PreambleTying up slightly with my last article (TMID 7 September) – even though this is quite different in nature to my previous one – I would like to write a few lines about my profession. In this article, I also tried to briefly explain ...

Today Malta celebrates its 41st anniversary of Independence.On 21 September, 1964, Malta obtained its independence from Britain, who had ruled the country for 164 years....

Much play is being made in the international media about the feasibility and practicality of introducing a single tax rate, as is after all being done in a number of Eastern European countries....

A letter to teachers“Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself.” Milton...

While many felt that Malta was morally justified in demanding assistance from the European Union in dealing with the massive influx of irregular immigrants, others felt that it was political suicide....

Is it not symptomatic of this nation, caught as it is in its present lethargic and laissez faire frame of mind, that while others find no difficulty in inventing unique ways and means to keep the big, deadly shark away from...

For the past couple of months I have tried to fathom out what the roadworks in the vicinity of Rabat, Mgarr, Mosta, Zebbug and their environs are all about....

Mr Nicholas Henley, head of the nature and biodiversity unit of the European Commission, must be a truly remarkable chap. Talking this week in the European...

A concerted effort is afoot to stimulate interest in, and discussion on, the pre-2006 budget consultation document that goes by the name A Better Quality of Life....

So many things seem to be on fire.Let me start with the local equity market. ...