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Prosperity with a purpose

Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 11:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Joseph Muscat

In 2016, we find ourselves in a period of unprecedented global economic instability: Brexit, low or non-existent growth in much of the eurozone and the rise of extremist parties are all signs of the...

Taking stock of the local socio-economic scenario

Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 09:27 Last update: about 8 years ago Gejtu Vella

Today we have got accustomed to a multitude of voices, faces and opinions on every subject under the sun.  This is positive.  What may be the cause of political polarisation and division is...

Il-Partit Demokratiku: imexxi mhux jitmexxa!

Monday, 31 October 2016, 12:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Min hu tampari, jifhimni aktar. Aħna ġenerazzjoni li għexna t-taqliba minn ġirja sfrenata wara informazzjoni u tagħrif, u meta ngħid ġirja jiġifieri...

Flexibility

Monday, 31 October 2016, 08:09 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

“Flexibility” in the manner by which eurozone rules are being run has become a critical issue. As developed some two years ago, when it became apparent that France would not be able to...

The spin-meisters of Castille

Sunday, 30 October 2016, 10:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

I have absolutely no doubt that the future is all written down and planned by the spin-meisters at Castille. We have had the Budget Speech and all the accompanying discussions about it. That has...

A farce in the making

Sunday, 30 October 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Public consultation on the Delimara operational permit has commenced. This permit has to be issued in terms of the provisions of the EU directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC)....

Italy, tremors and Brussels

Sunday, 30 October 2016, 10:19 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

As I write this piece, there are more and more tremors being felt along central Italy, from Perugia downwards to the historical centre of Rome, in the aftermath of the overnight quakes that destroyed...

A pile of ash

Saturday, 29 October 2016, 10:16 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

When Joseph Muscat unveiled his Road Map on that screen some nearly four years ago full of pomposity, there was just a hollow idea on the board, a borrowed plan that failed to live up to its original...

The answer, my friends, is not blowing in the wind

Saturday, 29 October 2016, 09:29 Last update: about 8 years ago Arnold Cassola

The Budget has come and gone, with most people and organizations judging it on how it hits them directly.  As in most budgets, I would say that there are good measures, bad measures ...

Too much make-up

Friday, 28 October 2016, 15:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The Joseph Muscat we saw on Tuesday in Parliament was not the Muscat we saw on Monday. The make-up was a bit overdone – too white, I thought. But that was just the start. When I walked into...

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