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Malta’s struggle with debt is major cause for concern – economists
Prof. Edward Scicluna believes that in spite of Malta’s short term satisfactory economic growth, the future is not as bright, not just because of projected sluggish external demand, but because our low investment ratios will put a cap on our potential growth for the future. Prof. Scicluna’s opinion was quoted by maltatoday journalist Matthew Vella,…
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Fl-isfond tar-Rapport Moody’s – L-MEP u Int – Prog 80
Ftit jiem biss qabel ixxandar il-programm L-MEP U INT tal-Gimgha, 9 ta’ Settembru, 2011, fuq Smash TV, l-Agenzija ta’ Kreditu Moody’s harget ir-rapport taghha dwar Malta. Moody’s nizzlet il-grading ta’ Malta minn A1 ghal A2 u kklasifikat il-harsa futura taghha dwar Malta bhala wahda negattiva. L-Ewroparlamentari Laburista l-Professur Edward Scicluna tratta dan is-suggett fil-programm imsemmi,…
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Malta hit worse by financial crisis than believed
A report carried by The Sunday Times (11/09/2011) titled Malta hit worse by financial crisis than believed, quoted Prof. Edward Scicluna “that Malta’s economy in 2009 shrunk by 3.4 per cent, not two per cent as was originally reported by the National Statistics Office…….all the hype about Malta having avoided the impact of the economic…
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Wara r-Rapport Moody’s
F’nofs il-ġimgħa l-oħra waħda mit-tliet aġenżiji ta’ kreditu, Moody’s, ħarġet ir-rapport tagħħa dwar Malta. Moody’s ikkonkludiet li fuq dak li rriżultalha għandha tniżżel il-kreditu ta’ Malta minn A1 għal A2. Imma mhux biss, dak li sabu u dak li raw nisslilhom tħassib, tant li t-tbassir tagħhom għall-ġejjieni qarib kklassifikawh bħala wieħed negattiv, li jista’ jkun…
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A special meeting about the crisis in the Eurozone – Edward Scicluna – L-MEP u Int – Prog 79
The weekly programme l-MEP u INT (The MEP and YOU) started again on Friday 2 September 2011, after the summer recess. During this programme the Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna dealt with a special meeting the Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) had in Brussels during which the crisis in the Eurozone was discussed. Prof Scicluna is the Vice…
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L-’exposure’ finanzjarju tal-Gvern Malti
Il-btajjel tas-sajf għall-Membri Parlamentari Ewropej li bħali jiffurmaw parti mill-Kumitat għall-Affarijiet Ekonomiċi u Monetarji (ECON) twaqqfu ħesrem, billi bħal-lum ġimgħa ssejjaħna Brussels għal laqgħa straordinarja tal-ECON biex inkomplu niddiskutu l-kriżi fiż-Żona Ewro, liema kriżi qiegħda dejjem tikber filwaqt li s-soluzzjonijiet għaliha qegħdin jonqsu. Laqgħa li għaliha attendew ukoll il-President tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew, Jean Claude Trichet;…
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Level playing field in social policy
It is becoming increasingly evident that the government’s economic and social policies are not being well studied and thought out. We only hear Cabinet members at best parroting what they hear in the EU Council (of Ministers) meetings or else come out with important decisions “on the fly”. The last issue to catch my attention…
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L-era ġdida Libjana u Malta
Għajnejn id-dinja, b’mod partikolari l-Ewropa u d-Dinja Għarbija, jinsabu ffukati fuq il-Libja, mhux biss biex jaraw tmiem il-gwerra ċivili imma wkoll għal wara. Kull pajjiż li b’xi mod kellu negozju mal-Libja qabel il-gwerra ċivili, kif ukoll dawk li kienu involuti b’mod dirett f’din il-gwerra, jinsab għaddej b’ħidma kbira biex mhux biss iżomm li kellu, imma…
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Politika soċjali li taqdi l-bżonnijiet tagħna
Qed ninnota iktar minn qabel li l-’policies’ tal-Gvern speċjalment fl-oqsma ekonomiċi u soċjali mhumiex ikunu studjati u maħsubin sew. Meta jiġri hekk id-deċiżjonijiet imorru żmerċ u ma jagħmlux ġid lill-pajjiż. Ħarsu kif ittieħdet id-deċiżjoni li jogħlew it-tariffi tad-dawl u l-ilma. Iktar riċenti aqraw id-Dokument ta’ Qabel il-Bagit u araw in-nixfa ta’ proposti li normalment jiġu…
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Maltemp ghas-swieq finanzjarji tad-dinja
Fil-harga tal-Hadd, 14 ta’ Awwissu, 2011, il-gurnal KullHadd tratta s-suggett “Maltemp ghas-swieq finanzjarji tad-dinja”. Dan is-servizz kien jinkludi l-opinjoni ta’ Prof. Edward Scicluna dwar x’wassal ghal din is-sitwazzjoni finanzjarja prekarja li qed taffettwa s-swieq finanzjarji ta’ bosta pajjizi madwar id-dinja. Prof. Scicluna, li kien qed iwiegeb mistoqsijiet tal-gurnalista Krista Caruana, ta wkoll l-opinjoni tieghu dwar…