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Vai alla Scheda Paese »The borders prevent the poor from entering inside, not from the rich to go out.
— Eero Suvilehto
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Bullying and suicide: What's the connection?
Bullying, as many people know, can be a tremendously painful experience for a young person. The point has been driven home over the last decade by stories about teens like Phoebe Prince or Amanda Todd, who killed themselves after experiencing bullying.Recently, the parents of eight-year-old Gabriel Taye filed a federal ...
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Maltese prostitute: ‘We are like toilets: men use us and leave us there’
The regularisation of prostitution is not the way forward, and to do so with the current state of enforcement could result in a complete disaster, Dr Anna Vella, who has been a volunteer at Dar Hosea (a day centre for women involved in prostitution) for the past three years and ...
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Two dead, six hurt in Finland knife attack
Updated 8.35pm A man with a knife killed two people and wounded at least six in a stabbing rampage in a market square in the Finnish city of Turku today, police said. Police shot the suspected attacker in the leg and arrested him. They said they had yet to establish the ...
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Updated (3): Finnish police shoot man who stabs 8 people in Turku; 2 dead
A man stabbed eight people today in Finland's western city of Turku, killing two of them, before police shot him in the thigh and detained him, police said. Authorities were looking for more potential suspects in the attack.A suspect — a man whose identity was not known — was being ...
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Malta second highest EU state on social media, first in employment of ICT educated people
While it is no surprise that Maltese internet users are somewhat obsessed with social media, he EU's statistics office Eurostat has confirmed that it is the second highest EU state logged on to such services.Eurostat has updated data on internet usage, released on 13 July, among the 28 member states. ...
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Malta’s GDP per capita at 95% of EU average
When Malta accessed the EU in 2004, its GDP per capita was somewhere around 65% of the EU’s average. Since then, other, and poorer, nations have joined and Malta’s GDP has improved. According to a Eurostat release this week, it is now at 95% of the EU average, beaten by ...
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Business: Kenya's innovativeness to dominate scholar's view in Finland
Graduating at the prestigious Finnish Aalto University, Paula Linna, a researcher who has worked closely with Kenya's little known innovators is set to highlight their impact at an academic event in Finland.
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Malta’s vacant seat in plenary EU migrant debate disappoints MEPs
Last Tuesday, an important European Union debate on migration was not attended by any representative from Malta. MEPs disappointedly noted the absence of a representative from the current European Council, Malta. Dutch politician Jeroen Lenears, an MEP from the European People’s Party said it was “a shame” that there was ...
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Swedbank categorises Malta as ‘high risk’, leaked e-mails show
Swedbank AB, a major international player with 9.5 million retail customers and 622,000 corporate customers, is now considering Malta to be a ‘high risk’ category, e-mails leaked to The Malta Independent on Sunday shows.A client who attempted to have a bank account opened with Swedbank in connection with a company ...
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Business: Tech firms race to spot video violence
Companies from Singapore to Finland are racing to improve artificial intelligence so software can automatically spot and block videos of grisly murders and mayhem before they go viral on social media.
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Nokia reports another loss
Finland’s telecoms giant Nokia reported Thursday that it remained deep in the red at the start of the year, with sales in its main business, networks, on the decline. The company posted a loss of 488 million euros ($532 million) in the first quarter, an improvement from the 609 million ...
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Development aid rises again in 2016 but flows to poorest countries dip - OECD
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Country: WorldDevelopment aid reached a new peak of USD 142.6 billion in 2016. However, much of this increase in humanitarian aid and spending on refugees was in donor countries.11/04/2017 - Development aid reached a new peak of USD 142.6 billion in 2016, an increase ...
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Support for Finnish anti-EU party slumps in municipal elections
Finland's jointly ruling eurosceptic Finns party saw its support tumble in municipal elections yesterday, potentially tipping its own leadership race in favour of a hardline anti-immigration candidate. The moderate nationalist Finns party won 8.8 per cent support, slumping from the 17.7 per cent of the vote it won in a 2015 ...
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EPP congress: In spite of Brexit, people want more Europe, not less - Simon Busuttil
PN leader Simon Busuttil, in his speech concluding the European People's Party congress today, said that it is a real pity that because of Brexit, Article 50 became the most commonly known article from the treaty of the European Union. He said that, on the other hand, it should be ...
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Only a trickle of stolen Russian billions ended up in Malta
Illicit money flowing out of Russia via Moldova and Latvia ended up in almost every single EU state, an investigation has found, posing questions on the integrity of Europe's banking systems.Beneficiaries in Estonia received $1.6 billion out of a total of some $20 billion uncovered in the money trail by journalists ...
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MITLA poses numerous questions on proposed Media and Defamation Act
The Malta Information Technology Law Association has publicly released several questions in anticipation of a Q&A Session on the Media and Defamation Act being held tomorrow.MITLA said it believes in the importance of the protection of our fundamental freedoms online."Basic human rights such as the freedom of expression should apply ...
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WikiLeaks reveals CIA files describing hacking tools
WikiLeaks published thousands of documents Tuesday described as secret files about CIA hacking tools the government employs to break into users' computers, mobile phones and even smart TVs from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung.The documents describe clandestine methods for bypassing or defeating encryption, antivirus tools and other protective security ...
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More than 160 NGOs call on EU to lead by values in migration response
Source: ActionAid, Danish Refugee Council, CORD, Amnesty International, CESVI - Cooperazione e Sviluppo Onlus, Welthungerhilfe, Gruppo di Volontariato Civile, Habitat for Humanity, Jesuit Refugee Service, Trócaire, Islamic Relief, INTERSOS, CARE, Terre des hommes, Caritas, International Aid Services, Concord, Cordaid, Handicap International, Action Contre la Faim France, Human Rights Watch, International ...
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Migration: NGOs blast EU plans on returns and detention
Ninety human rights organisations have blasted the European Union’s plans to return or detain irregular migrants, saying that the plans unveiled this week ahead of next week’s EU summit will simply create more harm and suffering.Bowing down to political pressure to be “tough” on irregular migration, the European Commission has ...
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Watch: 'Worst skier alive' wobbles past world championship finish line
A Venezuelan athlete who had never worn skis or trained on snow has achieved his dream of competing in the world ski championships. Adrian Solano wobbled, rolled and slid down the cross-country course at the 2017 Nordic Skiing World Championships in Finland as commentators looked on aghast and dubbed him the ...
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Oslo humanitarian conference for Nigeria and the Lake Chad region raises $672 million to help people in need
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Cameroon, Chad, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Sweden, SwitzerlandHumanitarian partners agreed to further scale up their response to reach the most vulnerable groups threatened by famine, including children with severe acute ...