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Gozo: So many reports, so little to report

Friday, 21 November 2014, 08:35 Last update: about 11 years ago

In a press conference made after the Finance Minister's Budget speech, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the feasibility study commissioned by the government into the possibility of building an...

Malta slips in Gender Gap Report

Thursday, 20 November 2014, 17:05 Last update: about 11 years ago Renee Laiviera

The Global Gender Gap Report, comparing the situation of women in 2014 with that in 2013 in four particular areas of concern, included eight new countries in the Index. Five of these countries were...

Budget speech: Was the 3 hour and 50 minute speech necessary?

Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 08:06 Last update: about 11 years ago

This publishing house has already given its views and analyses of Budget 2015. We believe that the budget was a positive one and the government is on track to achieve its objectives. However,...

Budget day: What’s to be expected

Monday, 17 November 2014, 07:39 Last update: about 11 years ago

There was a time when the day dedicated to the budget was one of tension and apprehension. The build-up was secretive and there were no indications on what to expect, other than some reductions or...

Laissez faire

Monday, 17 November 2014, 07:37 Last update: about 11 years ago David Casa

Recent happenings involving members of government are really putting the taghna lkoll slogan in serious jeopardy. These antics remind us more of people in power in some obscure puppet republic...

Gender equality, the facts

Friday, 14 November 2014, 08:04 Last update: about 11 years ago

In her contribution to this newspaper of Friday 7th November entitled "Ministers on bimbos", MP Claudette Buttigieg criticised this government's record in the area of gender equality on the basis of...

Exploration: The cost of landing a probe on a comet

Friday, 14 November 2014, 08:03 Last update: about 11 years ago

The scientific community leaped for joy on Wednesday night as the European Space Agency probe Philae landed on the surface of the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This is a huge achievement, the...

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