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Malta losing fight against obesity
Low consumption of fruits and especially vegetables, high intake of soft drinks and sweets, irregular breakfast patters and poor activity levels are being blamed for Malta’s lack of progress in…
Signs of a property slowdown
Latest data by the National Statistics Office could be an indication that the property market is showing signs of slowing down with a significant drop in the number of final…
2021 Census exposes sharp drop in housing affordability
Ownership of newly constructed residential dwellings across the Maltese Islands has fallen to the lowest rate in 75 years, due to the sharp rise in property prices which is seriously…
850 MCAST students dropping out each year
Students in apprentice-based courses struggling to find placements Some 850 full-time MCAST students are dropping out during the first year, while an unspecified number believed to be in the hundreds…
Work-life balance, purchasing power in Malta deteriorating
Maltese workers are finding it increasingly hard to juggle between their job and personal life with a worrying deterioration in their work-life balance, an international study has concluded. It transpires…
Watch: What next after MCESD meeting on power cuts?
UHM Voice of the Workers CEO Josef Vella gives his views on the outcome of the recent meeting of the Malta Council of Economic and Social Development which was summoned…
2022 population rise would not fit in Ta’ Qali Stadium!
In 2022 Malta’s population rose by almost 22,000 which is way above the full capacity of the Ta’ Qali National Stadium which can hold 17,000 spectators. Data published by the…
NSO data signals that print media is not down and out
Print media might be in decline, but according to the National Statistics Office in 2022 private expenditure on, newspapers and periodicals increased by and respectively. It transpires that last year…