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The 6th Master in Accountancy Annual Conference
Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna addressed the 6th Master in Accountancy Annual Conference held at the Intercontinental Malta, St George’s Bay, St Julian’s, which also marked the 40th anniversary of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy within the University of Malta. PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE When addressing the Master in Accountancy students,…
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Institute of Financial Services during its annual dinner
When addressing the Institute of Financial Services’ annual dinner, Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna recounted how the financial crisis of 2008 and the slow economic growth resulted in the country’s deficit running at 3.5% and the national debt hovering close to 70% by 2012. “The turnaround we have achieved since then has a lot to do with…
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Another positive rating for Malta
The Ministry for Finance welcomes the latest credit rating by Creditreform, another renowned German credit rating agency which affirmed Malta’s sovereign rating at ‘A+’ with a stable outlook. The positive rating reflects Malta’s very strong economic expansion, which over the past five years has outpaced growth levels seen in the EU by a…
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Madwar €12-il miljun għall-inġustizzji tal-passat għal din is-sena
F’konferenza tal-aħbarijiet il-Ministru għall-Finanzi Edward Scicluna u l-Ministru għall-Familja, Drittijiet tat-Tfal u Solidarjetà Soċjali Michael Falzon ħabbru li aktar minn 6,000 persuna jew inkella l-werrieta tagħhom se jirċievu kważi €12-il miljun bejniethom fil-jiem li ġejjin biex jikkumpensaw għal xi anomaliji jew inġustizzji li soffrew fil-passat. Il-Ministru Scicluna qal li fost dawn hemm l-eks…
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5+5 Finance Ministers’ meeting in Algiers
Minister Scicluna attended the third 5+5 Ministerial Conference (Finance and Investment) at the International Conference Centre of Algiers. Present for the meeting – among others – were the ministers of France (Bruno Le Marie); Italy (Giovanni Tria) and of the host country, Algeria (Abderrahmane Raouya). PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE …
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Ambassador for France to Malta
Minister for Finance Professor Edward Scicluna met with the Ambassador for France to Malta, H.E. Ms Brigitte Curmi. The meeting took place at the Finance Ministry in the Minister’s office in Valletta. The Ambassador for French to Malta was accompanied by, Mr Vincent Guitton, Regional Counsellor for Economic Affairs and Mr Arnaud Guigne an economic…
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EU Court of Auditors
Minister for Finance Profs Edward Scicluna welcomed Mr Leo Brincat, Member of the European Courts of Auditors at his office. Mr Brincat presented Minister Scicluna with a copy of the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors for 2017. PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE Mr Leo Brincat was accompanied by his Head of Cabinet Mr Romuald…
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Il-miżuri tal-‘budget’ immirati lejn l-anzjani
“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 forsi ma jolqtux lil kull anzjan l-istess”, qal il-Ministru għall-Finanzi Edward Scicluna waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet bit-tema ‘Malta ngħixu s-suċċess’ flimkien mal-Ministru għall-Familja, Drittijiet tat-Tfal u Solidarjetà Soċjali Michael Falzon, fejn ġew spjegati d-diversi miżuri mħabbra…
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OECD letter sent on the 23rd of March 2018
Reference is made to the OECD’s automatic exchange portal where a list of residence and citizenship by investment schemes has been published. The OECD claims that such schemes are legitimate in themselves but potentially may pose a high risk to the integrity of the Common Reporting Standard (CRS). Malta’s Individual Investors Programme and the Malta…
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Twettqu 79% tal-miżuri tal-baġit 2018
Għal sena oħra, kien ippubblikat id-dokument li jagħti rendikont tat-twettiq tal-miżuri tal-baġit. Bl-isem, “It-Twettiq tal-Baġit 2018”, dan id-dokument jixhed l-importanza tal-ippjanar u kordinazzjoni bl-għan li l-miżuri li jkunu tħabbru fil-baġit jitwettqu. STQARRIJA MILL-UFFIĊĊJU TAS-SEGRETARJU PERMANENTI EWLIENI U MILL-MINISTERU GĦALL-FINANZI Waqt il-preżentazzjoni ta’ din il-pubblikazzjoni, is-Segretarju Permanenti Ewlieni, is-Sur Mario Cutajar, spjega kif dan huwa eżerċizzju…