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Budget 2015 is removing obstacles to business and ensuring economic growth is distributed in just and fair manner
The 2015 Budget is removing obstacles to local businesses and enterprises, while assisting lower income earners, to ensure that the country keeps generating economic growth, and that the wealth that is created is distributed in a just and fair manner, said the Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna. The Minister for Finance was speaking following…
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Government committed towards reducing bureaucracy and improving competitiveness
The Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna stated that the Government is committed towards reducing bureaucracy and increasing competitiveness so as to encourage further investment. PRESS STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE Prof. Scicluna was speaking during the opening address to the Malta Association of Credit Management conference which was held at the…
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Malta Budget 2015: Nippremjaw il-Bżulija
Dokument tal-Baġit >> Defiċit Miri tad-defiċit: 2.1% għal din is-sena u 1.6% għas-sena d-dieħla. SISA fuq l-inbid u l-għalf tal-fish farms Dħul ta’ 20 ċenteżmu SISA fuq kull litru ta’ nbid lokali u internazzjonali. Dan se jkun akkumpanjat minn promozzjoni tal-inbid Malti. SISA fuq l-għalf tal-fish farms Prezz tal-Gass Prezz stabbli għall-gass sa April li…
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Baġit li jgħin l-Ekonomija, jippremja l-Bżulija u jgħin lill-Faxxa t’Isfel
Il-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat elenka l-baġit li tressaq fil-Parlament bħala wieħed mimli inizjattivi, li jgħin l-ekonomija, jippremja l-bżulija u jgħin lill-faxxa t’isfel biex inkunu soċjalment ġusti. Waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet fil-Berġa ta’ Kastilja, il-Prim Ministru qal li dan huwa parti minn pjan ta’ ħidma ottimista li l-poplu qiegħed jilqa’ u jifhem. Joseph Muscat sostna kif kull…
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NSO controversy a ‘storm in a teacup’
The Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna explains to the Times of Malta that the Opposition’s recent attacks regarding the National Statistics Office Director General’s position is a storm in a tea cup. He explained that it is normal procedure for a call for applications to be held when the post of a Director…
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Encouraging Young People to Save – Videoblog 68
In his weekly video blog, the Minister for Finance discusses the recently launched private pensions schemes, through which the Government is encouraging people and families to save for a more comfortable future. Prof. Scicluna says that he was pleased to be able to launch the initiative, in view of how for many years the pension…
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Government launches third pillar pension scheme
The Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna launched the Third Pillar pension scheme, referred to as the Personal Retirement Scheme, and which is being supplemented by another scheme, the Individual Savings Account (ISA). Both schemes are optional and are intended to encourage low-income earners to save more for their retirement and safeguard their future quality…
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Government reducing bureaucracy on property valuations
The Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna announced a new property valuation system on Tuesday 11 November 2014 which will reduce bureaucracy on property valuations. Minister Scicluna explained how the present architect’s valuation system is bureaucratic and a source of harassment for ordinary citizens who happen to be buying, selling, or inheriting properties. It is…
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Il-Gvern jiltaqa’ mal-Imsieħba Soċjali u l-Korpi Kostitwiti għat-tielet darba b’konsultazzjoni qabel il-Baġit 2015
Illum saret l-aħħar laqgħa ta’ konsultazzjoni mal-Kunsill Malti għall-Iżvilupp Ekonomiku u Soċjali l-MCESD dwar il-Baġit 2015. Jintemm il-proċess ta’ konsultazzjoni wiesgħa dwar il-baġit mifrux fuq perjodu ta’ xahrejn li l-Gvern mexxa mas-soċjetà ċivili, għaqdiet u mal-pubbliku Fil-ftuħ tal-laqgħa, il-Ministru għad-Djalogu Soċjali, Affarijiet tal-Konsumatur u Libertajiet Ċivili Helena Dalli fissret kif permezz ta’ din it-tielet…
