Alex Jones, a right-wing media figure, mostly known for pushing biased talking points and spreading fake news has just had several of his social media accounts banned. As I disagree with most of his views I should be rejoicing, instead I am actually worried! As I apprehended the news, memories from my University entrance examinations […]
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Severe Material Deprivation in Malta: 14,000 People Still Enduring
Material Deprivation in Malta According to the European Statistics on Income and Living Conditions Survey, during 2017 there were 34,596 people living in materially deprived households. Amongst them 14,393 lived in households that were deemed to be severely materially deprived. In 2017, the material deprivation rate stood at 8.0 per cent, whereas the severe material […]
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The Malta Development Bank Convenes Its First Meeting
The recently established Malta Development Bank convened its first meeting, hence officially start operating as the first bank of its kind in Malta. The Maltese Government could move ahead with its plans to set up this bank after it got the approval of the European Commission back in August 2016.
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One in Ten Enduring Material Poverty in Malta
During 2016, more than 44,000 people in Malta suffered from material and social deprivation; while throughout the European Union 75 million people had to endure this fate. This emerges from the latest eurostat publication. The material and social deprivation rate in Malta for 2016 stood at 10.5%, 5.5 percentage points lower than the EU-wide rate of 15.7%. […]
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A quarter of all children under the age of 18 are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, both in Malta and the European Union. According to data provided by Eurostat, in 2016 the European Union (EU) was home to 24.8 million children who were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This amounts to […]
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Private Sector Full-time Jobs Increased by 8,430 over the last year
According to the Labour Force Survey data provided by Jobsplus the number of full-time gainfully occupied people in Malta has increased by 9,188 and has reached a population of 187,977 as of April 2017. The private sector added 8,430 new full-time jobs, while the public sector was responsible for a further 758 since April 2016. […]
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Income from Tourism increases by 16.7% for September 2017
Inbound Tourism September 2017 The gross income generated from tourism during September 2017 was estimated to have reached 231.6 million Euros, equivalent to a 16.7% increase over the same month last year. September 2017 witnessed the arrival of 235,881 tourists, 28,960 (or 14%) more than September 2016. 208,759 of these tourists visited Malta for holiday purposes, […]
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The Hypocritical Triumph of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Final Farewell
Antonio Tajani, an Italian militant monarchist in his youth, will be in Malta to attend the funeral of the blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia. The President of The Republic of Malta, her excellency Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, had also expressed her wish to show her condolences personally; but was made to understand that she was not […]
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Property Prices and Rents in Malta: Something You Really Need to Know
Most of us appreciate the notion of our country being economically successful, but not everyone might agree what exactly constitutes economic success. Favourable statistics are encouraging to look at, especially as they can be indicative of things to come. Yet they are meaningless unless they translate into better quality of life, eventually. An increase in […]
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Controversial blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia was the victim of a car bomb yesterday afternoon. The bomb was powerful enough to leave a 6-foot deep crater. Investigations are still ongoing but it is presumed and widely accepted that the charred cadaver found belongs to Daphne herself. The murder of Ms. Caruana Galizia has been described as […]
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