Budget 2011: A Strategic, not tactical budget
Tuesday, 26 October 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
Not many will have realised that the budget for next year was a strategic one which looks to 2012, the year in which the current EU agreement on public debt expires....
2011 Outlook: Budget wish list
Monday, 25 October 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The next few days are expected to be quite eventful with the government tonight presenting its budget for next year, a budget which is expected to be quite lacklustre from what has been proposed so far...
Maternity Leave, discrimination and the work-family balance
Sunday, 24 October 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
Much has already been said and much more undoubtedly remains to be said in the maternity leave debate. And in Malta that debate is to be fiercer than in other countries given the fact ...
Maternity Leave Did Europe think about discrimination?
Saturday, 23 October 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
One of the biggest worries – apart from the cost to the economy – of extending maternity leave across Europe to 20 weeks looks to be discrimination in employment....
Xenophobia: Nationalism Taking hold?
Friday, 22 October 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
We are watching it unfold. The financial crisis has nudged European governments into re-nationalising sovereign states....
Human Rights: Push-backs and terrorism
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
However abhorrent, from a human rights perspective, one may view Italy’s policy of pushing back migrant boats to Libya,...
Fiscal Prudence: A new set of rules
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Eurozone Finance Ministers have agreed on a new set of rules which are geared towards discouraging fiscal laxity within the common currency nations, with those who violate benchmarks risking very hefty fines....