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Labour, Please tell us what you plan to do

Thursday, 15 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I’m tired of asking. When is the Labour Party going to give us even an inkling of what it plans to do, starting in 18 months’ time? ...

General Assembly of the EPP Workers Group: Boosting employment

Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

With the notable exception of Malta, the financial crisis has left unemployment at a historic high across most of Europe. In Spain, the unemployment rate remains stubborn at one-fifth of the workforce...

No Last word on egg freezing

Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The freezing of ova, temporarily at least, has seemed to have put to rest the mind of many who wished for In Vitro Fertilisation while bypassing the need to freeze embryos...

Expect Jobs deal ‘yes’ on tax cuts

Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The real takeaway from President Barack Obama’s jobs agenda? Workers probably can count on continuing to pay lower payroll taxes. Employers may not have to pay as much, either...

Summer Reads

Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

This summer, with so much happening on the international front as well as in key economic and financial sectors, many are those who found themselves glued to their laptops, notebooks and net books...

The Saver’s dilemma

Monday, 12 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Interest rates are now close to zero throughout the developed world (the United States, Europe, and Japan)....

Changing The mood

Monday, 12 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Last week the credit rating agency Moody’s changed our credit rating and reclassified Malta from A1 to A2. Maybe for most of the people this has no significance and at face value it does not have an impact on their everyday life. ...

WikiLeaks And a leaner Cabinet

Sunday, 11 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has tried to justify himself following the revelations by WikiLeaks of what he thinks about the local political system ...

A Moment In Time: Who says history is not fun?

Sunday, 11 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The naming of an insignificant public garden in Paola seems to have disturbed much of Nationalist parliamentary secretary Jason Azzopardi’s ...

10 Years on

Sunday, 11 September 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Friday marked the 10th anniversary of the ghastly 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States. The reverberations of the rapid succession of events ...

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