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A grey-list switch

Sunday, 11 July 2021, 09:44 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Tomorrow, Monday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Standards in Public Life will commence the examination of Report K/032 on Labour Party Qormi Member of Parliament Rosianne Cutajar. The...

The future is already here

Sunday, 11 July 2021, 08:13 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

We saw this week a vision of the future, and it doesn’t look good at all. We must go beyond the facts as they are told us (or rather, as they come from the spinning machine) and understand...

100 policies

Saturday, 10 July 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

How are we to measure Malta’s success in the future?   As things stand in this hot summer air, the level of success is judged by the number of votes received at an election or the...

Good job

Thursday, 8 July 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

No matter what some may be claiming: Prime Minister Abela is doing a good job of keeping the right balance between the progress achieved in the years prior to his premiership, and the changes that his...

Youth activism

Thursday, 8 July 2021, 07:52 Last update: about 6 years ago Michael Briguglio

In Malta’s public sphere it is rather common to see young people being active in various areas, expressing dissent toward economic, social, and environmental policies and practices. When...

Forgetting all about islandness

Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 08:11 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

Last April, it was reported that the Maltese Government was seeking Euro 290 million in state aid for Air Malta to turn the airline into a sustainable and profit-making enterprise. Such measures are...

Loaded banks

Monday, 5 July 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

Since the 2008-2012 financial crisis, a big problem in the European banking sector was that too many banks continued to carry the burden of loans they had made and which had become dud. Borrowers...

Bernard Grech’s Letter

Sunday, 4 July 2021, 10:08 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

One cannot overstate that Malta’s extreme smallness makes our sovereignty an unusual case. It exists as a fluke, as a freak of history.  If we learn good management and behave correctly, we...

Old habits die hard

Sunday, 4 July 2021, 09:07 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Malta’s grey-listing by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) may have caught some on the wrong foot.  The writing, however, has been on the wall for some time. The language of good...

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