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Category: Social

  • A Brexit deal is all but agreed upon🇪🇺🇬🇧

    Tomorrow will see a special cabinet meeting called upon by Prime Minister Theresa May, in order to discuss a draft withdrawal agreement for the United Kingdom. She does so in light of recent news that both parties seem to have agreed upon a technical deal for Britain to leave the European Union.

  • Post-Election Conference Summary

    President’s Post Election Press Speech: The president started off his press conference by pointing out several numbers and statistics, showing how significant the Republican Senate seat gain was, and blaming the loss of control on the House of Representatives upon a lack of wealthy donors, a very hostile media, which he said broke records with…

  • Remembrance.

    Remembrance.

    On the 11th hour, on the 11th day of November 1918, an armistice to stop a war which had taken the lives of almost 9 million soldiers and 7 million civilians was reached as peace talks began between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. From the sparks given off on the 28th June 1914…

  • Immediately understand how to spot fake news

    The term “fake news” is part of the political scene these days. It’s easy to use the phrase and it’s easy to misuse it. It’s ironic the people who shout “fake news” are the ones who spread fake news of their own. If we’re not careful, thinking of news as being “fake” or “not fake”…

  • EY’s Attractiveness Survey 2018 Review

    EY Malta has recently published their annual Malta Attractiveness Survey. During this annual event, key findings on whether Malta is attractive for investors and foreign direct investment, based on different aspects of the country, are presented. The main concern that investors have about Malta is the lack of specialised skills in the labour force, and…

  • Cryptocurrencies and Block Chains

    Cryptocurrencies and Block Chains

    You have probably already heard of certain terms such as ‘Bitcoin’, ‘Cryptocurrency’ or ‘Blockchains’. Especially after the end of 2017, when there was a boom in the market, making several people rich. To give you an idea, the worth of bitcoin shot up from €2600 to €17000, making people millionaires in a span of a…

  • For people worrying about tourism and its problems

    Tourism is an easy way to get foreign money. More tourists means a greater strain on local resources. In some cases it can reach a point where it is almost unsustainable. What do you do then? I Most countries see tourism as an easy way of attracting foreign money. Tourists pay for hotel nights, they…

  • A Whole New World

    A Whole New World

    Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat – all of them connect individuals through a small device. They provide their users with a new perspective of the world, a world that can be easily accessed through a phone or a PC. But what lies within social media besides all the cupcakes and rainbows?

  • The revolutionary power of big data

    We’ve all seen news stories and reports on ‘big data’. This phrase is not always clear but the technology can bring huge benefits. This article is an attempt to explain how Malta’s government could use big data to improve society and life in general. I First I want to explain what ‘big data’ is. In…

  • Whataboutism

    As a veteran of Facebook debates myself, I have witnessed (and I’m guilty of) several flawed arguments. One of the many that sticks out like a sore thumb is what is known as ‘whataboutism’.