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The property market: the collateral damage of the Dubai model

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:55 Last update: about 9 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week I was present at the property conference and listened to what various stakeholders had to say in view of the latest edition of the KPMG Property Report commissioned annually by the...

Auto-enrolment: Governance and accountability that earns trust

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:52 Last update: about 9 months ago David Spiteri Gingell

Auto-Enrolment is a system. Systems do not succeed on intention. They succeed on discipline, competence, and accountability. Malta's AE framework must apply the highest standards to how decisions are...

A child playing with fire

Sunday, 30 November 2025, 07:42 Last update: about 9 months ago Noel Grima

His predecessor resigned reportedly after a negative opinion poll. Alex Borg did not come out well from the two opinion polls that were published in the past two weeks. They were the first...

Revitalising the arts

Friday, 28 November 2025, 08:28 Last update: about 9 months ago Owen Bonnici

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Arts Council Malta has launched an unprecedented initiative that has been well-received by local artists and the public alike. RETOLD is an initiative that...

Bias

Thursday, 27 November 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 9 months ago Alfred Sant

Across the years, the left in Maltese politics - effectively the Labour Party - would be accused (still is) of not showing sufficient respect towards the island's institutions - in first place, the...

Addressing the fertility crisis

Thursday, 27 November 2025, 07:59 Last update: about 9 months ago Mark Said

The crisis of low and falling birth rates is the most urgent problem facing Malta. While the government continues to introduce pro-natal policies to reduce the birth rate, it remains far from...

Economics and management

Monday, 24 November 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 9 months ago Alfred Sant

Many moons ago, when I came back to Malta after some years abroad, I discovered that among the shakers and movers of the country and its economic enterprises, the demand was growing for people who...

The adoration of the great leader

Sunday, 23 November 2025, 08:04 Last update: about 9 months ago Kevin Cassar

Official state propaganda asserts that Kim Jong-il was born on a sacred mountain, heralded by a double rainbow and the appearance of a new star in the sky.  Official biographies insist he never...

The car racing track: more money down the drain

Sunday, 23 November 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 9 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

Four years ago, during a Cabinet meeting at the Ta' Qali basketball pavilion, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that a €20 million car racing track would be constructed at Ħal-Far....

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