by Jesmond Saliba The angry crowds that filled the streets of Tunisia in 2011 shouted “Employment, freedom, dignity”, a slogan that would echo in other revolts across the Middle East.…
by Tonio Borg The popular revolts that raged across the Arab region in 2011 were a turning point, but the direction of change varied from country to country. Dr Tonio…
by John Naudi ‘Democracy!… Stability!… Prosperity!’. These were a few of the buzz words used by many when the political uprisings and widespread protests erupted in 2011, known as the…
by Keith Zahra The European Commission has disbursed €9 billion to seven EU Member States in the fifth instalment of financial support to Member States under the SURE instrument. View…
by Keith Zahra The European Commission has adopted the first strategic plan for Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation programme worth €95.5 billion in current prices. View and…
In February, Amsterdam replaced London as Europe’s largest trade sharing centre. The Capital had held the title for decades, but a ban on EU-based financial institutions trading in the UK…
Children’s rights should be safeguarded during the pandemic, Member of the European Parliament Josianne Cutajar said. View and Download your free edition of CD Pro here:
by Keith Zahra The European Council has extended the sanctions targeting those responsible for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for a further six months…
The European Parliament discussed the Covid-19 vaccine in the presence of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last month. During the debate, the European Commission President admitted that the…
by Keith Zahra Eurozone Finance Ministers agreed that respective Member States will ensure that until the health crisis is over and recovery is firmly underway, they will continue to protect…
by Dasha Afanasieva via Reuters Breakingviews Activist shareholders may find a more receptive audience in Paris. The ouster of Danone boss Emmanuel Faber shows French companies can no longer be…
by Robert Cyran via Reuters Breakingviews President Joe Biden wants all Americans to be eligible for a shot by May 1 and for the country to be on a path…
This month, a consortium in New South Wales, Australia, announced plans for the world’s biggest battery. And at an estimated $2.4 billion, it will also be the priciest. View and…
One of the executive orders signed by President Biden on his first day in office, was to revoke the permits for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline connecting tar…
At the height of the Covid-19 emergency, the CEOs of some of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies, reiterated their commitment to an emissions-reduction manifesto announced in 2014. The…
In early 1882, Holborn Circus in central London came alight with a burst of electricity generated by a newly-built facility nearby. The Holborn Viaduct power station became the world’s first…
by Prof. JosAnn Cutajar A community consists of a group of individuals or families that share certain values, interests, services, institutions, and/or geographical proximity. Fellin (2001) defines ‘community’ as a…
by Keith Zahra The European Commission is forecasting a challenging winter but sees light at the end of the tunnel as the vaccination process gathers pace. In its Winter 2021…
by Keith Zahra Robust new trade enforcement rules have entered into force to further strengthen the EU’s toolbox in defending its interests. With the update of the EU’s Trade Enforcement…
by Keith Zahra MEPs have called for democratic oversight of tech giants to safeguard freedom of expression. View and Download your free edition of CD Pro here:
by Lisa Jucca via Reuters Greece’s reform of its hard-hit financial sector is taking a hazy turn. On the eve of a big recapitalisation of Piraeus Bank, the head of…
by Dasha Afanasieva via Reuters A stagnant economy, sanctions and low oil prices are the standard risk factors that Russian companies hoping to go public tend to flag to investors.…
by Liam Proud via Reuters The only surprising thing about Vincent Bolloré’s plan to spin off a chunk of Universal Music is that he didn’t think of it sooner. The…
Hours before the Burmese parliament was set to certify the results of the general election held in November, the country’s powerful armed forces seized control of government and declared a…
by Keith Zahra The Commission has launched a public consultation on environmental crime, as parts of its efforts to review EU rules on the subject. The results of this public…
by Karen Kwok via Reuters Electric scooters are not kids’ toys anymore. The pandemic has helped turn two-wheeled transportation into an essential part of urban traffic. More cities are also…
by Dr. Maria Brown The current housing situation in Malta needs to be contextualised in a mainstreamed culture where home ownership is considered as the ideal tenure status (Parliamentary Secretariat…
The invocation of Article 50 by the UK opened the door to a whirlwind that has blown past two British Prime Ministers, two EU Commissions, two UK elections, an EU…
by Keith Zahra The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a new digital levy. This initiative aims to ensure fair taxation in the digital economy, while at the…
