Regno Unito
Vai alla Scheda Paese »You’ll never find rainbows if you’re looking down.
— Charlie Chaplin
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Maltese architect winner at international design awards
Maltese architect Jonathan Mizzi was a winner in the ‘Outside’ category at the Restaurant & Bar International Design Awards ceremony in King’s Cross, London. Together with his team, Mizzi was recognised for his breathtaking Colicci Coffee kiosk at London’s Westfield Stratford shopping centre. Mizzi Studio’s design for the Colicci kiosk is ...
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A federal Europe will silence voice of small EU states - Alfred Sant
A major dilemma facing small member EU states like Malta, Cyprus, Ireland and Demark is that while it is in their interests that the EU strengthens controls on security and on tax evasion, these same member states want to maintain their sovereignty to secure their soverignty on national governance involving ...
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Terrorism: UK trains more Nigerian soldiers
John Charles, Makurdi About 200 military personnel from the 707 Special Brigade, Makurdi, are involved in operational brigade partnership with United Kingdom. Brigade Commandant, 707 Special Brigade, Makurdi, Brig.-Gen. Clement Apere, stated this during the visit of the Minister of British Armed Forces, Mark Lancaster, who led Nigeria delegation to ...
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US orders new tariffs on Bombardier jets
Trump administration elevates trade dispute with Canada and UK
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Plastic is on the menu, Prince of Wales tells Ocean Conference
Prince Charles yesterday urged consumer to match the commitment made by some leading global brands to stop the devastating effect plastics are having on the oceans.The Prince of Wales gave a keynote speech during the Our Oceans conference, which was held at the Hilton in St Julian's.The event was also ...
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European governments return nearly 10,000 Afghans to risk of death and torture - Amnesty
Source: Amnesty International Country: Afghanistan, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandA new report details harrowing cases of Afghans who have been returned from Europe only to be killed, injured in bomb attacks, or left to fear being persecuted for their ...
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Prince Charles hails ‘deep, personal’ connection with Malta during George Cross commemoration
Prince Charles spoke of the “deep and personal connection” his family holds for Malta.He was addressing the 75th anniversary of the awarding of the George Cross to Malta, by his grandfather, King George VI. The medal - the UK's highest civilian award for bravery - was awarded to the Maltese ...
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Winston Reid jokes he'll kick Chris Wood on the flight home to England after All Whites duty
Winston Reid has fired a light-hearted warning at his New Zealand team-mate Chris Wood.
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MEP Mizzi: Brexit must ensure the rights of EU citizens
MEP Marlene Mizzi took a strong stance on EU citizens’ rights in the Brexit negotiations with the United Kingdom.“There are more than 3 million EU citizens residing in the United Kingdom, including many Maltese nationals, and more than 1 million EU citizens of the United Kingdom residing in the EU. They are ...
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Alfred Sant abstains on Brexit vote in European Parliament
Former Prime Minister and Maltese MEP Alfred Sant said the European Parliament should first identify the problems created by Brexit affecting citizens across the EU, including Malta and then discuss solutions to the problems identified, when explaining why he abstained on the resolution on the state of play of negotiations ...
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"Sack Boris", Merkel's EU ally urges May
Theresa May should sack Boris Johnson if she wants progress in the Brexit talks, a leading lawmaker in the European Parliament and an ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today. Manfred Weber, a German who leads the centre-right bloc, said during a debate in Strasbourg on the negotiations on Britain's ...
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Annemarie Mayo: An experimental architect with a unique art, design and music outlook
After eight years of experience, working as an architect, Annemarie decided to pursue her growing interest in museum and exhibition design, as well as the design of visitor experiences. She recently took a course called MA Narrative Environments based at Central Saint Martins, London and graduated this year. "I was intrigued ...
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Updated (4): At least 50 killed, 200 injured as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert
A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 as tens of thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, ...
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FIRST MAGAZINE: The rise of the one-child family
Across the EU, only one-sixth of all households are composed of three people or more. Those with more than four are rare, those with five account for fewer than 4.5 per cent and those with six or more for less than two per cent.In the UK, over half of all ...
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Travellers stranded as Monarch Airlines suspends flights
Troubled British carrier Monarch Airlines has suspended flights after failing to resolve its financial woes, and authorities have launched a major operation to bring home 110,000 stranded travelers.The airline, the country's fifth largest, stopped trading on Monday, warning travelers it had ceased operations. It had operated chartered and scheduled flights ...
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Art in a digital world
The winner of the first edition of the Premju Għall-Arti will receive a specially-commissioned work created by artist Kane Cali. Gillian Bartolo interviews the artist about his creative process. “When I’m done with a piece of art I want to move onto the next because I’m bored with it. It was ...
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Brexit clouds gather ahead of Tory conference
Tory tensions over Brexit have broken into the open as the party gathers for a crunch conference in Manchester. Britain's EU divorce deal and the scope of any post-withdrawal transition period looks set to dominate the Conservative gathering. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson caused waves on the eve of the conference as he ...
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Boris Johnson wants maximum two-year Brexit transition
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said a transition period from the European Union after Britain's exit from the bloc in March 2019 must not last more than two years. In an interview with The Sun newspaper on Saturday, on the eve of the governing Conservative Party's annual conference, Johnson detailed ...
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Women athletes featured 10 times less than men on sports sites
Men feature as much as 10 times more than their female peers in sports media coverage, according to the preliminary findings of a European project. Spread over two years until the end of next year, Women in Sports aims to increase awareness about insufficient and inappropriate coverage of women’s sport and ...
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Spain, Catalonia head for showdown over independence vote
Montserrat Aguilera wasn't intending to vote for the Catalonia region to secede from the rest of Spain.But the 52-year-old laboratory worker changed her mind amid an unprecedented crackdown by Spain's government as it tries to prevent Sunday's independence referendum from going ahead.Spain and its most powerful and prosperous region are ...
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UK growth slows to four-year low as BoE prepares rate rise
Britain’s economy grew at its slowest pace since 2013 in the 12 months after last year’s Brexit vote, data showed yesterday, painting a subdued picture as the Bank of England prepares to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade. The world’s fifth-biggest economy was just 1.5 per cent ...