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Finding the right work-life balance

Thursday, 31 January 2019, 10:55 Last update: about 9 years ago David Casa

This will remain one of the more memorable weeks of my European Parliamentary career. Following many months of gruelling negotiations with the Council of Ministers we reached a provisional agreement...

A different class of tourism

Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 09:36 Last update: about 9 years ago

Loud teenagers are what come to most people’s minds at the thought of the local English Language Teaching industry. Few consider the hundreds of professionals who design world-class courses, or...

As predicted

Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 11:10 Last update: about 9 years ago Censu Galea

I am normally against statements which try to give credit to those writing them. The 'I told you so syndrome' is something which I normally dislike. However, I am going to break my own 'rule', and for...

Stress free when travelling out of the EU

Monday, 28 January 2019, 09:54 Last update: about 9 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

Travelling at times may come with some unexpected and unpleasant  surprises such as losing your passport. This is quite a headache especially when travelling out of the EU. New rules adopted by...

From firsts to historic results

Sunday, 27 January 2019, 09:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Justyne Caruana

The increasingly evident well-being across both islands, and an economy that grows from strength to strength, year after year, belie all the half-truths that some are so vehemently obsessed with...

The Corinthia and ‘sophistication’

Saturday, 26 January 2019, 15:40 Last update: about 9 years ago Timothy Alden

This week the Planning Authority gave the go ahead for 400 luxury apartments to be built at SmartCity. The Corinthia project has also been sold to us as a way to make Malta more "sophisticated". The...

When a government fiscal surplus can mean a governing deficit

Thursday, 24 January 2019, 12:06 Last update: about 9 years ago Anthony Buttigieg

On the day of my writing this the news came out that Malta recorded the highest government fiscal surplus in the European Union. Effectively it made 128 million euro more from income than it spent in...

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