After years of hard-nosed negotiations, false starts and inconclusive talks, the post-Brexit deal announced by the UK and the EU on December 24th felt nothing short of a Christmas miracle.…
by Keith Zahra Portugal has taken over the Presidency of the European Council for the fourth time from January 2021. View and Download your free edition of CD Pro here:
As a young boy, Joe Biden used to say he wanted to become President of the United States when he grew up. Sure enough, he announced his first presidential bid…
by Keith Zahra The European Parliament has approved the strengthening of the so-called enforcement regulation, which allows the EU to protect its trade interests against partners acting illegally. View and…
by Keith Zahra The EU executive set out a number of actions needed to step up the fight against the pandemic. View and Download your free edition of CD Pro…
The word ‘disruption’ was spoken with quasi-glorification in thought-leadership circles until disruption hit in a very real way in 2020. In fact, the world beyond the pandemic is being propelled…
by Tonio Galea A year ago, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace after formally ending a two-decade conflict with neighbouring Eritrea. Some weeks ago,…
by Keith Zahra The euro zone is on track for its first double-dip recession in nearly a decade, according to a Reuters poll of economists which points to a more…
by Keith Zahra The European Commission has launched a new complaints system for reporting market access barriers and breaches of Trade and Sustainable Development commitments in the EU’s trade agreements…
by Isabelle Micallef Bonello The pandemic has accentuated the need for digitalisation in all spheres of society and economy. From home schooling to teleworking to interacting with our older family…
by Peter Thal Larsen Britain’s dilemma over Brexit will outlast its architect’s grip on power. Dominic Cummings, who masterminded the campaign to leave the European Union, will step down as…
Georgia and North Carolina were the last states to be called in the US Presidential race, ten days after the election. Democratic nominee Joe Biden won 306 Electoral Votes in…
by Dr. Michelle Attard Tonna It is often said that that education shapes social change, but it is also true that social change shapes education. In many ways, education is…
by Jesmond Saliba Industry 4.0 is still a realm in the making, but restless keynoters are already heralding the coming of Industry 5.0. Economies will change, societies will adapt, and…
by Sharon Lam via Reuters Breakingviews Cathay Pacific’s layoffs may not be the last. Hong Kong’s beleaguered airline is cutting around 8,500 jobs, or 24% of the group’s headcount, and…
by George Hay via Reuters Breakingviews If wind and solar power are zero-carbon energy’s golden boys, carbon capture is its problem child. Climate activists often see the process of removing…
by Jennifer Saba and Gina Chon via Reuters Breakingviews Google has met its Microsoft moment. The U.S. Justice Department is suing the Alphabet-owned unit, slamming its dominance in online search.…
The European Parliament has adopted proposals on how the EU can best regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) in order to boost innovation, ethical standards, and trust in technology. View and Download…
Nearly half of the human trafficking victims in the European Union are EU citizens (49%), and one third (34 %) of the victims were trafficked within their own EU Member…
The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, which pools European resources to buy and deploy world-class supercomputers and technologies, co-signed a contract worth €144.5 million to acquire the LUMI supercomputer. View and Download…
The European Commission has issued a €17 billion inaugural social bond under the EU SURE instrument to help protect jobs and keep people in work. The issuing consisted of two…
The stage of the American election is as big as the world. Every nation follows the US Presidential change-of-season every four years with interest. In 2020, things have gone up…
The American Presidential election funnel is fairly straightforward. Parties field multiple candidates into the fight-fest more commonly known as the Primaries whittling down their number until the last one standing…
Suburbs across America are dotted with blue-and-red yard signs, but not all of them are shout-outs to Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Or even Kamala Harris and Mike Pence. The…
The US Presidential contest is a competition for counties– the local units of government that make up an American state. The results in a handful of counties can determine which…
Donald J. Trump registered the biggest defeat of any winning presidential candidate in US history. If that statement needs reading twice, it is because of the peculiarity of the American…
Joe Biden has been leading the national and toss-up state polls for a steady seven months now. But when your adversary is the Republican Party in the unpredictable form of…
The COVID-19 pandemic was the latest crisis to prove that market forces alone and “trickle-down” economic policies had failed to produce the social benefits their proponents claim. View and Download…
The Italian state has planted its investment flag in another important industry. Local payments group Nexi’s all-share deal to buy state-controlled Sia will create a 15 billion euro domestic champion…