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Budget 2013

“This is not my Budget, but if I were to give it a name, I would call it A Stocktaking Exercise,” the minister said. “My first Budget will be that of 2014 and I will start talks about it with the European Commission next Friday in Dublin,” he said. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE GDP at…

April 8, 2013
L-Imsieħba soċjali pożittivi dwar il-proposti tal-Gvern [Watch]

L-Imsieħba Soċjali kollha kellhom kliem ta’ tifħir għall-preżentazzjoni li għamel il-Ministru tal-Finanzi Edward Scicluna fl-ewwel laqgħa tal-Kunsill Malti għall-Iżvilupp Ekonomiku u Soċjali (MCESD) li għall-ewwel darba tmexxiet minn John Bencini li nħatar bħala Ċermen. Il-Ministru tal-Finanzi Edward Scicluna f’kummenti li ta lill-ġurnalisti wara li ntemmet il-laqgħa qal li huwa spjega lill-imsieħba soċjali…

April 6, 2013
Malta’s banking sector is robust and stable

Malta joined the euro area in 2008 in order to further enhance its macroeconomic and financial stability, and to contribute to the stability of the euro area-wide economic and financial system. Together with other EU Member States, Malta participated in the setting up of a euro area regulatory and supervisory framework which includes the European…

March 29, 2013
New Governor of the EIB for Malta

Following the general election in Malta on 9 March 2013, Mr Edward Scicluna has taken office as Minister for Finance. Mr Scicluna also becomes EIB Governor for the Republic of Malta. He was also elected in 2009 to the European Parliament where he served for four years as Vice-Chairman of the Economic and Monetary Affairs…

March 27, 2013
Finance Minister at Extraordinary Euro Area Meeting on Cyprus [WATCH]

“I am very satisfied that our Eurogroup joint statement respects the dignity of the Cypriot people by letting their own Authorities decide the appropriate administrative measures they deem fit to apply for their exceptional situation of their financial sector,” said Minister Scicluna following the conclusion of the Eurogroup meeting which was convened in Brussels…

March 27, 2013
Il-vantaġġ kompetittiv ta’ Malta qed jinbidel – Ministru tal-Finanzi Edward Scicluna [WATCH]

Il-Ministru tal-Finanzi Edward Scicluna huwa tal-fehma li l-vantaġġ kompetittiv ta’ pajjiżna qed jinbidel u Malta jeħtieġ tindirizza din is-sitwazzjoni. Waqt li kien qed jindirizza s-Seba’ Konferenza Annwali dwar it-Tassazzjoni, organizzata mill-Malta Institute of Management, il-Professur Scicluna qal li huwa mhux jgħid li Malta qed titlef jew tiggwadanja b’dan imma l-kitba qiegħda fuq il-ħajt. “Mill-pożizzjoni li…

March 22, 2013
Finance Minister at Special Euro Area Finance Ministers’ meeting on Cyprus

“If one had any doubts about the indignity suffered by indebted countries who are forced to seek a bailout, one should have been present for the night long meeting held in Brussels to decide the bailout conditions to be imposed on Cyprus following the crises which left them with a 17 billion euro gap in…

March 16, 2013
First Days.. As Maltese Minister for Finance

On the 14 March 2013 one day following his appointment as Minister for Finance, Prof Edward Scicluna accompanied Prime Minister Dr Joseph Muscat on his first EU summit. Prof Scicluna also attended his first Eurogroup meeting which focused on the Cyprus bail-out. They met with Martin Schulz, the President of the European Parliament and former…

March 15, 2013
Prime Minister says new Labour government is ‘staunchly European’

It was a very friendly and informal greeting that welcomed Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at the European Parliament in Rue Wiertz today, for his first official visit to the European institutions as Maltese prime minister. Waiting for him outside the European Parliament building, EP president Martin Schulz, a former leader of the Party of the…

March 14, 2013
Prof Edward Scicluna – Minister for Finance – Swearing-in Ceremony [WATCH]

The swearing-in of the new Cabinet was held at the Palace in Valletta. The ceremony was presided by President George Abela, accompanied by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, the Chief Justice and the Attorney General. Edward Scicluna, Minister of Finance Budget Office, The Treasury, Inland Revenue, Indirect Taxation, Customs and Excise, Contracts, Financial Services Regulation, Malta…

March 14, 2013