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EDUKAZZJONI |
Malta is spending too much on university students, and not getting enough university graduates in return, a study by the European Commission has revealed. MaltaToday midweek 18.2.2009 | |
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TURIZMU |
Qiegħdin friċessjoni turistika. Robert Arrigo ILLUM 22.2.2009 | |
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DEMOKRAZIJA |
Dikjarazzjoni ta Austin Gatt fil-Kabinett urtat lil numru kbir ta Membri Parlamentari Nazzjonalista. Gatt, li hu magħruf għall-istil tiegħu kif jitkellem mingħajr ma kelma joqgħod jomgħodha, waqt laqgħa tal-Kabinett instema jikkummenta li hawn ġew mhawnx post għad-demokrazija. ILLUM 25.1.2009 | |
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POLITIKA |
Only 8.7% of the Maltese said they were satisfied with the government's performance at present. As many as 80.3% said they are not satisfied, while the remaining 11% did not commit themselves. The Sunday Times 11.6.2006 | |
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XOGHOL |
The number of people employed on a full-time basis dropped by 1,109 between February and March when compared to the same period last year but an increase of 279 part-timers was reported, the National Statistics Office said. timesofmalta.com 3.9.2010 | |
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PARTIT NAZZJONALISTA |
The former deputy mayor of Siġġiewi was yesterday charged with defrauding six people of 50,000 by promising them jobs at the The Times 9.1.2009 A meeting of the Nationalist Partys parliamentary group held yesterday morning turned out to be a full-scale confrontation with the Prime Minister over the plans for the extension of The These are difficult times for the party in government. Nothing seems to be going its way. Right from the time it won the general election by just a whisker, the going has been uphill all the time, as shown by the results of the European Parliament and local council elections in June. Party leader and Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi appears to be losing some of the political pull he had in the first years of his election as leader and a number of his colleagues in Cabinet appear to be suffering from the wear-and-tear syndrome. In short, the party's popularity appears to be taking a battering and the outlook does not look encouraging as it struggles to cope with loads of old and new difficulties in so many areas of life in the country. Editorjal, The Times 19.9.2009 | |
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EKONOMIJA |
Malta entered an official recession at the close of last year, provisional figures issued by the National Statistics Office yesterday showed. The statistics also showed the delayed toll the global economic crisis and recession is having on The | |
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PENSJONIJIET |
Over three-quarters of the Maltese population aged 16 and over - 76.7% - are against raising the official retirement age from the present 61 to 65; only 8.3% agree; 13% were indifferent. Only 35% are convinced that a reform of the state pension system is needed; 20% are neutral on the issue; 31.7% were not at all sure about the need of reform, while the remaining 13.3% did not express an opinion. Regarding the second pillar - another essential component of the reform as announced by the Prime Minister, Dr Gonzi, recently - only 26.3% were in full agreement; 29.3% are indifferent, while another 36% said they were not sure about the whole idea; 8.3% did not commit themselves. The Sunday Times 19.3.2006 | |
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IMMIGRANTI ILLEGALI |
A UNHCR delegation was shocked on Thursday to find 11 men cooped up in a tiny, dark and unventilated room at the Lyster Barracks detention centre after allegedly trying to escape. The officials from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees visited the detention centre while they were in The Sunday Times 23.7.2006 |
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GHOLI TAL-HAJJA |
The majority of respondents, 48 per cent, said they are finding it difficult to pay all their bills at the end of the month. MISCO survey The Times 6.5.2006 |
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SAHHA |
There is a disaster in the health sector, Mr (Gejtu - UHM) Vella added, and if John Dalli has too big a ministry, the prime minister must downsize it for him. The |
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INDUSTRIJA |
According to the latest FOI Industry Trends Survey, manufacturing demand continued to decline in November as order books hit their lowest levels in 16 months. As a result, production is expected to decline significantly in the following three months. In this scenario, industrial confidence for the month deteriorated significantly. The survey also registers a further increase in the number of firms predicting a fall in selling prices, and a marked deterioration in employment expectations.
Consumer goods manufacturers have yet again suffered a decline in total and export order book levels.
Industrial confidence for intermediate producing firms deteriorated significantly in November, resulting in the worst performance among the three main industrial groupings. Indeed, industrial confidence for the sector has been in negative territory since last August to reach its lowest levels ever registered. This reflects deterioration in total and export order books and a high level of stocks of finished products. The three-month outlook for the sector remains strongly pessimistic as production expectations scaled back substantially for the second consecutive month, shifting into negative territory with a large majority of firms expecting production to fall. At the same time, the survey shows a very negative outlook for selling prices and employment in the sector. The Sunday Times 24.12.2006 |
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UNJONI EWROPEA |
Five years after EU membership, and only 37.2% think MaltaToday 3.5.2009 |
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AMBJENT |
The Environment Minister, who himself claimed only three years ago that all that was needed was to make better use of the existing zones as there was enough land there for the next twenty years, should hang his head in shame. Vote George: Get Lorry: Get Lost will be his epitaph. With politicians like these, we will never rise above being a Martin Scicluna, Vice President Din l-Art Helwa Vigilo Magazine, October 2006. |
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QAGHDA TAL-MALTIN |
Why are so many of us feeling so grumpy about our current financial wellbeing? Editorjal, The Times 17.12.2009 |
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KUMMERC |
Mhemm l-ebda ndikazzjoni statistika li turi li l-profitti tas-sidien tan-negozji kibru fl-ahhar snin. Anzi ras ghall-ras il-figuri juru li l-profitti naqsu. GRTU Stqarrija ghall-Istampa 11.1.2008 ref: 506/08 |
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KORRUZZJONI |
In a sworn affidavit, Jo Said recounted how Nationalist MP David Agius had admitted to him that corruption runs deep in the Nationalist Party and the government. Mr Said met Mr Agius at his behest on 17 January morning at Saracinos in Attard square after they had met on a TV programme. On that day Mr Agius confessed to Mr Said that corruption runs deep in the Nationalist Party and the government. Mr Said asked him whether he would leave this matter on his conscience and told him that he would become corrupt by hiding away corruption. The Times 5.2.2008 |
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RELAZZJONIJIET MA PAJJIZI BARRANIN |
Malta struck a somewhat dubious friendship this week with Eritrea a country with no recognisable rule of law or respect for human rights, known for torturing dissidents, holding thousands of prisoners of conscience incommunicado, outlawing opposition parties, and imprisoning members of religious groups, journalists and citizens attempting to evade forced military conscription. The country has also been censored on numerous occasions by both the The | |
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INFLAZZJONI |
While most of the continent's inflation is sliding, The Times 16.1.2009 |
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SmartCity Malta chief executive Fareed Abdulrahman said last week that he expected many jobs at the 360,000 square metre SmartCity Malta development to be filled by expats from outside Malta. The |
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FAQAR |
Eurostat said that in timesofmalta.com 13.12.2010 17:43CET |
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L-ESTENZJONI TAL-POWER STATION TA DELIMARA |
However much the government tries to fend off the strong criticism being levelled at the way a Danish company was contracted to supply new generation plant for the extension of the Delimara power station, the hard fact remains there is much in the Auditor General's report that raises concern over the award of the contract. Editorjal, The Times 29.4.2010 |