Although I have already expressed my satisfaction for the tax credit scheme, I have also already expressed my scepticism about the micro-credit scheme...

Families are going to be badly hit by these tariffs and as such people will have less money in their pockets. This fact alone already creates a problem for the economy...

The Malta Independent reported some days ago a speech given by Joseph Muscat. Don’t ask me which one – it’s not safe to open a newspaper these days. By 2013 he’ll have bored the pants off us. ...

Having falsified its figures for years, thereby violating the trust of its partners, Greece is in the eurozone doghouse. But Greece, for all its tragedy, is the canary in the fisca...

There is one virtue that makes us all proud: we Maltese are all united when it comes to helping those in need, and our support becomes more evident when different countries ar...

The famous quote by Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, arose when the courtesan Harriette Wilson threatened to publish her memoirs and his letters....

It seems pretty tactless to speak about “poverty in Malta” with the images of the devastated Haiti earthquake victims flooding the news every night. That, of course, is real poverty. ...

Barack Obama and Ben Bernanke are probably the two most powerful people in the USA, if not the world. At present they are both experiencing th...

Quelli che aspettano San Siro... (Those who wait for St Syrus)San Siro remains an enigma to me. I am not talking about the stadium, which I will hopefully be visiting next...

Parliament has resumed work after the Christmas recess. Its routine work will be overshadowed by the prevailing, enduring economic realities....