Malta and China registered 9.7 per cent year on year trade growth. This was the only positive growth between China and EU27 countries, said the Commerce Vice-Minister of The People’s Republic of China, Mr Zhong Shan.
Mr Zhong Shan was yesterday in Malta for a 30-hour visit during which he discussed progress in the field of [...]

Malta and Jersey have signed a double taxation avoidance agreement.
The agreement was signed by Maltese High Commissioner Joseph Zammit Tabona and Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur. The signing ceremony took place at the Malta High Commission, London.  Mr Zammit Tabona said the agreement was instrumental for trade relations to be strengthened further. He added that trade delegations [...]

A Memorandum of Understanding between the MFSA and the China Securities Regulation Commission – which will open up Malta’s financial services sector to one of the world’s largest pools of private capital – is expected to be signed soon, The Times Business has learnt.
The signing of the MoU is the result of negotiations which began in 2008 and [...]

Following the success of the first two calls for projects to be funded under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) schemes Malta Enterprise is today issuing another €12.7 Million by opening up a third call for its seven ERDF Scheme.
This intended to co-finance projects relating to International Competitiveness, Business Start-ups, Innovation, Environment, Research & Development (R&D), e-Business, and [...]

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bank of Valletta’s long-term issuer default rating at ‘A-’ with a stable outlook.
Fitch simultaneously affirmed BOV’s short-term IDR at ‘F2′, Individual Rating at ‘C’, Support Rating at ‘2′ and Support Rating Floor at ‘BBB+’.  Fitch said that the ratings reflected BOV’s conservative management, satisfactory liquidity and healthy capital ratios. They also factor in [...]

Maltese Finance Minister Tonio Fenech and his Belgian counterpart, Didier Reynders, have signed an agreement to amend the existing double taxation agreement between the 2 countries.  The amendment seeks to bring the agreement’s provisions on the exchange of information in line with internationally agreed standards. The original agreement was reached in 1974, and was amended in 1993.
Mr [...]