Malta’s alignment to acquis still experiencing delays
- competition law, ‘yards restructuring amongst areas of delay
By Matthew Vella
Malta’s alignment to the EU’s acquis communautaire has fallen behind schedule in certain areas, an EU preliminary monitoring report confirms. READ MORE >>

Free trade does not mean a free hand - Vassallo
In what could be interpreted as a reaction to criticism over the Doulos affair, Parliamentary Secretary Edwin Vassallo yesterday said in a statement that free trade could not be interpreted as a system free from regulation. READ MORE >>

Expenditure on benefits outweighs revenue from NI
By Kurt Sansone
Public finance statistics for the first four months of the year reveal there is no parity between revenue generated from National Insurance contributions and expenditure on social security benefits. Expenditure is Lm20 million more than the revenue generated through NI. READ MORE >>