Malta’s hardline negotiating team set for breakthrough
As negotiations for the endorsement of a financial package for the 10 countries set for enlargement rage on, it is clear that Malta and Poland are still holding out for a better deal.
Malta ranks 52 in Economic Freedom Index
- ranks sixth out of EU accession countries
The 2003 Index of Economic Freedom, published by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal have classified Malta as a ‘mostly free’ country in its assessment of trading and economic freedom in the world.

Anticipating telecommunications liberalisation, Galea hails ‘economic cornerstone’
In the run-up to 1 January 2003, Transport and Communications Minister Censu Galea said that with the full liberalisation of the telecommunications sector, the EU dimension will become particularly relevant as Malta aligns itself with international principles.