The European Commission has just reiterated a number of recommendations on which it considers Malta should be taking action if it is to weather the financial storms ahead to achieve a balanced budget in the medium and long term...

Last week BioEdge reported that a 46-year old businessman from Piraeus, Greece, said that the only way he saw fit to rescue his family from the financial crises was to sell one of his kidneys....

Until the Industrial Revolution, the world was quite flat in terms of per capita income...

Whichever way one looks at things in the countries that have experienced the Arab Spring to varying degrees, there seems to be no looking back...

Tens of thousands of people will soon gather in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Earth Summit...

So now it is official. Malta is in a recession. According to published figures, since we had a decrease in growth for two consecutive quarters, Malta has officially entered a recession...

Three crucial elections are being held today. In France, President Hollande hopes to see his socialist party take control of Parliament, as this will give him better prospects for ...

For months, the party in government has been laughing its head off at Labour’s claim that it can and will cut electricity rates....

It’s been several years since my last holiday in Gozo.The first reason for this is that during my last few visits there...

The General Workers Union felt it necessary to release a press statement saying that it would boycott last Friday’s party thrown by the British High Commission to mark the ...