• Sudafrica

    South Africa: Trade and Industry On Pharmaceutical's Investment At Dube Trade Port

    [SA Govt] South Africa lands R1.3 billion pharmaceutical's investment at Dube Trade Port (DTP) in KwaZulu-Natal

  • Cina

    Tanzania: Coast Region Tipped to Become Industrial Hub

    [Daily News] Tanzania's industrialbased economy got a major boost yesterday, with China pledging to construct a multibillion iron factory this year.

  • Angola

    Angola: Minister Reiterates Government Investment in Tourism Promotion

    [ANGOP] Luanda -The minister of Hotels and Tourism, Paulino Baptista, ensured on Saturday in Luanda the government commitment to promoting domestic tourism to provide services with the required quality.

  • Malta

    Budget 2017 measures impossible without deficit reduction - PM

    This year's Budget hinged on the government's success in exceeding its deficit targets, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this evening. Speaking at a press conference following his finance minister's gruelling three-hour Budget 2017 speech, Dr Muscat said the "social" Budget was in large part thanks to excellent deficit reduction results. "Had those ...

  • Malta

    Watch: Utility tariff cut rumours were the PN's doing, says PM

    The Opposition had been “pumping the idea around” that utility prices would be cut as part of Budget 2017, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said.Speaking to the Times of Malta, Dr Muscat said expectations that utility prices would drop had stemmed from the Opposition and were not based on anything concrete. This ...

  • Malta

    Watch: The 2017 Budget at a glance

    Taxation Income tax on government pensions and private pensions up to €13,000 will be removed next year A €1.75 wage increase as part of the cost of living adjustment Low-income people will actually be getting a raise of €4 per week through improvements to the in-work benefit and the supplementary allowance Income tax on ...

  • Francia Malta Italia

    New Marsamxett breakwater - Mother and child hospital planned

    A new mother and child hospital, an hospital for acute psychiatric care, a breakwater in Marsamxett, a new fibre-optic link between Malta and Gozo and a new fibre-optic link between Malta and Marseille in the south of France were among the infrastructural projects announced during the Budget 2017 speech. The link with ...

  • Canada

    Former Mtarfa hospital to become international school

    The government is to issue a call for the conversion of the former Mtarfa military hospital into an international private school, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna said in the Budget speech today. He also said that the government will build new primary schools in St Paul's Bay, Marsascala and Victoria and set ...

  • Malta

    Incentives for occupational pension schemes

    The government will next year offer fiscal incentives to employers who voluntarily opt to set up occupational pension schemes, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna announced in the Budget speech today. The incentives will be in the form of tax credits. The minister said Malta's financial infrastructure is to be strengthened next year ...

  • Malta

    No power tariff cuts, but more incentives for renewable energy use

    Finance Minister Edward Scicluna this evening dashed hopes that power tariffs would be reduced in Budget 2017 but said households will be able to invest in 'solar bonds' and benefit from the yield on photovoltaic installations installed in public spaces. He said that some 1,000 families will benefit from grants for ...