitution itself provides...

Breaking the skills trap: Gozo’s urgent need for smarter jobs

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 07:53 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Gozo's labour market projects an image of success. Sharp employment increases, declining inactivity, and the surprisingly easy absorption of migrant labour characterises Gozo's labour market. On...

The cost of Liberation Day

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 07:48 Last update: about 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 years 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...

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