The Malta Independent 16 July 2026, Thursday
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Getting the balance right: when saving becomes sustainable (1)

Sunday, 26 October 2025, 07:40 Last update: about 10 months ago David Spiteri Gingell

The conversation about securing our later years is of significant importance.  We must build a system that helps everyone save without harming those struggling today.  Building on my earlier...

Election jitters

Sunday, 26 October 2025, 07:35 Last update: about 10 months ago Noel Grima

So who is undermining Malta's international name - the Nationalists by taking part in a European Parliament debate on human rights (in which PES also took part) on the anniversary of Daphne's death,...

Only Labour guarantees economic prosperity

Friday, 24 October 2025, 07:05 Last update: about 10 months ago Owen Bonnici

This Monday, we will present the fourth budget of this legislature. Families will be the focus of Budget 2026. This budget follows a statement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) indicating...

Courts: The next step

Thursday, 23 October 2025, 09:27 Last update: about 10 months ago Mark Said

The issue of how much specialisation is required of a modern judiciary is debated in many legal systems, some of which have a long tradition of generalist judges. The increasing complexity of...

European capital markets

Thursday, 23 October 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 10 months ago Alfred Sant

The point has again been made by the President of the eurogroup - the committee of eurozone finance ministers which sets policies for the zone. A greater degree of unity between European capital...

National security

Monday, 20 October 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 10 months ago Alfred Sant

In all European countries... or almost all... fullscale public debates have been raging about national security issues, both by way of foreign military threats, as well as of internal concerns. True,...

Labour’s looting

Sunday, 19 October 2025, 09:04 Last update: about 10 months ago Kevin Cassar

"Taxpayers shouldn't fund political parties," Robert Abela told Alex Borg, the newly elected leader of the PN. "I'm surprised by the opposition leader's stance...which was... to fix his party's...

Does social welfare matter?

Sunday, 19 October 2025, 09:00 Last update: about 10 months ago Frans Camilleri

For more than three decades, social protection in the majority of developed countries has been a key policy tool in improving human capital and addressing poverty.  In Malta, the social welfare...

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