Archive for January 2009

Private equity-backed firms post higher growth rates

Jan 23rd, 2009 | By maltainc | Category: Financial Services, Foreign Investment

Private equity-backed companies have shown significantly faster growth rates than other companies, Malta Enterprise chairman Alan Camilleri said.  Malta Enterprise held a seminar for potential investors interested in privately financing business and enterprises that are at the stage where they can leap on to a potentially successful project but lacked the funds to bring it [...]



Malta and the U.S. : State of Affairs

Jan 19th, 2009 | By maltainc | Category: Financial Services

Last December 22 relations between Malta and the United States of America were further strengthened as a result of the signing of the US visa travel waiver programme. Maltese citizens traveling to the US can now do away altogether with the need to apply for a US entry visa. At the signing ceremony, Prime Minister [...]



Leading astronomers to discuss €1.5 billion project in Malta

Jan 7th, 2009 | By maltainc | Category: Scientific projects in Malta

Some of the world’s most accomplished astronomers will be descending on the island tomorrow to discuss the planned Square Kilometre Array (SKA), an EU project to design the world’s largest radio astronomical instrument.
Once built, the telescope will provide the most rigorous tests of general relativity, measure the properties of every single galaxy in the entire [...]