The recent Covid pandemic has brought the world’s economy to an unprecedented slowdown, only coming close to the great depression of the 1920s. Due to the push towards social distancing which has led to the reduced operation of some businesses, with many having to adapt. Therefore, the...
Read MoreThe 2020 Budget was mostly devoid of radical change. It instead focused on continuing the overlying trend of the former budgets in pursuit of economic growth and expanding social welfare efforts. There was no increase in taxes for the third year in a row as...
Read MoreThe 2016 budget presented in parliament by the Minister of Finance Dr.Edward Scicluna is a very similar budget to the previous budget presented in parliament (budget 2015). This budget seeks to continue to promote economic growth on the Maltese islands. In fact the 2016 budget...
Read MoreRecently the Greek parliament managed to pass the second round of austerity reforms. These reforms need to be fully passed for Greece to acquire €86 billion in bailout money. This is due to the European member states (and Germany in particular) driving a hard bargain...
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