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‘Is it time for quotas on foreign workers?’ Finance Minister Clyde Caruana
With foreign workers totalling almost 70,000 which is close to a third of the entire workforce, Finance and Employment Minister Clyde Caruana has floated to idea of introducing quotas to…
‘Time to deliver’ – The Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council
On January 1, 2021, Portugal took over from Germany the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six ; The priorities of the current Portuguese Presidency…
‘I never planned to venture into politics’
Outgoing Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with Disability Oliver Scicluna who relinquished the post to take up a seat as a government MP, confided that he had never planned…
COVID-19 vaccines: EU must respond with unity and solidarity
MEPs expressed broad support for the common EU approach to fighting the pandemic and called for complete transparency regarding contracts and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines. In the plenary debate on…
No end in sight for the construction saga
Ten months after the tragic death of Miriam Pace in her Ħamrun residence, the much-awaited construction industry reform is yet to materialise. It was only this week that the recommendations…