The not-so-young but not-so-old will no doubt remember the song. “Flowers in the Rain”, a fascinating, chart-successful sixties record by ...

The recent dramatic declines in equity markets worldwide are a response to the interaction of two factors: Economic fundamentals and policy responses – or, rather, the lack of policy responses...

Entrepreneurship is a vital driving force for job creation and economic growth. The benefits however are not just economic. Entrepreneurship also plays a role in the attainment of an individual’s goals and the realisation of social objectives...

The first act of the eurozone debt drama was about whether any European Union member country could ever become insolvent. It ended when the highest EU authority, the European Council...

Today I wish to comment on some major events that happened during these past two weeks, and which have gone relatively unnoticed by the people at large, probably due to the summer laziness or media focus elsewhere...

Early in the financial crisis, a major emerging-market investor told me: “This is not a global, but a semi-global financial crisis...

In response to a survey by SOS Malta and the UNHCR, one African refugee said he used to think of the Maltese as rude people, but now understands that ‘they don’t know anything about migration’ and this accounts for certain bad behaviour....

Rick Perry, the Republican governor of Texas who’s likely to soon join the race for the party’s presidential nomination...

At least 38 people were killed and more than 200 injured by the recent crash of two high-speed trains near Zhenzhou in Zhejiang, a province in China...

You can always trust the Americans, Winston Churchill said, because in the end they will do the right thing, after they have exhausted all other possibilities. For the last 18 months...