Greece Nears Third Rescue Deal as Schaeuble Expresses Confidence “The debt sustainability issue may hinder an agreement, but I hope it doesn’t come to that,” Maltese Finance Minister Edward Scicluna said. – Greek Parliament Passes Bailout Agreement Maltese Finance Minister Edward Scicluna said concerns about Greece’s long term debt sustainability could still block approval of…

It-tliet banek internazzjonali li flimkien mal-Bank of Valletta ser jisilfu €450 miljun lill-Konsorzju Electrogas għal bini tal-Power Station tal-gass u faċilitajiet tagħha ser joħrogu ammonti indaqs bejniethom. Dan ħareġ f’konferenza tal-aħbarijiet mill-Ministri Konrad Mizzi u Edward Scicluna li irribattew il-kritika li saret mill-Oppożizzjoni għall-fatt li l-gvern qed jagħti garanzija fuq parti mis-self li tkopri €360 miljun li huma ekwivalenti għal…

Id-dejta dwar il-finanzi pubbliċi maħruġa mill-Uffiċċju Nazzjonali tal-Istatistika llum hija konferma oħra ta’ kemm il-Gvern miexi skont il-pjanijiet tiegħu biex jilħaq il-miri baġitarji ambizzjużi li ffissa. Il-Ministru tal-Finanzi Edward Scicluna kkummenta: “Iċ-ċifri tal-ewwel nofs ta’ din is-sena jikkonfermaw il-kapaċità ta’ dan il-Gvern li jżomm mal-impenji fiskali tiegħu. F’dawn l-aħħar sentejn, dan il-Gvern wera li hu…

Il-Ministru tal-Finanzi, Edward Scicluna, faħħar il-kontribut li jagħtu għall-ekonomija tal-pajjiż l-impriżi żgħar u medji mmexxijin mill-familji, u qal li fix-xhur li ġejjin il-Gvern se jkun qed itejjeb l-inċentivi għan-negozji ta’ dan it-tip u jiffaċilitalhom l-użu tal-kreditu. Waqt żjara li għamel lill-kumpanija Silvercraft Products, li hija bbażata l-Marsa u timmanifattura prodotti tal-fibra tal-ħġieġ (fibreglass), il-Ministru Scicluna…

Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna, has officially inaugurated the official opening of SecureTrading Financial Services, an integrated payments management company providing a single point of contact for payment processing, card acquiring, as well as Payment Card Industry compliance and cybersecurity services. The company set up shop in Malta in May 2014 as the financial…

F’konferenza tal-aħbarijiet konġunta bejn il-Ministru Helena Dalli u l-Ministru Edward Scicluna, il-Gvern nieda l-fond għall-leave tal-maternità kif imħabbar fl-aħħar baġit. Dan il-fond fil-forma ta’ Trust qed jitwaqqaf permezz ta’ Avviż Legali taħt l-Att dwar it-Trusts u t-Trustees. L-amministrazzjoni ta’ dan it-Trust se tkun f’idejn Bord imwaqqaf taħt l-istess Avviż Legali u li se jkun magħmul…

The presence of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in Malta will lead to “some form of future investment”, but the government cannot be expected to insist investors announce their plans to the public, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna said. “Huawei did not come to Malta to sunbathe. They came here to do business.” Addressing a press conference…

“Il-finanzjament tal-iżvilupp għandu sehem importanti biex il-pajjiżi tal-oriġini jindirizzaw l-għeruq tal-migrazzjoni irregolari. Huwa biss billi jiġu attakkati l-għeruq tal-migrazzjoni irregolari li din tista’ tiġi kkontrollata u x-xbieki tal-kriminali jinqerdu,” qal il-Ministru tal-Finanzi Edward Scicluna meta kien qed jindirizza t-Tielet Konferenza Dinjija dwar il-Finanzjament għall-Iżvilupp illum l-Erbgħa. Huwa qal li barra minn dan, l-assistenza finanzjarja għandha…

During a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Council held today 14 July 2015 in Brussels, Finance Ministers held an exchange of views on the Five Presidencies Report on the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). During the meeting, Malta’s Finance Minister Edward Scicluna, remarked that “we should seek policies and…

Greece given 72 hours to win trust by passing bailout laws Greece is asking for 22 billion euros by the end of August to cover its immediate needs and as much as 86 billion in total, Maltese Finance Minister Edward Scicluna said in an interview. The country owes the ECB about 3.5 billion euros on…