Finance Minister Edward Scicluna told The Malta Independent that the government will not be raising Value Added Tax (VAT). "In the draft budget which we presented to the Commission we said that...

Deepwater drilling rigs are sitting idle. Fracking plans are being scaled back. Enormous new projects to squeeze oil out of the tar sands of Canada are being shelved. Maybe low oil prices aren't...

A surprisingly solid performance by France and confirmation that Greece has come out of one of the developed world's deepest recessions in living memory helped the 18-country eurozone grow by more...

Yesterday the markets were caught in-between geopolitical concerns, strong US labour data and a new reminder that European growth and inflation will be lower than previously expected. Starting with...

The firm Chetcuti Cauchi has received the first Malta citizenship approvals in respect of applicants for Maltese citizenship that it has represented from the inception of the Individual...

Equity Indices The Dow and S&P 500 eked out a fifth session of record closing highs, barely extending the market's recent rally in light volume as consumer discretionary shares gained. ...

ECB decisions On Thursday, 6 November, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations (MRO) and the interest rates on...

A lot needs to go right for the eurozone's economy to get going again. A report Friday is expected to show the 18-nation currency union barely grew in the third quarter - its failure to achieve...

The main highlights from the Group of 20 Summit is that economic stimulus agreed by the G-20 members may boost growth by 2.1% by 2018. G-20 members have submitted plans to achieve the target of...

The politically-fraught issue of forcing big, multinational companies to pay more tax will be high on the agenda at this weekend's G-20 summit in Brisbane. There has been an ongoing effort by...