INTERVIEW
The face of European business

CHARLOT ZAHRA speaks to Ernest-Antoine Selliere, President of Business Europe, about the challenges facing the European business community in the wake of the global economic slowdown and its effect on Malta >>

EDITORIAL
First the courage, then encourage
Recession may be all a matter of perception, and as Mario Balzan Demajo of Pedigree Toyshops aptly put it when we had the great pleasure of interviewing him a fortnight ago: “If I think of no recession, there is no recession really.” >>

OPINION
George M. Mangion
Depressing Davos
The unprecedented sub-prime crisis in 2007, drastically changed the outlook for the world economy. Banks are always the pivotal institution controlling the flow of credit and when confidence is lost they start to retrench by slowing down their lending. Indeed, it is no secret that confidence among top bosses around the world has plummeted in recent months. >>

OPINION
Energy Policy vs Shocking Politics

LETTER
Malta’s rebalance of trade with Italy