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Malta Business Review CONTENTS Issue 51 32 AN IMPERATIVE TO DIVERSIFY Interview with Yossi Barzely, Chief Business Development Officer, Pragmatic Play. 34 WAZDAN HONOURED WITH TWO PRESTIGIOUS MIGEA AWARDS WAZDAN’s superb performance during MiGEA nets them Malta’s Best Gaming New Slots Developer and Malta’s Best iGaming Online Product of the Year. SPECIAL FEATURE 06 42 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS TO HAVING A DOG IN THE OFFICE ARE GREAT FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH Let’s find out why dogs make lots of people feel great, especially in the office. COVER STORY 06 A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY... DEFINING INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP Interview with Frederick Schembri, Managing Director, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. EU ELECTIONS 08 VOTEWATCH: EU ELECTION REPORT Synopsis of 2019 EU Election results. 16 28 ONE-ON-ONE 16 FRANS TIMMERMANS, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Exclusive with Frans Timmermans, the Socialist candidate for European Commission president. MALTA’S GAMING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2019 28 THE HEART OF PLAY’N GO IS ITS PEOPLE Interview with Thomas Mahoney, Communications Manager, Play’n GO. SIMON ESTATES OUR GOLDEN PARTNERS FEATURES 44 CLIMATE CHANGE 32 34 European Parliament’s ‘This Time I’m Voting’ campaign went to Gozo with a public discussion on the EU’s Roadmap to fighting climate change. 45 THE ROBOTS ARE COMING (TO RECYCLE...) By 2025, we will generate 2.2 billion tonnes of waste a day. AI has a role to play in helping us sift through such giant amounts of rubbish. 47 A PORTAL FOR JOURNEYS INTO THE MYSTICAL PATH OF THE GRAPE By Special Correspondent Vini e Capricci’s special food and wine event by Abraham‘s. 4
MALTA BUSINESS REVIEW Malta Business Review The results of the European election have been announced. The huge rise in voter turnout — participation surged across the EU to over 50 percent for the first time in at least two decades — is perhaps the best argument Parliament has in its quest to challenge EU leaders on who will determine the next Commission president. However, it was not the case in Malta, were massive drops in each electoral district proved fateful to the Opposition Nationalist Party, as Prime Minister Joseph Muscat continues to ride the crest of a wave of popularity. PUBLISHER MBR Publications Limited OFFICES Highland Apartment – Level 1, Naxxar Road, Birkirkara, BKR 9042 +356 2149 7814 EDITOR Martin Vella TECHNICAL ADVISOR Marcelle D’Argy Smith SALES DIRECTOR Margaret Brincat DESIGN MBR Design ADVERTISING Call: 9940 6743 or 9926 0163/4/6; Email: margaret@mbrpublications.net or admin@mbrpublications.net CONTRIBUTORS George Carol; Florian Eder; Bryan Magro; Laurie McAllister; Ryan Heath; Deborah Sherry; Jason Zammit SPECIAL THANKS DOI; Edwards Lowell & Co; European Parliament Information Office in Malta; European Parliament, Directorate- General for Communication/Press Office; European Research Council; EU VoteWatch; HSBC; LinkedIn; Ministry for Gozo.; MORGEN EUROPA; POLITICO SPRL; Politico Playbook; PTV Group; Taylor & Francis Group; Virgin PRINT PRODUCTION Gutenberg Press Ltd QUOTE OF THE MONTH “It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes And pleasant scents the noses.” – Nathaniel Parker Willis Disclaimer All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by copyright may be reproduced or copied and reproduction in whole or part is strictly prohibited without written permission of the publisher. All content material available on this publication is duly protected by Maltese and International Law. No person, organisation, other publisher or online web content manager should rely, or on any way act upon any part of the contents of this publication, whether that information is sourced from the website, magazine or related product without first obtaining the publisher’s consent. The opinions expressed in the Malta Business Review are those of the authors or contributors, and are not necessarily those of the editor or publisher. Talk to us: E-mail: martin@mbrpublications.net Twitter: @MBRPublications Facebook: www.facebook.com/MaltaBusinessReview The Nationalist Party has suffered yet another – somewhat foreseen and inevitable trashing, which, if one wants to be honest to oneself, is mainly self-inflicted. It is now evident that as new voters move closer to Labour, traditional Nationalist supporters are deserting the PN, as the voting patterns with a message of dissent and quest for internal change, clearly show. Adrian Delia, and his inner circle of aides and advisers, must now assume full responsibility and immediately resign. Every additional day they remain in office is a hemorrhage of votes in the PN’s belly and a lost opportunity for the PN to start preparing for its next big contest: the general election. Should Adrian Delia stay on, then the outcome of the next general election will be even saddening for the party championing democracy values, and inevitably the broken pieces can never be patched together again, since the consequences will be shattering for the PN. Together with Dr Delia and his closest ‘aides’, the party’s highest organs, not least the parliamentary group, also need to be held accountable and a general re-structuring from top-to-bottom needs to be done, if the PN truly holds any chance of gaining votes come next election. They allowed an evidently unpleasant and incompetent state of affairs to deteriorate because they did not want to stand up and be counted, and because of change resistant factors within the PN. This should also spell the end of the road for them, too, unless they pluck up the courage and publicly declare enough is enough. Better late than never. Well, after having been living in Malta all my lifetime, I must concede that it obviously strikes me harder that when you become part, you are unable to notice the incremental decay. It is saddening to be confronted with such obvious changes in the wrong direction. Apart from the political shenanigans, there is one concrete slab building right next to the other and the potholes in the road keep getting bigger. The island, which never was blessed with lush vegetation, is now taking the turn towards the concrete jungle. This is just my observation- the Maltese decide on how they want their island to look like. You get an idea of what I mean when you open the In-Flight Magazine from Air Malta, about 50% of the contents is promotion for real estate.... Reading the news one has the impression, that there is nothing but corruption, fraud and crime on the island- all sanctioned by a corrupt institution and sanctioned, or tolerated by the people of Malta. What happened in Austria recently is a way how corruption and fraud in government circles can be handled. Austria is a country which, in the past, has had a reputation of deep political scandals and corruption. When I visited Vienna in the 80ies, it was evident you could not get anything done without a bribe. Apparently things can change. But that change has to come from within - it cannot come from the outside. In that respect I guess Malta has the government it deserves (elected). I do not see any changes in the near future - it will have to happen in the longer term, but complacency never has been an accelerator for change. I am not sure that my impression is correct, that the educational level in Malta has deteriorated drastically in the past years. When I mentioned it to a friend of mine, he said that he agreed with that impression. Several years ago, many people seemed to speak English, sometimes a little funny, but it was understandable. There also was an English speaking channel on TV back then. Now, almost everybody seems to speak Maltese and very few people do speak an understandable English. This was very obvious to me when I spoke and listened to local people. Could it be that the majority of Maltese have bought into the nationalistic populism, which both the PL and the PN seem to propagate? I, for my case, have decided not to read the online news portals every day in the morning, as I used to- it is too depressing every time I do and there is nothing I can do about it- It has to come from within, as I mentioned before. Wishing you a good read. Martin Vella Editor-in-Chief Malta Business Review’s editorial opinions are decided by its Editor, and besides reflecting the Editor’s opinion, are written to represent a fair and impartial representation of facts, events and provide a correct analysis of local and international news. Agents for: www.maltabusinessreview.net 5
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