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The Government Consolidated Fund shows an increase of €6.7 million in the shortfall between recurrent revenue and total expenditure for the first month of the year in comparison to January 2007, and amounted to €62.7 million. An increase of €36.6 million in total expenditure was partly offset by an increase of €29.9 million ...

In line with the trend observed in recent years, in January 2008, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices went downby 0.4 per cent over the previous month. This primarily reflected a decrease of 18.1 per cent in the Clothing and Footwear Index, mainly due to seasonal price reductions. Lower ...

Nine state-of-the-art showcases were officially presented today by the Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono, to Dr Mario Tabone Chairman of Heritage Malta. The procurement of these showcases, which cost more than €111,000 was made possible through co-finance from the Structural Funds programme for Malta 2004-2006 under the European ...

Dear Sir, Lately, I have been analyzing very closely the electoral flyers that I received at home from some Gozitan candidates, and have also evaluated what they are saying in the media. It is surprising to note a point of similarity between what is said by some PN candidates and some other ...

A delegation from Nature Trust (Malta) made up of the President V. Attard, Conservation Officer A. Deidun, Project Coordinator O. Bonavia and Legal advisor H. Theuma have had a meeting with Malta labour Party Officials. During the meeting the NGO presented and discussed its proposals to political parties ...

Bank of Valletta said today that the response to its 18-month euro term deposit account, featuring an advantageous rate of interest of 4.4% gross per annum, was excellent. "Customers have responded well to the most attractive deposit opportunity that we launched last week," said Charles Borg, Chief Officer, Financial Markets and Investments at Bank of Valletta. ...

During a public hearing held today, the MEPA board heard their case officers make nine separate presentations for the sanctioning of boathouses which had been built without permits in Dwejra. In seven of the cases, the applications were approved, with the board's discussion focusing on issues such as ...

According to the ongoing frontier survey, tourist departures in January 2008 are estimated at 63,850, implying an increase of 23.4 per cent over the same month a year ago. The increase primarily reflects a rise in holiday makers, mainly from Germany, France and Spain. By contrast, a decrease was ...

The MEPA Development Control Commission has resigned en masse following a report issued by auditor Joe Falzon which said that its approval of a supermarket in Safi was a "gross irregularity." The controversial supermarket development is a Polidano Brothers project and the members of the commission had unanimously voted in favour of the ...

The Ornis Committee has again refrained from making a recommendation regarding this years spring hunting. The Committee said that in view of the fact that the European Court had not decided yet whether to order interim measures on the forthcoming spring hunting season, the committee resolved that it should not make a recommendation ...