Maltese shoppers get 20 per cent more goods and services with the euros in their pockets when compared to those in other European countries, a recent study has found.

A comparative analysis of purchasing power (how much you can buy with your money) published by Eurostat found that a bag of goods that would cost an average of €100 in the eurozone would be bought for €83 in Malta.

By way of comparison, the same purchase would cost a whopping €148 in Norway and just €48 in Bulgaria, the country where euros go the furthest.

The Eurostat study was conducted among a group of 37 European countries, including the 28 EU member states.

Read more in the Times of Malta.

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