Month: November 2016

  • Minister Scicluna attends meeting with European social partners

    Minister Scicluna attends meeting with European social partners

    Minister for Finance Prof. Edward Scicluna attended a meeting of the Macro-Economic Dialogue with the European social partners, on the margins of the Eurogroup and Econfin meetings currently taking place in Brussels.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE   This meeting brought together the Council Presidency, the European Central Bank and the…

  • Further increases in local exports

    Further increases in local exports

    The Ministry for Finance welcomes the latest international trade news release published today by the NSO, which shows a remarkable increase of €484.3 million in Malta’s exports net of fuels for the first three quarters of this year.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE     During the period January to September…

  • Mhux ta’ min joqgħod fuq l-Oppożizzjoni biex tinterpreta statistika

    Mhux ta’ min joqgħod fuq l-Oppożizzjoni biex tinterpreta statistika

    Fi stqarrija, il-Partit Nazzjonalista qed jallega li l-Ministru għall-Finanzi, l-Professur Edward Scicluna, fil-Parlament qal li l-istatistika tal-Economic Survey mhux ta’ min joqgħod fuqha.     L-istqarrija naqset milli tirriproduċi l-ispjegazzjoni tal-Ministru Scicluna fejn, waqt id-diskussjoni dwar l-estimi tal-Ministeru tiegħu, qal li l-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni Dr Simon Busuttil uża statistika b’mod ħażin meta ddikjara li l-pagi matul…

  • 3,800 new companies registered in first nine months of this year

    3,800 new companies registered in first nine months of this year

    Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna noted that 3,800 new companies have been registered by September 2016, bringing the total number of registered companies up to around 50,000.   PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE Speaking at the Annual Company Law Conference organised by the Department of Commercial Law within the University of…

  • Il-Borża u l-Investiment Finanzjarju

    Il-Borża u l-Investiment Finanzjarju

    L-investiment finanzjarju qisu munita biż-żewġ naħat tagħha. Fuq naħa waħda għandek id-depożitant jew l-investitur. Dak illi għandu flusu u jgħaddihom lil ħaddieħor u talli jagħmel hekk, jieħu ritorn sodisfaċenti għalih. Filwaqt li fuq in-naħa l-oħra għandna l-kumpaniji, illi għandom ħafna ideat però ma’ jkollhomx il-finanzi u għaldaqstant jaqgħu fuq min jipprovdi dawn il-finanzi. Dawn imbagħad…

  • ‘You cannot fight the market’

    ‘You cannot fight the market’

    If ever there was a job to which the old saying ‘you can never win’ applies, surely it would have to be the Minister of Finance. Traditionally, as the man who holds the key to the national treasury, he is inundated with pressure from Cabinet colleagues demanding ever-increasing allocations. And once the annual Budget exercise…