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Media Freedom Act: protecting editorial decisions from political interference
The Culture and Education Committee amended the draft bill to make sure it applies to all media content and strengthens transparency and independence of EU media. In their draft position…
Parliament’s summer hiatus
It has become the norm for the House of Representatives to rise for a three-month summer recess, stretching from July to October. While this is an expected occurrence in many…
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…
Summer is almost over… and how
There was a time when in summer driving in the hot scorching afternoon sun was somehow a relaxing experience despite having no aircondition, for the simple reason that roads used…
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…
A waste collection crisis
Weeks after the power cuts fiasco which was blamed on climate change, we are now experiencing the thrills and spills of a waste collection crisis which some are blaming on…
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…
The price of inflation
Data published recently by the National Statistics Office shows that over the past year those having a part-time job over and above their full-time job increased by This means that…
