The Times of Malta argues that the prostitution reform law being proposed by the government risks leading to the protection of pimps, traffickers and men while doing little to reduce…
Times of Malta says that a strategy team planning for life after Covid-19 must be brutally honest and publish its terms of reference The Independent says that the Police force…
The Ministry for Solidarity and Social Justice, the Family and Children’s Rights welcomed the Auditor-General’s report entitled ‘A review of implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 1 Malta’s efforts at alleviating…
Poverty on the edges of society flagged by NGOs that work with vulnerable people may not be captured by official statistics, the National Audit Office said. In a first report…
Times of Malta says that electing Donald Trump as US President was a mistake. It says that democracy is both robust and fragile. The Independent says that climate change could…
The Times of Malta reacts to news that Maltese MEPs are rejecting an EU proposal for a consolidated corporate tax base. It says these MEPs need to ease tensons betweeen…
A new residence permit for asylum seekers formerly recipients of ‘temporary humanitarian protection’, has been criticised as leading to increased social exclusion and poverty for long-term migrants. Social NGOs and…
The Times of Malta discusses the Standards' Commissioners criticism of MPs who take up public appointments or jobs. It endorses having full-time MPs who are adequately paid to fulfil their…
A new report by the World Food Programme, known as the Cost of a Plate of Food 2020, has once again exposed the inequality around the world of accessing the…
The new poverty in Italy has changed identity and face. The new 'poor' is a woman, Italian, with two children and an average age of around 40. The identikit emerges…
The Times looks at the latest European Commission report on the rule of law in Malta, which confirmed that "in recent months, the Government of Malta has continued its work…
Based on the income year 2018, the number of at-risk-of-poverty persons living in Malta was estimated at 82,758, while the average gross household income for 2018 is estimated at €…
Four papers in print today, with Editorials focusing on issues which are perhaps generally overlooked in leading op-eds, such as ODZ reform, poverty, bureaucracy and the increase in Malta's population.…
More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years,…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a three-year partnership in Ethiopia to support the Government in preventing acute malnutrition in children and mothers…
The number of Italian families living in absolute poverty decreased in 2019 after four straight years of growth, though there is still a significant problem in the underdeveloped south, data showed on…
Up to 60m people will be pushed into "extreme poverty" by the coronavirus warns the president of the World Bank. David Malpass said the bank expects global economic growth to…
The number of people facing acute food insecurity and shortage stands to rise to 265 million in 2020, up by 130 million from the 135 million in 2019, as a…
The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population, reveals a new report from Oxfam today ahead of…
A seven-year-old girl has written a letter to Father Christmas asking for a home and food for her family. BBC reports that the letter was left in a Christmas postbox at…
An increase in domestic violence, substance abuse and poverty are fuelling a surge in the number of children being taken into care, local council chiefs have warned. The Independent reports that the Local…
Pope Francis on Sunday reminded the faithful to be hospitable towards all those who arrive on our shores and in our societies. Addressing those present for Holy Mass and the…
In-Nazzjon publishes an interview with Fr Hilary Tagliaferro who said that, although everything seems to be fine many people are living in poverty. The director of the Millenium Chapel says…
The number of Italians living in absolute poverty held steady in 2018 after three straight years of growth, though the problem remains at a record high. About 5 million…
Over months of Yellow Vest protests, public debate has centered on the urban rural divide and the resources eaten up by the Paris region of Île-de-France. But a new study…
Almost a quarter of Romanian households have problems in securing energy, either because they can't afford it or because they aren't connected to electricity or gas grids, according to a recent…
Almost four million children in the UK live in households that would struggle to afford to buy enough fruit, vegetables, fish and other healthy foods to meet the official nutrition…