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Employment in the civil service

Michael Falzon

Today, apart from the phenomenal increase in youngsters getting a University degree, jobs in the private sector are much better paid

Chewing gum planning and politics

Saviour Balzan

It must have been 18 years ago and I can recall the phone call. “The minister would like to talk to you, he has something important to tell you.

The Matic report: MEPs... who will trust science? | Andrea Dibben

There cannot be a commitment to the fundamental right to gender equality...

There cannot be a commitment to the fundamental right to...

Michael Falzon

In Malta they also get the hotch-potch development and the skyline they deserve

In Malta they also get the hotch-potch development and the...

When it comes to education, in the grand scheme of things, what’s another year?

Josanne Cassar

In a year in which even adults have suffered mental health issues due to job uncertainty, anxiety over illness and even the loss of loved ones, why are we...

In a year in which even adults have suffered mental health...

Saviour Balzan

On FATF: It will be nasty to have the Americans taking out the speck of Malta’s eye while we are powerless to remove the beam in theirs

On FATF: It will be nasty to have the Americans taking out...

Towards implementing the PN’s energy plan

Ryan Callus

There’s one logical reason behind the government’s choice –...

There’s one logical reason behind the...

Why do we have an Environment Ministry, anyway?

Raphael Vassallo

Does he himself agree with Malta’s obstinacy in permitting...

Does he himself agree with Malta’s obstinacy in...

Addressing the needs of individuals on the autism spectrum

Alex Agius Saliba

Autism may be an unfamiliar condition to those who may not be accustomed to...

Autism may be an unfamiliar condition to those who may not...

Peter Agius

We are expected to be happy with what we get to know from ministerial press conferences and work with that. But even those are incomplete

We are expected to be happy with what we get to know from...

Euro 2020 – where the big players come from China and the US

The Conversation

Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop - Organisations from China and the US...

Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop - Organisations...

An initiative worth defending | Alex Muscat

We are adamant that such initiatives related to residency and citizenship are...

We are adamant that such initiatives related to residency...

‘The best in the world’. Laughable, certainly… BUT…

Raphael Vassallo

Are we seriously expected to believe that Malta will become a global leader in...

Are we seriously expected to believe that Malta will become...

Michael Falzon

The current mess in planning is the result of many decisions taken over the years intended to soothe the Maltese psyche

The current mess in planning is the result of many...

Is it right to terrorise women into not accessing a service available in the EU?

Chris Barbara | We regularly take calls from distressed women who are resolute on ordering abortion pills, but are terrified that they would have the police...

Chris Barbara | We regularly take calls from distressed...

MEP Josianne Cutajar is a Member of the Transport and Tourism Committee as well as the Tourism Taskforce at the European Parliament

MEP Josianne Cutajar is a Member of the Transport and...

Everyone but government, it seems, is finally waking up to the development problem…

Raphael Vassallo

Even if it comes a good two decades too late, there is still a lot of value in Fenech’s recommendation to disband the Planning Authority, and create...

Even if it comes a good two decades too late, there is...

Michael Falzon

Suddenly the PN has become more positive than negative. Then the PN media abruptly undermines everything it had managed to achieve by publishing a...

Suddenly the PN has become more positive than...

The state of the nation could be much, much better

Josanne Cassar

Governments come and go, but the legacy of what they leave behind will have a...

Governments come and go, but the legacy of what they leave...

Saviour Balzan

Beyond the environmental arguments, there is little doubt that the Gozo-Malta tunnel will put incredible pressure on the country’s coffers, at a time of...

Beyond the environmental arguments, there is little doubt...