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USA Malta
Malta Chamber expresses concern over World Bank ranking, Commissioner highlights road ahead
The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry has expressed concern with the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking of 190 countries, where Malta placed 76th – last place amongst EU member states.Both the Malta Chamber and the Commissioner for simplification and reduction of bureaucracy Anthony Agius Decelis praised ...
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Malta
Updated: Organisations demand 3.5% increase in minimum wage for 3 consecutive years
Organisations taking part in a campaign to urge the government to increase the minimum wage today demanded a 3.5% upgrade for three consecutive years.This should be over and above any cost of living increase given to other workers, the organisations said.Enterprises which cannot cope with such an increase should be ...
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Editorial: Malta is the only EU country not in the anti-Isis coalition
A full, three-hour long debate in the House on Thursday about the Budget vote for the Foreign Ministry did not tackle, except fleetingly, the elephant in the Chamber: Malta is the only EU country not in the anti-Isis coalition.According to the US State Department, the participants in the coalition are ...
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USA Malta
Malta most difficult place to do business in EU: Minister Cardona acknowledges challenges
In response to the news that Malta once again remains the most difficult place to do business in the whole of the EU, Economy Minister Chris Cardona spoke of the simplification of bureaucratic practices and other measures that address this challenge.Malta ranked 76th out of 190 countries surveyed. The main ...
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Regno Unito Malta
Stefano Mallia appointed on Brexit Advisory Group by European employers
Stefano Mallia has been appointed by the Employers Group within the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) as one of three rapporteurs on the Brexit Advisory Group. The Group has been tasked to monitor and report on Brexit as the process continues to unfold. The other 2 members of the ...
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Italia
Israel apologizes after deputy minister ties UNESCO vote to Italy earthquakes
The foreign ministry stated that they were apologizing alongside Kara.
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Paraguay
Dólar se frenó tras fuertes intervenciones
El dólar americano mostró ayer un comportamiento más estable luego de los cuatro días de sucesivas intervenciones en el mercado, que hizo el Banco Central del Paraguay (BCP).
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Kenya
Uhuru sister, cousin were paid Sh200m Health cash
President Uhuru Kenyatta's sister and cousin are among owners of companies suspected to have fraudulently pocketed millions of shillings in the Sh5.3 billion "HealthGate" or “Mafya House” scam — a Jubilee nightmare. Uhuru's sister Nyokabi Kenyatta Muthama and cousin Kathleen Kihanya are directors of a company that pocketed Sh41 million ...
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The Asian contribution to Kenya’s politics and economic development
I was called to Bar here in London just over 55 years ago. June 16, 1959, to be precise by Lincoln’s Inn. A few weeks later I returned to Kenya. The big law firms then were all European and before independence it was their stated policy not to accept Asian ...
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Indonesia
Woman caned for ‘standing too close to her boyfriend’
A young woman screamed in pain as she was caned Monday in front of a jeering crowd in Indonesia’s Aceh, the latest person to be punished for breaking the province’s strict Islamic laws. Aceh is the only province in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes sharia law. People ...