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Inħallu l-istituzzjonijiet ta’pajjiżna jaħdmu
Fil-kitbiet tiegħi, mhux l-ewwel darba li tkellimt fuq l-importanza li nitkellmu b’mod meqjus fuq l-istituzzjonijiet tal-pajjiż. Meta qed nitkellem fuq l-istituzzjonijiet, qiegħed nirreferi għal-Parlament, il-Ġudikatura u l-Qrati, l-istutizzjonijiet regolatoriji bħal Bank Ċentrali, l-FIAU, l-MFSA u l-Korp tal-Puluzija fejn tidħol iż-żamma tal-ordni, u istituzzjonijiet governattivi. Wieħed isaqsi għal x’hiex hemm aċċenn daqshekk qawwi fuq li nsaħħu…
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National Coordinating Committee Strategy Seminar
During strategy seminar organised by the National Coordinating Committee (NCC) within the Ministry for Finance. The seminar was attended by the competent authorities members of the NCC, the Attorney General’s Office; the Malta Police Force; the Office of the Commissioner of Voluntary Organisations; the Sanctions Monitoring Board; the Malta Gaming Authority; the Land Registry Authority;…
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Malta supports a European FIU Platform
“Malta strongly supports the Council Conclusions on AML/CFT strategic priorities, especially so to address trans boundary organised financial crime”. This was stated by the Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna during the ECOFIN Meeting held today, 5th December, in Brussels. PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE While the present operational systems that enable the exchange of information…
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Broad-based economic growth continues in the third quarter
In the third quarter of this year, the Maltese economy recorded a 3.4 per cent increase in real GDP over the same quarter last year. The third quarter growth rate in the Euro Area averaged 1.2 per cent. Economic growth for the first three quarters of this year amounted to 4.7 per cent, while it…
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L-Iżvilupp fil-Lvant Nofsani
Fid-dinja li qed ngħixu, hemm madwar żewġ terzi tal-pajjiżi li għadhom f’fażi ta’ żvilupp. Il-poplu li jgħixu f’dawn il-pajjiżi, jaspiraw ghal titjib u jridu li pajjiżhom jimxi l-quddiem biex ikun hemm l-istess kwalita’ ta’ ħajja li wieħed isib f’bosta pajjiżi Ewropej u ġewwa l-Amerika ta’ Fuq u f’pajjiżi oħra, bħall-Awstralja. Il-pajjiżi nistghu naqsmuhom f’regjuni. B’hekk…
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Eurofisc Conference
“E-commerce is considered by all Members States to be the sector that poses the greatest threat to the tax administrations. Fraud schemes are constantly evolving and getting more complicated and therefore difficult to detect. They are also challenging to control, as it is difficult to monitor the transaction flow (money, goods and services) and to…
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Creditreform upgrades Malta’s outlook to positive with an A+ rating
The Ministry for Finance welcomes the latest sovereign rating issued by the German credit rating agency, Creditreform Rating, which upgraded Malta’s outlook to positive from stable, with an A+ overall rating. The upgrade reflected Creditreform’s expectation that, Malta will continue to show a strong growth performance with real GDP remaining solid over the next few…
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Il-gvern iżomm il-wegħda tiegħu mal-eks ħaddiema tal-korpi
Il-gvern kompla jżomm kelmtu meta għat-tielet sena konsekuttiva qed isiru pagamenti lill-eks membri tal-korpi tax-xogħol, eks ħaddiema tax-xatt u membri kurrenti jew passati tal-Korp tal-Pulizija. Dan filwaqt li diġà hemm l-assigurazzjoni li se jitħallsu r-raba’ pagamenti tul is-sena 2020. STQARRIJA MILL-MINISTERU GĦALL-FAMILJA, DRITTIJIET TAT-TFAL U SOLIDARJETÀ SOĊJALI U MILL-MINISTERU GĦALL-FINANZI Dawn id-dettalji tħabbru f’konferenza tal-aħbarijiet…
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Malta’s 2020 budget deemed compliant by the European Commission
The Ministry for Finance welcomes the European Commission’s assessment of Malta’s 2020 Draft Budgetary Plan, which was found to be ‘Compliant’ with the requirements for 2020 under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE The Commission assesses the draft budgetary plans of the euro-area Member states which summarise the…
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L-anzjani u l-pensjonanti huma l-prijorità ta’ dan il-gvern
“L-anzjani u l-pensjonanti huma l-prijorità ta’ dan il-gvern. Fl-aħħar snin mhux biss żidna l-pensjonijiet imma daħħalna wkoll miżuri oħra li komplew itejbu l-ħajja tal-penzjonanti”, stqarr il-Ministru għall-Finanzi Edward Scicluna waqt laqgħa li kellu illum mal-Għaqda Pensjonanti tal- GWU, fejn ġew spjegati d-diversi miżuri mħabbra fil-baġit għas-sena d-dieħla li jikkonċernaw lill-penzjonanti. STQARRIJA MILL-MINISTERU GĦALL-FINANZI Fost il-miżuri…