**EU to Introduce ‘Temu Tax’ on Parcels from China, Despite Malta’s Opposition** Malta, known for its strategic location and thriving e-commerce scene, finds itself at odds with the European Union’s latest initiative to impose a ‘Temu tax’ on parcels arriving from China. This new tax, aimed at curbing the influx of cheap goods flooding European…
It starts with a smile, a free shot of ħelwa tat-Tork, and a “special price just for you, my friend”. Ten minutes later you’re standing outside a Sliema jewellery shop clutching a €380 coral necklace you never intended to buy, wondering how the word “no” evaporated from your Maltese vocabulary. Somewhere between the glass of…
**MFSA Review Finds Gaps in Payment Accounts Offered by Financial Institutions** In a small island nation where cash is still king at village festas and where your local barber greets you by name, the way we pay for things carries more cultural weight than most tourists realise. That’s why the Malta Financial Services Authority’s latest…
France Slaps Google & Shein with Mega-Fines: What Malta’s Cookie Pop-up Chaos Could Mean for Us By now every Maltese smartphone addict has done the dance: you open a new site, a Technicolor banner erupts—“We value your privacy!”—and before you can tap “Accept All,” your thumb has already sold your digital soul. Yesterday, France decided…
