The MFSA today published a Feedback Statement following a Consultation on revisiting the Corporate Governance Framework. The Authority received several responses from a wide range of...

The EU’s population is ageing rapidly as member states are experiencing persistently low birth rates and a higher life expectancy. According to Eurostat statistics, in 2012 young people (up to...

A corner shop that has been there for many years. Now on its last legs as big shiny supermarkets take over the clients. A small bar in a village core which has never seen more than 20 persons...

Economic activity in Malta continued to outperform the weak growth in the EU in the first half of 2014. A strong rebound in investment is projected to boost growth to 3% in 2014, before...

The Malta Stock Exchange (MSE) Index registered a 0.86 per cent decline in October, closing the month at 3,304.642 points. Activity was spread across 20 equities of which 11 gained ground, seven fell...

The number of persons who are judged to be at risk of poverty in Malta were estimated to be around 100,000 in 2013, up by 20,000 from 2008, Eurostat said last week. In percentage terms, the at...

Malta registered the highest increase in total retail trade in the EU in September, Eurostat said yesterday. The highest increases in total retail trade were registered in Malta (+1.0%),...

Despite claims by successive governments that taxes were being reduced, total tax revenue last year went up by €175.1 million over the previous year, to €2,484.4 million, the National...

Markets are flat this morning before the ECB meeting this afternoon. The majority of analysts are not expecting Mario Draghi to announce a US form of quantitative easing. We have to wait and see what...

A decade ago, The Economist came up with a heading and article that said that Germany was “the sick man of Europe”.   The Germans have not forgotten that slight, which still...