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No budget for small businesses

Saturday, 27 October 2018, 09:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Peter Agius

On Monday I was eagerly following Professor Scicluna's speech, awaiting innovative Government proposals helping our SMEs to tap into EU opportunities. I was hoping that the Government would respond to...

The Ostrich Budget

Friday, 26 October 2018, 08:32 Last update: about 9 years ago Mario de Marco

In a budget one expects government to lay out its vision and goals, to state the strategy it is going to use to maximise on the country's opportunities and addresses the present and future challenges....

Aġenzija Sapport - the role of a national Agency

Thursday, 25 October 2018, 08:45 Last update: about 9 years ago

Putting disability on top of the national agenda is not only necessary for Malta to comply with the ratified Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability but also in the nation's best interest....

Good governance à la carte

Sunday, 21 October 2018, 11:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Timothy Alden

In the past couple of weeks, some major events have taken place that will have a great impact on Malta, but which have largely slipped under the radar. It is crucial to get an idea of what is going...

The ICO is dead, long live the token economy

Sunday, 21 October 2018, 10:18 Last update: about 9 years ago Paul Brody

I am old. So old that I was working in Silicon Valley during the original dot-com bubble. It was an amazing time in an amazing place. I worked at a start-up then and we managed to get ourselves around...

Success is proof of hard work

Sunday, 21 October 2018, 09:48 Last update: about 9 years ago Justyne Caruana

Our economic performance continues to remain high on international surveys, despite a concerted attempt to tarnish the country’s reputation in European circles. This week, the World...

Good news for our trappers!

Friday, 19 October 2018, 10:11 Last update: about 9 years ago

Back when Malta had been negotiating its terms of accession with the EU, several key stakeholders had received letters appeasing their concerns about membership and the effects it would have on them....

The grey wall of indifference

Tuesday, 16 October 2018, 10:33 Last update: about 9 years ago Vicki Ann Cremona

On platform 21 in the Milan train station, there is a big grey wall with one word written across it: ‘INDIFFERENZA’. This was the platform from which the trains to Auschwitz departed,...

My tribute to Daphne

Sunday, 14 October 2018, 09:52 Last update: about 9 years ago Timothy Alden

I have been thinking about this article for months, looking for the right words to discuss the terrible subject of Daphne Caruana Galizia's brutal assassination. There is no easy way to discuss this...

Understanding the Rule of Law (Part I)

Sunday, 14 October 2018, 09:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

On 16 October 2017, a controversial public figure was brutally assassinated for daring to uncover some uncomfortable truths about one or more persons. Many of us disagreed with her style and the way...

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