I got inspired by last Sunday’s editorial in this paper’s weekly sister whose message was that the general economic slowdown, the probability of an acute recession, ...

The name of the young man who appears in this photo here is Zemenu. He is an 18-year-old Ethiopian. At the moment he is following a three-year medical course at the University of Addis Abeba,...

A few days before the Czech Republic takes over the EU Presidency, a series of events have been taking place, with particular focus on the Lisbon Treaty, which will somehow affect the mechanisms of the ...

It has been said over and over again that the financial crisis that has gripped the world will not be affecting Malta directly. Yet it would be puerile to believe that the ripple effects of such a situation will not adversely hit the Maltese economy ...

I wonder whether the acronym PL is going to achieve the recognition level of MLP. It still looks silly in newspaper reports and saying Pee-Ell seems self-consciously careful, so people continue to say E...

“Laissez-faire,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently declared, “is finished.” Perhaps, but should we really be satisfied if he is right?...

Vincent Zammit vs Bortex Clothing Industry Company LtdFirst Hall, Civil CourtJudge Lino Farrugia Sacco11 December, 2008...

We have earned the right to have a permanent European Commissioner, as well as a sixth seat in the European Parliament, with a possibility of the latter occurring before 2014. The ...

A few weeks ago people were talking of a possible Green Revolution. Talk has also recently shifted to the development of an alternative energy economy. ...

The National Statistics Office (NSO) has dished out the latest GDP figures relative to the third quarter of 2008. As was expected, our economy continued to shrink, a drop of nearly two per cent in 12 months....