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Government Finances remain on track and within 2014 Budget Projections
The Government’s finances are on track and are in line with the projections laid down in the 2014 budget. This was confirmed by Central Government Finance figures (January to July 2014) published by the National Statistics Office on Friday 29th August 2014, which show that aside from outstanding payments due by Enemalta, both government revenue…
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Foreign Direct Investment picks up – Videoblog 58
In this video blog Finance Minister Prof. Edward Scicluna discusses recently-published NSO figures pertaining to foreign investment, and explains that investment is considered important because investment allows the purchase of capital such as machinery or staffing, which in turn leads to economic growth for the country. Prof. Scicluna explains that foreign investment is also…
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Malta among Leading Eurozone and European Union countries in GDP Growth
The Minister for Finance notes with satisfaction the Gross Domestic Product growth figures published by NSO which show that Malta ranks among the top-performing countries in the Eurozone and the European Union on GDP growth. Figures published by the National Statistics office on Wednesday 27th August 2014 show that in the second quarter of 2014,…
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Accepting Responsibility when the lights go out – Videoblog 57
Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna discusses the recent power cut which affected Maltese households and businesses. He explains that despite they are not desirable and should be avoided, there is always a risk that such unforeseen incidents take place. He notes that this is why essential operations are, or should be, equipped with…
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Strong Employment in Sensitive Sectors – Videoblog 56
Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna discusses recently published employment figures as published by the National Statistics Office. Prof. Edward Scicluna explains that the figures show an increase in full time employment of 3.6%, as well as a rise in part time employment by 6.3%. He notes that such rates that were never reached before.…
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L-indiċi tas-sentiment ekonomiku x’valur għandu?
Xtaqt nuża din l-opportunità biex nagħmel aċċenn fuq kif, biss ftit jiem ilu, l-aġenzija tal-istatistika Ewropea (Eurostat) ippubblikat dawk li ngħidulhom l-indiċi tas-sentiment ekonomiku. Dan jiġifieri statistika li tindika kemm qegħdin ipoġġu fiduċja n-nies ta’ pajjiżi membri tal-Unjoni Ewropea fl-ekonomiji tal-pajjiżi tagħhom, u fatturi oħrajn bħal pereżempju jekk iħossuhomx li marru għall-aħjar, jew għall-agħar. Din…
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Significant Employment Increases in sensitive sectors
The Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna welcomed the figures published by the National Statistics Office which showed a record increase in both full-time and part-time employment, particularly in sensitive sectors. According to the figures on the gainfully-occupied population published by the NSO on Wednesday 6th August 2014, in March 2014 full-time employment increased by…
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Jesploraw opportunitajiet għall-koperazzjoni
Malta u l-EBRD Kelli bosta okkażjonijiet li nitkellem dwar il-banek kbar tal-investiment u l-iżvilupp (Development Banks). Dan għax dawn il-banek għandhom rwol essenzjali fl-iżvilupp infrastrutturali kif ukoll soċjali ta’ pajjiżi li għadhom qed jiżviluppaw. Fost dawn il-banek tant importanti hemm il-Bank tal-Investiment Ewropew (EIB), bank li bl-assistenza tiegħu bħala membru stat tal-Unjoni Ewropea, Malta wettqet,…
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Signing of University Agreement
Ġie iffirmat il-ftehim kollettiv il-ġdid għall-akkademiċi fl-Università u fil-Junior College li fl-aħħar ġimgħat kienu l-kawża ta’ azzjoni industrijali mill-Union tal-Akkademiċi u l-Union tal-Għalliema l-MUT u theddida ta’ azzjonijiet industrijali oħra mill-Assoċjazzjoni tat-tobba. Ġie issiġillat il-ftehim kolletiv il-ġdid bejn l-Università u l-Unions li jirrapreżentaw l-istaff akkademiku għall-erba’ snin li ġejjin. Il-ftehim jidher li jissodisfa ukoll lill-Assocjazzjoni…
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Qabda rekord ta’ 64 miljun sigarett tal-kuntrabandu f’disa’ kontejners ikonfiskati mid-Dwana ta’ Malta
Id-Dwana Maltija dan l-aħħar, wara jiem ta’ investigazzjoni u osservazzjoni, għamlet qabda rekord ta’ 64,000,000 sigarett tal-kuntrabandu, li kienu destinati għall-Ewropa. Disa’ kontejners ta’ 40 pied kull wieħed inqabdu fil-Freeport fi triqithom mill-Asja lejn pajjiż ieħor ta’ l-Unjoni Ewropeja. Il-kontejners kienu dikjarati bħala li fihom għamara u ġugarelli tat-tfal, iżda barra dawn l-oġġetti nstabu wkoll…