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  • Aktar edukazzjoni u protezzjoni għall-investituri ż-żgħar

    Aktar edukazzjoni u protezzjoni għall-investituri ż-żgħar

    Il-Gvern huwa impenjat li jinkoraġġixxi lin-nies biex jinvestu flushom b’modi li jirrendulhom aktar mingħajr ma jidħlu f’riskji żejda. Jemmen ukoll li aktar kumpaniji Maltin għandhom jiġu kkwotati fil-Borża ta’ Malta. Għal dan il-għan, hemm bżonn li f’dan il-qasam ikun hemm aktar edukazzjoni u protezzjoni. Dan qalu l-Ministru għall-Finanzi Edward Scicluna waqt id-diskors tal-ftuħ ta’ konferenza…

  • Malta: the ideal base for international companies to operate from

    Malta: the ideal base for international companies to operate from

    Malta has reached the required standards that allow international companies in any sector, but particularly in the financial services sector, to be based here and be serviced by highly-qualified and highly-experienced professionals, Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna, said today. He was addressing an event held to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Alter Domus, a European…

  • Malta with third largest fall in the debt to GDP ratio

    Malta with third largest fall in the debt to GDP ratio

    In its release regarding debt figures for the Euro Area, Eurostat has declared Malta to be the Member State with the third largest fall in its debt to GDP ratio at the end of the second quarter of 2015.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE     These figures corraborate the data released by NSO earlier this week regarding the fall in the absolute value of Malta’s national debt.    …

  • Importanti daqs l-elezzjonijiet

    Importanti daqs l-elezzjonijiet

    Dan l-aħħar fil-Parlament xi ħadd ried ikun jaf liema hu l-“veru” dokument tal-Baġit. Tista’ tgħid li kulħadd jassoċja l-Baġit mad-diskors li jinqara mill-Ministru tal-Finanzi fil-Parlament darba fis-sena. Però, ftit jafu liema huma d-dokumenti l-oħra li jakkumanjawh.     Il-Baġit huwa avveniment importanti ħafna. Tant hu hekk li l-Gvern jaqa’ jekk ma jiksibx l-approvazzjoni tal-Parlament għalih.…

  • Excessive bank regulation weighs on growth – Malta Finance Minister

    Excessive bank regulation weighs on growth – Malta Finance Minister

    Europe has overtightened banking regulation, stunting economic growth, and will not have a meaningful recovery until it gets real about reform and infrastructure, Malta’s finance minister, Edward Scicluna, said on Wednesday. Europe needs investments, new infrastructure, must cut youth unemployment, enact meticulous structural reforms and avoid the sort of shocks like the years of austerity,…

  • Consistent progress for Malta’s public finances

    Consistent progress for Malta’s public finances

    Two NSO releases confirm the consistent progress being made with regards to Malta’s public finances. The first release confirms that the Government achieved its deficit target for 2014, 2.1%, and also that national debt fell to 68.3% of GDP, from 69.6% a year earlier.     PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE The…

  • L-inqas burokrazija possibbli biex tinġabar id-data uffiċjali

    Il-Ministru għall-Finanzi, Edward Scicluna, saħaq fuq l-importanza li l-burokrazija li bilfors irid ikun hemm biex tinġabar id-data uffiċjali essenzjali, ma tgħabbix lin-nies u lin-negozji b’piżijiet li jistgħu jiġu evitati. Huwa kien qed jagħmel id-diskors tal-ftuħ waqt seminar organizzat mill-Uffiċċju Nazzjonali tal-Istatistika llum it-Tlieta 20 ta’ Ottubru 2015 fl-okkażjoni tal-Jum Dinji tal-Istatistika, bit-tema ‘Better Data, Better…

  • Positive economic and social indicators published by Eurostat

    Positive economic and social indicators published by Eurostat

    Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna welcomes the latest figures published by Eurostat that confirm the positive performance registered by the Maltese economy on various fronts including consumer prices, external trade and social indicators.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE Indeed, the latest Eurostat inflation figures confirm that, unlike other European Member…

  • Inqas taxxi fuq ix-xogħol, iktar flus fil-but

    Inqas taxxi fuq ix-xogħol, iktar flus fil-but

    Il-Ministru għall-Finanzi Edward Scicluna, u l-Ministru għall-Ekonomija, Investiment u Intrapriżi Żgħar Chris Cardona qalu li dak li ġie ppreżentat nhar it-Tnejn kien baġit ieħor ippreżentat minn dan il-Gvern li se jwassal biex ikompli jonqos il-piż tat-taxxi fuq ix-xogħol u biex il-familji jibqagħlhom iktar flus fil-but. Huma kienu qed jindirizzaw konferenza tal-aħbarijiet flimkien il-Ġimgħa filgħodu bit-tema…

  • Bongu – TVM – 15.10.2015

    Bongu – TVM – 15.10.2015

    Ħadt gost ħafna fil-programm Bongu ma’ Josef Bonello fejn tkellimna dwar il-Baġit u kif dan il-Baġit qed ikompli juri biċ-ċar li dan huwa Gvern li tista ma taqbilx miegħu, imma li tista taħdem miegħu.       – Thursday, 15th October, 2015