Malta, 24/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - The head of the European Commission delegation in Malta is "convinced Malta will be ready to join the European Union on the date set, 1 January 2003". On the fringe of the conference organised on Friday in Malta by the Committee of the Regions and the association of local Maltese enlargement authorities, Giorgio Boggio stressed that Malta, like Cyprus, is "at the forefront of the enlargement process, as it meets the political and economic criteria for...