WASHINGTON, DC: There is an old saying that goes, “If you have only a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Nowhere is this clearer than in discussions of the United States’ trade deficit and global financial imbalances, ...

Last Friday, the annual parliamentary marathon discussing the year’s budget came to an end. Following Opposition Leader Alfred Sant’s reply to the budget speech and the Prime Minister’s speech two days later, we had hours of analysis...

Central bankers are generally very boring people. They have more independence than most other national organisations, an independence almost at par with that of judiciary outside Pakistan. ...

One of the most interesting facts to emerge following extensive research conducted to evaluate the benefits of Economic and Monetary Union and the introduction of the single currency,...

As the revived Lisbon strategy affirmed, the European Union needs to continue gearing itself to address issues brought about by globalisation and also by its very own demographic composition, ...

European police have smashed a child pornography network that actually produced tailor-made videos for paying clients. This means that men would send in their order, ...

Having adequate housing is one of the fundamental rights of a person. Therefore it is the responsibility of every government to ensure that the housing issue is addressed effectively....

Experience taught me a lesson along the years: evaluating the effect not the theories. Last week I understood the positive effect this budget left on all sectors of society. ...

Whether elections will have been called, by now is a matter of conjecture, although this is most unlikely given news of fresh bad poll ratings within PN circles. ...

Millions have just been spent on a report looking at what causes cancer....