PEOPLE POWER

Konrad Buhagiar: I am intrigued by your academic background: a first degree in IT from the University of Malta, followed by a Ph.D in Artificial Intelligence from the University…

PAUL BORG OLIVIER INTERVIEW

Paul Borg Olivier speaks with David Felice for M.E. Design Magazine, relating his vision for a correct approach to Malta's capital city. The Mayor of Valletta points out some vital…

VALLETTA: MONEY TALK

On October 9th, The Economist grimly reported that the world is at best, on the brink of recession, and if the IMF’s most recent World Economic Outlook, is to be believed,…

DECLINING MARKET

Today I enter is-suq tal-Belt, on Merchants’ Street. A sad place, quiet, only a dozen elderlies shuffle in and out of the few remaining shops. A young man, one of the new…

WORLD HERITAGE MATTERS

And so, it was Astrid Vella from NGO Flimkien ghal-Ambjent Ahjar who sent a letter to UNESCO alerting them of developments that have been taking place in and around Valletta. And,…

DEADMALLS.COM

Shopping malls are not a recent invention, but go as far back as the 10th century A.D., when Isfahan’s Great Bazaar already existed in Iran. In Europe, the Oxford Covered…

IDENTITY GUARD

Beyond the publicity blurb of espressos spiked with a tot of chatty people-watching; beyond the gargling coffee machines and the lawyers’ I’m-so-busy-walk; beyond the…

VACANT INVENTORY

When I attempt to discover the number of vacant government properties in Valletta, I am sent on a wild goose chase that not even Conan Doyle himself would have managed to contrive.…