The recent events surrounding the collapse of the Cypriot banking system and the Eurogroup’s unprecedented plans for a Cypriot restructuring programme have brought to the fore questions about Malta’s economy and its banking sector.
These questions have been fuelled mostly by pieces drawn up by certain members of the international press suggesting speculative and superficial comparisons between the two Mediterranean island states.
By clicking here you can access a briefing note setting out some considerations as to why such comparisons are both misinformed and misconstrued.