New Global Residence Scheme 2013
A new residence programme for foreigners was launched on 4th June 2013,, replacing the foreign residents’ scheme which was controversially suspended in 2011. Parliamentary Secretary Edward Zammit Lewis said the Global Residence Programme, as the new scheme is called, will allow people who buy high value property and pay taxes in Malta to benefit from […]
Malta Retirement Program
Malta Retirement Program 2013
New tax incentives for the restoration and reuse of old properties
Tax incentives for the restoration and reuse of scheduled property and properties in urban conservation areas were announced today by Finance Minister Tonio Fenech and Environment Minister Mario de Marco. The schemes form part of the Investi d’Darek schemes first announced in the budget last year. They are aimed, in particular, at encouraging the restoration […]
Malta the best place on earth to retire (2012)
A recent international study (2012) listed Malta as the best place on earth for Brits to retire. Patrick Cooke spoke to three Britons who made the move to see whether their Maltese dreams had come true. Some people might be daunted by the prospect of starting over in a new country as a pensioner, but […]
move2Gozo wins prestigious European property award
A select number of Europe’s property professionals are about to be rewarded for their excellence. The European Property Awards 2012 have now been judged and move2Gozo Real Estate, based in GOZO, MALTA has been informed that it is amongst the winning companies. David Pace, of move2Gozo said “We are delighted with this achievement, considering we […]
Malta’s bathing water is second best in European rankings
The European Environment Agency (EEA) published its annual report on the quality of bathing water for the 2011 season, once again confirming bathing water quality for Malta reached an excellent quality of 97.7%. Malta was classified in the second place just after Cyprus with 99.1%. The result once again shows an improvement on 2010’s results where […]
Get up and…Gozo?
Article Extract from interview with move2Gozo by the editor of ‘A Place in the Sun’: If you like the more rural side to Malta – in the west – then perhaps you should consider its laid-back and hillier little sister, Gozo? Many Maltese have second homes here because of its sleepy feel (and easy access […]
News from the back of beyond…
From time to time Fiona Keeling, whose first visit to Gozo was back in the 1970’s, will give us an insight into what is happening here in Gozo, not just from a property perspective but anything that comes to mind as being of interest to talk about from the weather to life on Gozo, the […]
Life in the fast lane
Roadworks, dust, what next? The start of spring is now under way, the weather is getting warmer, though we still get occasional wind and rain. The major infrastructure works in the capital Victoria have been driving us all mad, as getting from A to B can be very frustrating, even for those of us who […]
Why Live in Gozo?
From a resident to a visitor Having bought and moved here six years ago we have never regretted choosing the quieter life on Malta’s sister island. We love to visit Malta for its shopping, theatre and exhibitions but find ourselves heaving a huge sigh of relief as the ferry pulls out of Circiewwa and the […]
Residential property prices drop in the Q4 2011
Residential property prices drop in the fourth quarter1 Advertised property prices fell on an annual basis by 2.0% in the fourth quarter of 2010, mostly on account of declining apartment prices. The decrease followed three quarters of persistent growth, so that for 2010 as a whole, the Bank’s index increased at an average rate of 1.1%, following a drop of 5.0% in 2009 . Although the decline […]
Ryanair adds more routes to Malta
Low cost airline Ryanair has announced new routes to Malta, including services to London Stansted (four times a week), Oslo (twice a week), Turin (twice a week), Bournemouth (twice a week), Malmo in Sweden (twice a week), Kaunas in Lithuania (twice a week) and Wroclaw in Poland (twice a week). The new routes will start […]
Hedge funds shifting operations to Malta
Hedge fund shifts to Malta
Tom Cruise wants to buy huge house in Malta
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is on the hunt to buy a luxury holiday home in Malta but has given his agency something of a mission impossible: The home must have a 200 square-metre living room. Cruise… who will be in Malta at the end of next year to shoot his own film, is not fond […]
Gozo chosen as one of the top ten tourist destinations
Gozo has been chosen as one of the top ten destinations among the Southern Europe top 50. The QualityCoast Jury evaluated over 500 international tourist destinations in nine Southern European countries. The selected destinations are combined into the “QualityCoast 2011 – Southern European Top 50.” This was announced during an awards ceremony in Kouklia, Cyprus for […]
Gozo chosen as one of 50 most attractive tourist destinations 2011
The QualityCoast Jury evaluated over 500 international tourist destinations in nine Southern European countries. The selected destinations are combined into the “QualityCoast 2011 – Southern European Top 50.” Fifty tourist destinations have been selected for their attractiveness to visitors interested in nature and cultural heritage, environment and sustainability. Thirty indicators have been used for this […]
International Living’s 2011 Quality of Life Index Reveals Best Climate in the World
Two countries have tied for first place with the best climate on earth in this year’s Quality of Life Index, published last week in International Livingmagazine. Climate is one of nine categories that go in to calculating the countries with the best quality of life in the annualInternational Living index. Sharing top scores for climate in […]
Malta listed in top 10 out of 500 extraordinary islands
A new book from Frommers includes Malta in the top ten out of 500 extraordinary islands one would most want to visit –or perhaps stay on forever! The 500 islands themselves were shortlisted from thousands. Malta: Crossroads of the Mediterranean Walking the streets of most any Maltese town, you get the vague sense that you’re […]