Budget
Malta: Moneyval recommendations will not affect honest business, PM pledges
Prime Minister Robert Abela pledged that the operation of honest and legitimate businesses would not be affected through the implementation of measures…
Catering establishments seek lower utility rates in Budget proposals
Catering establishments want lower utilities rates as well as measures to attract more clients. In a meeting ahead of this month’s Budget,…
Malta: Budget scheduled for 19 October
The 2021 budget will take place a fortnight from today on Monday 19 October. This was announced today during the Parliamentary Committee…
EP negotiators still pushing for better long-term EU budget
During the fourth trilateral talks with Council and Commission, the European Parliament’s negotiators underline that a lot remains to be done before…
Malta: Budget 2021 will depend on COVID-19 containment and Moneyval Assessment – MEA
The Malta Employer’s Association, MEA has published the document with its proposals for the national budget 2021. In a statement accompanying the…
Maltese Editors’ Perspectives
The Times looks at the upcoming budget. It welcomes government plans not to increase taxes in the short-term to deal with the…
British treasury pushing for large tax rises to plug budgetary holes
Treasury officials are pushing for the largest tax rises in a generation to plug the gaping holes in the public finances, in…
CiNext – Five days of Europe
There was courtship and accusations of betrayal, there were confessions to the camera and off-mic dealings. It may sound like the latest…
EU Budget: what’s in it for Europe and Malta
by Keith Zahra European Union leaders reached a deal on a package of measures to boost their economies after the coronavirus pandemic,…
Was there a Plan B if EU budget talks failed? – Charles Michel talks to POLITICO
Sitting once again on the Terrace Where It Happened, Charles Michel confessed he had no Plan B if leaders had failed to…
Greece PM says won’t accept strict EU conditions on COVID-19 aid – FT
Greece will not accept strict European Union conditions on the use of the coronavirus emergency aid, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the…
EU leaders to meet in Brussels on 17-18 July in hope to finalise economic stimulus plan
Eu ropean Union leaders will meet in Brussels on July 17-18 to haggle over a proposed COVID-19 economic stimulus and their next…