Traditionally Malta has had a strong trading relationship with China and was the first Western European country to establish diplomatic relations with China in 1972.   With a growing...

With just 26 open infringement cases, Malta is the fourth-best performer in the EU, bested only by Latvia (20 cases), Lithuania (22 cases) and Estonia (24).   This was revealed in a...

Introduction by Michel Cordina, Head of Commercial Banking, HSBC Malta    Welcome to the HSBC Malta’s “Doing business in” series of in-depth articles, offering specialised...

With Malta about to loosen the rules as to residency and citizenship permits so as to attract high-spending persons, it may come as a surprise that according to the most recent survey of what were...

These are days of public controversy about the government’s proposed Individual Investor Programme, with all sorts of arguments being put forward in the public arena.   Comparisons are...

A name makes all the difference in the fight between Ford and Toyota over who has the top-selling car in the world.   Ford on Wednesday claimed that crown for its Focus compact during the...

Official figures show the eurozone's debt burden rose further in the second quarter despite years of austerity and a return to growth.   Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, says...

In some ways, computers make ideal drivers: They do not drink and then climb behind the wheel. They do not do drugs, get distracted, fall asleep, run red lights or tailgate. And their reaction times...

The European Week for Safety and Health at Work is the biggest awareness-raising event of its kind, dedicated to improving the safety and health of Europe’s workplaces. The Week takes place...

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than anticipated in September — just 148,000 — suggesting that employers held back on hiring before a 16-day partial government shutdown began Oct....