The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Malawi and Head of Delegation, Marchel Gerrmann on Monday presented his letters of credentials to President Peter Mutharika, at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe in an event that marked his official assumption of duty. Ambassador Gerrmann was appointed as Head of the EU Delegation to Malawi on 1 September 2014 […]
Outgoing EU Ambassador and Head of Delegation to Malawi, Alexander Baum, has congratulated President Peter Mutharika on getting married. Baum spoke during his farewell party in the capital, Lilongwe. Mutharika and Gertrude Maseko were on Saturday declared husband and wife after they took wedding vows “to love and cherish” at CCAP’s St Michaels and All […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s vice-president (Central Region) Hetherwick Ntaba, has said the Peter Mutharika administration will pursue the corruption Cashgate and Jetgate scandals to their logical conclusion and should be construed as political vendetta. Speaking to national broadcaster MBC, Ntaba said President Mutharika offered a political olive branch to his opponents, including his […]
Malawi’s development partners under the Common Approach to Budgetary Support (CABS) say they will make a position when to resume funding after they appreciate the commitment of the new administration of Peter Mutharika in addressing the concerns they raised over the country’ public finance management. The CABS chairperson Alexander Baum told a local radio that […]
Ballot papers for Malawi’s Tripartite Elections on 20th May elections arrive into the country on Saturday and Sunday at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe. Chief Elections Officer for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Willie Kalonga said the ballot papers were produced in South Africa at a secure printing facility monitored and overseen by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) as […]
The World Bank and European Union have exonorated themselves from claims by opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi that donors will only resume budgetary support to Malawi if there will be regime change during May 20 tripartite elections. Atupele was quoted by Nyasa Times speaking in Mzuzu at a campaign rally making such claims “Dr […]
International donors, who provide 40 percent of Malawi’s budget, have decided to maintain the aid freeze in the wake of a high-level corruption ‘cashgate’ scandal last year. Some of the donors under Common Approach to Budget Support (CABS) say they will only be providing aid through project and programme financing, “to ensure that public service delivery […]
Malawi’s development partners have poured staggering amounts of aid into the country which unfortunately remains stagnant, that is the view of the chief of European Union Delegation to Malawi Alexander Baum, according to the Daily Times of February 19. “Everyone focuses on elections as if they solve all the problems. Elections are overestimated. Of course, […]
The European Union (EU) has said it considers phasing out support to the transport sector in African countries but explained that it was inaccurate to suggest that it had been withdrawn to aid-dependent Malawi. The Daily Times under the headline ‘EU withdraws transport’ aid reported on Wednesday that EU has stopped “pumping support to the transport […]
Head of the European Union’s Mission to Malawi, Alexander Baum, has dismissed as falsehood speculations that EU has slapped travel ban on Malawi President Joyce Banda. The speculation were in some sections of the media after President Banda last week cancelled an official trip to Brussels, Belgium, in compliance with travel restrictions announced by Minister of Finance […]
The European Union (EU) has denied local press reports that budget finance to aid-dependent Malawi has been cut. Malawi News reported on Saturday that EU has withdraw its aid to Malawi following a widespread multi-million dollar treasury fraud. But Alexander Baum, the head of the EU mission in Malawi denied the report, saying EU will […]
The European Union warned on Thursday that it will not release scheduled budget finance to aid-dependent Malawi until the government deals with a widespread multi-million dollar treasury fraud. The EU is set to release 29 million euros ($39 million) in December to support the deeply impoverished country’s budget, which is bankrolled up to 40 percent […]
The European Union (EU), Government and the private sector met on Tuesday in Lilongwe to deliberate on the formulation of Malawi’s G8 Cooperation Framework to support the country’s imminent membership of the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. The meeting was co-chaired by EU Ambassador to Malawi Alexander Baum and Minister of Agriculture […]
President Dr. Joyce Banda has reiterated that without a good road network, the Malawi economy would not function properly as roads are the most important mode of transport for Malawi as they carry over 90 percent of goods and passengers. The President made the observation when she officially opened the 46km Chikhwawa–Ngabu section of the […]