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Actual expenditure on power network below the allocated amount
Despite irrefutable evidence of a sharp rise in demand, State energy provider Enemalta failed to carry out the promised capital investment in the distribution network, until it was completely exposed…
More books being loaned from libraries
Last year public libraries registered a significant rise in book loans while new membership rose by more than a third. Data published by the National Statistics Office shows that in…
Malta’s minimum wage stuck in 12th despite Low Wage Commission agreement
Despite a increase in 2024, Malta’s minimum wage remained stuck in 12th place overall among EU countries having this minimum threshold by law. Date published by Eurofound reveals that Malta’s…
Concerns raised over alternative facility hosting patients from Mount Carmel Hospital
A decision to transfer Mount Carmel Hospital patients to an alternative mental health facility at Villa Anna Teresa in St Julian’s has fuelled controversy following complaints that the latter is…
Foreign workers now exceed 115,000
Despite signs that overpopulation is taking its toll on the Maltese Islands, the influx of foreign workers has continued unabated with the total number of declared foreign workers reaching 115,721…
6 reasons why council results differed from the MEP election
The June 8 MEP and local council election have been done and dusted but many have queried the reason why the results were significantly different. Why in the MEP election…
MEP Election Analysis: Who Are the real winners?
The June 8 MEP elections took pollsters and both major parties by surprise due to the unexpectedly narrow margin between them, shrinking to just 8,454 votes. This is a stark…
Significant decline in workers’ rights in Malta
A significant decline in workers’ rights in Malta over the past 15 years has resulted in a worrying drop in industrial democracy which has plunged to the fourth place from…
‘Edward Scicluna must resign immediately’
UHM Voice of the Workers CEO Josef Vella has called on Central Bank Governor Edward Scicluna to resign in the wake of the criminal charges filed against him in connection…
Planning Authority calls for increase in daily fines
Daily fines for illegal developments should increase as they are no longer an effective financial deterrent, the planning authority has warned. The call was made in the 2023 annual report…