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Beyond the deficit is Malta spending enough on the future?

JP Fabri

The Malta Fiscal Advisory Council’s observation that research and development expenditure remains extremely low by European standards should therefore concern policymakers

Financial literacy in the age of 'finfluencers'

David Casa / Lídia Pereira

If we get this wrong, no amount of education will be enough. And if we ignore the digital environment, no amount of regulation will hold

Mark Camilleri Gambin

The veil of anonymity often tends to bring out the nastiest aspects of human nature - as evident with fake profiles on social media

The veil of anonymity often tends to bring out the nastiest...

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than a thousand intentions | Roberta Attard

You know, the tiniest seed in the right situation turns into the most beautiful forest. And then the most promising seed in the wrong situation turns into...

You know, the tiniest seed in the right situation turns...

Raphael Vassallo

The government of Malta has literally wasted untold billions in tax-payers’ money, over the course of a decade, on various ‘consultancies’...

The government of Malta has literally wasted untold...

Raphael Vassallo

The immediate difference this underscores is that both Eddie and Mintoff had a...

The immediate difference this underscores is that both...

Michael Falzon

Owning and breeding dangerous cats has become a hallmark of those who think they belong to a class that makes them a cut above everybody else

Owning and breeding dangerous cats has become a hallmark of...

No, Mr defence lawyer. It does not matter what she was wearing

Josanne Cassar

I thought we had got past the atrocious practice of asking a victim what she...

I thought we had got past the atrocious practice of asking...

Best in the world, just worse than Congo and Montenegro...

Saviour Balzan

Malta has historically been on the low end of the wider press freedom rankings,...

Malta has historically been on the low end of the wider...

Dealing with world population concerns | Christian Colombo, Joanna Onions

Rather than seeing people only as numbers, or baby-producing machines, to somehow be controlled in one direction or the other, let’s take a humanist...

Rather than seeing people only as numbers, or...

We can’t expect Gozo to remain a ‘virgin’, while we continue raping her sister-island

Raphael Vassallo

Yes, Gozitans are quite right to feel aggrieved... even as we, here in Malta, entreat the Gozitans to ‘respect their own...

Yes, Gozitans are quite right to feel aggrieved... even as...

Michael Falzon

Sometimes the governments’ generosity with particular individuals knows no bounds - even when it is at the expense of the common man

Sometimes the governments’ generosity with particular...

Welcome, welcome to Malta’s justice system

Saviour Balzan

It is a cruel world, made all the more cruel when justice is not meted out in...

It is a cruel world, made all the more cruel when justice...

Facing the demographic time bomb: the urgent need for action on gerontological and geriatric issues | Christian Borg Xuereb

As the global population ages, it is essential that we have a deep understanding of the unique needs and challenges of older adults.

As the global population ages, it is essential that we have...

The right for freedom of movement for workers in the EU

Renee Laiviera

The number of citizens interested in working in another EU country is on the...

The number of citizens interested in working in another EU...

So much, I suppose, for the European Parliament’s ‘Rule of Law’ crusade...

Raphael Vassallo

And, well... what does all that tell us, about how value the European Parliament REALLY attaches, to ‘fundamental principles’ such as the Rule Of...

And, well... what does all that tell us, about how value...

James Debono

The regularisation scheme for partly ODZ properties with illegalities which stop them from selling, is not the equivalent of the far more extensive 2006...

The regularisation scheme for partly ODZ properties with...

Michael Falzon

The contradictions in the sworn testimony given by Edward Scicluna, Keith Schembri, and Silvio Valletta are too blatant to be acceptable in a country that is...

The contradictions in the sworn testimony given by Edward...

Raphael Vassallo

Ah, but who actually gets the blame, for all the Minister’s evident FAILURE in this regard? Anton Refalo himself? Patricia Azzopardi? Anton Grech? Who?

Ah, but who actually gets the blame, for all the...

Josanne Cassar

It never ceases to depress me how, on the surface, we seem to have a thriving economy and yet, we have sectors of the country which are very underpaid and...

It never ceases to depress me how, on the surface, we seem...