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Jobs: Things finally looking up for Europe

Friday, 8 January 2016, 07:55 Last update: about 12 years ago

Figures issued by Eurostat yesterday showed that  the Eurozone is finally recovering and that the jobless rate is the lowest that it has been in the past four years. However, the overall...

Downsizing banks

Thursday, 7 January 2016, 10:40 Last update: about 12 years ago

As we begin a new year we cannot not express our worry at the turn of events in our two major banks. Both banks have recently come up with an early retirement scheme for their employees. Now...

Road safety: Another year, yet another statistic

Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 08:45 Last update: about 12 years ago

Another tragedy claimed the life of a young motorcyclist yesterday after she was hit by a truck in Lija. She was only 27-years-old. She was the first person to die on Maltese roads this year. But it...

Culture: Our penchant for the over the top

Tuesday, 5 January 2016, 08:07 Last update: about 12 years ago

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has been criticised from a number of quarters for the length of his New Year’s message, as well as the cost of the slick, yet over the top video. On New...

Security: What did we learn from the Schengen suspension?

Monday, 4 January 2016, 08:54 Last update: about 12 years ago

When Malta suspended Schengen regulations, a few things became apparently clear. First and foremost, the Maltese people felt safer. The second thing was that it was obvious that the system allowed for...

Constitutional Convention: let’s get on with it

Sunday, 3 January 2016, 09:11 Last update: about 12 years ago

If for no other reason, the assembling of the Constitutional Convention the government has been promising is an absolute necessity to redefine the country’s constitutional neutrality to meet the...

2016: The new year ahead

Saturday, 2 January 2016, 08:10 Last update: about 12 years ago

By far the best news of the day yesterday was that there were no serious incidents on the road, no serious injuries and no fatalities. The police said that the vast majority of breathalyser tests...

Drink driving: Make it ‘none for the road’ tonight

Thursday, 31 December 2015, 08:29 Last update: about 12 years ago

The country, along with most of the rest world, will ring in the New Year tonight with a good measure of joviality and also with perhaps more than a good few measures of alcohol in their...

A case in point: how to undermine trust

Wednesday, 30 December 2015, 09:30 Last update: about 12 years ago

Trust in the government is down five percentage points according to the findings of a Eurobarometer study. The survey’s first results, which were published on Thursday, show that trust in...

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