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Tsipras Mandate Main Barrier to Greek Deal, Scicluna Says
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s mandate from the Greek people is the biggest stumbling block to a deal with the country’s creditors to help avert a default, according to Maltese Finance Minister Edward Scicluna. Tsipras’s government was elected on a platform of ending austerity tied to bailout payments, yet Scicluna and his fellow euro-area finance ministers…
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L-ekonomija qed tikber għax hawn l-istabilità
F’dawn l-aħħar sentejn, Malta esperjenzat tkabbir ekonomiku li poġġieha fuq quddiem nett, kemm mal-pajjiżi tal-Unjoni Ewropea u kif ukoll taż-Żona Ewro għaliex il-Gvern qiegħed jieħu d-deċiżjonijiet li hemm bżonn u għaliex f’pajjiżna qed tirrenja l-istabilità politika, fil-banek, fl-attività ekonomika u fl-investiment. Dan qalu l-Ministru għall-Finanzi, il-Prof. Edward Scicluna f’intervista ma’ din il-gażżetta. Il-Ministru Scicluna qal…
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Sibt il-Punt – ONE Radio – Saturday, 22nd November, 2014
Profs. Edward Scicluna fil-programm SIBT IL-PUNT fuq ONE radio, immexxi minn Manuel Micallef. Programme will be available soon. – Saturday, 22nd November, 2014
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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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Paper Scan – 9th November 2014 – ONE
– Sunday, 9th November, 2014
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Holding the country’s purse strings
In eight days’ time, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna will announce the Budget for 2015. Vanessa Macdonald asked him about the impact of the measures in the last Budget The deficit target announced in Budget 2014 was €140 million. According to the National Statistics Office, by September this year it was already €284 million, in spite…
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Prof. Edward Scicluna on TVAM
Il-Ministru għall-Finanzi Edward Scicluna jitkellem dwar it-tħejjijiet għall-Baġit 2015 waqt TVAM – Wednesday, 22 October, 2014
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Scicluna to publish public sector wage bill
The pre-Budget document would list the increase in the public wage bill following the recruitment of nearly 1,900 new employees since Labour’s electoral victory, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna has said. According to recently released figures, 1,879 workers were employed since the March 2013 election. NSO figures show that, between March 2008 and March 2013, some…
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Għajnejna fuq l-infiq u d-dħul, xahar b’xahar
X’TIP ta’ kontrolli saru fuq l-infiq tal-Gvern? X’inizjattivi ttieħdu biex tiġi kkontrollata n-nefqa? Is-sostenibbiltà fiskali ma tinkisibx f’miżuri jew kontrolli ta’ darba, imma titlob attenzjoni u sorvejlanza rego-lari u kontinwa. Għalhekk, il-Ministeru għall-Finanzi tul l-aħħar sena beda janalizza l-infiq u d-dħul tal-pajjiż fuq bażi ta’ xahar b’xahar. Dan biex jekk ikun hemm xi żlieq fiskali,…
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Q&A Edward Scicluna – Minister for finance – The Report Company
While Malta’s neighbours are yet to emerge from financial and economic turmoil, this Mediterranean island state is doing remarkably well for itself. According to European Commission figures, its economy is forecast to grow by over 2 percent in 2014, while its debt-to-GDP ratio is seen at 72 percent – both figures that would turn many…