Tour operator margin scheme
should not generate adverse effect – FATTA
By Matthew
Vella
Opposition leader Alfred Sant fears EU accession would detract from
Malta’s competitive edge in the tourism sector. In comments
made last week during Robin Hood, broadcast on Super One TV, the
Opposition leader claimed that EU accession "would introduce
a new tax on tour operators who send their clients to Malta, effectively
increasing their expenses by two to three per cent." READ
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The rush for Maltese property –
the winners and losers By
Matthew Vella and Julian Manduca
There is little doubt that joining the EU would increase
demand for property in the Maltese Islands. Come May 1 2004, and
provided Malta joins the Union, businesspeople, diplomats and ordinary
citizens could be looking for a place in the sun within the confines
of the EU. READ
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CNI head will vote ‘No’
but movement not yet decided on referendum
By Kurt
Sansone
Campaign for National Independence Chairperson Albert Leone
Ganado yesterday reaffirmed the anti-EU movement does not yet have
an official position on the referendum. Any boycott ordered by the
Labour Party could be uncomfortable for Labour-leaning CNI members.
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INTERVIEW Harnessing the credit
culture through debt management
Lanstraust Malta General Manager Karl Xuereb speaks to DAVID
LINDSAY about the company’s unique emergence onto the
market and the services it provides to clients looking to
streamline their debt management operations
OPINION Combating financial
crime
Finance Minister John Dalli addresses Monday’s seminar
organised by the Financial Intelligence Unit on ‘The
role and responsibilities of financial intelligence units
in combating money laundering’. Dalli highlights the
multilateral steps taken by the government to fight financial
crime and in halting the financing of international terrorism
