Shocking footage aired this week by CNN showed a modern day slave market not too far from our shores in nearby virtually lawless Libya, where sub-Saharan men were auctioned off for slave labour to the...

As the country delves deeper into the debate on prostitution, several shocking stories have emerged from the law courts, showing how drastic the situation of sex workers in Malta is.  One of...

In the days preceding Tuesday’s debate at the European Parliament and Wednesday’s vote, in which the EP resoundingly voted to urge Malta to investigate the Panama Papers scandal, the...

Last week, the Central Bank published the Quarterly Review including the business perceptions survey results. As we reported in last week's issue, increased sentiment in construction, among...

It seems that the promise of sea-view classrooms built on pristine land was not enough to entice wealthy foreign nationals to enrol as students at the American University of Malta.  Reports in...

Two issues back, we reported on the EY Malta attractiveness survey as outlined at a conference held in the previous days. We reported that Malta's level of attractiveness for foreign investors...

When he was speaking on the Adjournment last Wednesday night, former minister Manuel Mallia spoke, like the experienced criminal lawyer he is, on FIAU, the body set up to combat money...

Tomorrow’s plenary session of the European Parliament will unfortunately be a historic one.  Whatever the diplomatic niceties say, it will sit in judgment on Malta and its rule of...

Malta and the dubious state of its rule of law will once again be one of the main subjects under the European Parliament’s microscope next week as the assembly gathers, once again, to debate the...

SwissLeaks, Panama Papers, the Malta Files and now the Paradise Papers.  Over the last few years the world has seen a veritable deluge of financial leaks that have exposed the wheelings and...