Italy: Press reforms, create youth jobs
Monday, 8 July 2013, 08:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The International Monetary Fund pressed Italy to do more about "unacceptably high" unemployment, especially among young people and women, and urged it to bring back an unpopular property tax...
Malta’s migration stance leaves much to be desired
Sunday, 7 July 2013, 09:27
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Frankly speaking, this newspaper and large swathes of the country had expected far better from our progressive and European Prime Minister when he reacted to the 290 migrants who were rescued by the...
Politics: The language of diplomacy
Saturday, 6 July 2013, 07:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The rhetoric has gone up a notch, with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s saying that he will consider using Malta’s veto in EU negotiations in an effort to draw attention to Malta’s...
Immigration: Let’s not lose our humanity
Friday, 5 July 2013, 07:41
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Any article that is written about immigration needs to set out from one crucial standpoint – saving human lives comes first. The government yesterday reacted to the rescue of some 300 immigrants...
Employment: Stamping out precarious work practices
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 07:49
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
There can be little argument that precarious work in all its insidious forms must be wiped out, and the government went some ay this week toward leading by example in terms of better checks and...
Lifestyle: The Maltese pigeons
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 07:54
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
About a year ago, a group of small French entrepreneurs took an ad in the papers in which they proclaimed the grievances of what they called ‘Les Pigeons’. The French, in some...
Health: Some heartening news
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 07:50
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
We are an unhealthy nation – this much is true and we all admit it. We have high obesity rates and a lot of people still smoke and drink too much – all of which contribute towards heart...
HIV: Treat people early to stop spread
Monday, 1 July 2013, 07:31
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Young children and certain other people with the AIDS virus should be started on medicines as soon as they are diagnosed, the World Health Organization says in new guidelines that also recommend...
Ignore environmentalists at your own peril
Sunday, 30 June 2013, 09:16
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The country’s environmental lobby has grown by leaps and bounds over recent years, and the government, as well as the Opposition for that matter, will ignore this growing movement at their own...
Not enough opposing
Saturday, 29 June 2013, 13:10
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
This is just not good enough. The people who voted for the Opposition, and even the country at large, expects the Opposition to oppose. But over the past days, it has let...