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Turchia
How likely is secular democracy in the Middle East?
Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioğlu, a former Undersecretary at the Foreign Ministry who is Turkey’s new “point man” at the U.N., believes the Middle East has to move toward a secular and democratic future.
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Panama Malta
Watch: ‘Today, the price of oil is much cheaper than it was in the previous legislature’ – Busuttil
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil explained that his statements about reducing the price of electricity completely changed prior to the last election to now due to three factors: the BWSC station, the interconnector and the international price of oil.In mass meetings prior to the last general election, Dr Busuttil said that ...
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Malta
'Instead of an economy for the people, the Opposition Leader wants higher taxes' – Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat suspects that instead of an economy for the people, the Opposition Leader wants higher taxes.The Prime Minister gave a very short comment outside Parliament following Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil's speech regarding the budget.He referred to Dr Busuttil's speech as having a rhetoric of austerity.The Prime Minister ...
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Malta
Malta could be catalyst for more unified Mediterranean – Minister Dr George Vella
Malta's geographical and historical position should be "the catalyst" to bring the Mediterranean together, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr.George Vella. He said this at the opening of the Med Forum at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta where he stressed the importance of the country playing an important ...
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Cina USA Spagna Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta Montenegro
Simon Busuttil would launch inquiry into Panama Papers if elected Prime Minister
Leader of the Opposition Dr Simon Busuttil this evening said that if he is elected Prime Minister he will ask for an independent inquiry on the Panama Papers scandel. He said this during the 2017 Budget reaction. He also pledged that a Nationalist government will remove the LNG tanker from ...
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USA Malta
Men in plane crash were on French Customs Department operation; crash likely due to technical fault
The Prime Minister confirmed tonight that the men who died in the plane crash today were part of a French Customs Department operation, tracking human and drug trafficking routes in the region.He was responding to questions posed by MPs in Parliament after a ministerial statement on the crash was delivered ...
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Albania Malta
Frenchmen killed in Luqa crash were members of DGSE - France's equivalent of the CIA - reports
The three ‘defence officials’ who perished in this morning’s plane crash along with two civilian contractors were members of the DGSE – France’s equivalent of the CIA and MI5. The DGSE, which stands for General Directorate for External Security, is France’s external intelligence agency and falls under the French Ministry ...
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Cuba
Floods, loss of crops raise food security concerns for over a million people in Haiti
Source: World Food Programme, Government of Haiti, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, HaitiAbout one-quarter of the expected total 2016 cereal crop is estimated to have been lost because of Hurricane Matthew. Cereal import requirements are expected to reach their highest level since 2010. Highlights • ...
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Nigeria Pakistan
Major campaign to immunize 5.8 million Iraqi children against polio
Source: World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund Country: IraqToday, on World Polio Day, the Ministry of Health, with support from UNICEF and WHO, launched a week-long nationwide campaign to immunize Iraq’s children against polio. Bagdhad, Iraq – Today, on World Polio Day the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and the ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Innoson Group Partners Chinese Consortium to Invest $1bn in Nigerian It Sector
[This Day] The federal government's initiative to attract foreign investments into the country is beginning to yield results, just as Innoson Group is partnering a consortium of Chinese investors to invest a whopping $1 billion into Nigeria's information technology (IT) sector.