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What you should do if you believe that you were scammed?
Article prepared by ĠEMMA (within the Ministry for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children’s Rights) Recently we have seen a spate of scams in Malta – including phishing, romance…
Malta’s minimum wage losing its edge
Minimum wage earners in Luxembourg earn €2,202 a month which is almost three times as much as their Maltese counterparts who earn €785. Though Malta still ranks in the top…
Parliament adopts temporary rules to detect child sexual abuse online
MEPs endorsed a temporary regulation that allows web-based service providers to continue fighting child sexual abuse material online on a voluntary basis. In the context of a worrying increase in…
A ticking time bomb
Waste management has become one of Malta’s biggest challenges ranging from municipal waste to that generated by the construction industry. Whilst this is a global issue, Malta’s population density, its…
The 10 Commandments to protect yourself against scams and fraud
Article prepared by ĠEMMA (within the Ministry for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children’s Rights) Recently we have seen a spate of scams in Malta – including phishing, romance…
The European Child Guarantee
In 2019, the European Commission announced the creation of a European Child Guarantee with a view to ensuring that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion…
Undeclared income cost exchequer over €500 million since 2010
Over €500 million in income tax was lost in the last decade alone as a result of undeclared income. It transpires that between 2010 and 2020 there were 201,364 individuals…
Plastic waste and recycling in the EU: facts and figures
The production of plastic has grown exponentially in just a few decades - from million tonnes in 1950 to 359 million tonnes in 2018 worldwide – and with it the…
Act now or else the clouds turn black
Malta’s future hangs in the balance following the announcement that it has been grey listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Right now, the country’s reputation lies in tatters.…
Do you know how a scam works?
Recently we have seen a spate of scams in Malta – including phishing, romance fraud and business email ; Newspapers have reported that one business lost nearly €90,000 as a…