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Malta Italia
Commissioning of power station on time would have cost the country €138 million
If the new Delimara power station had been commissioned in 2015 as per the Labour Party’s electoral pledge, it would have cost the country an extra €138 million over the last two years, according to an independent analysis commissioned by the Nationalist Party seen by this newspaper.The study estimates the ...
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Malta Croazia Italia
11 October 2013 migrant tragedy: Italians navy officers placed under investigation
A number of Italian navy officers have been placed under investigation and are expected to stand accused before the Italian courts of manslaughter and failure to render assistance during the 11 October 2013 migrant tragedy.Malta was also involved in the botched rescue attempt, which claimed the lives of 268 Syrians, ...
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Malta
The four main areas of poverty and how each budget has tackled them - Edward Scicluna
Some criticised the budget for lacking vision. How does the 2017 Budget fit into the government’s long-term plan?Even before the budget we had a plan. I was part of a team and we costed every measure over time, ascertaining whether the country could afford it. Now we are just implementing ...
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Kenya
Kenya: Chiefs, assistants to be promoted in new scheme of service
The Government has come up with a new scheme of service for chiefs and assistant chiefs that opens the way for their promotion to higher positions within the National Government Administration structure.
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Giappone
Regional cities in Japan focus on foreign tourists
TOKYO - With signs of a slowdown in foreign tourists' spending at the main urban shopping centres in Japan, officials and businesses in regional cities in Japan are aiming to draw greater interest in their untapped tourism resources as repeat visitors from abroad increase.
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Myanmar
Suu Kyi urges business leaders to do their bit for economy
NAY PYI TAW - Myanmar's economy is not growing as much as expected since her government took power in March and called for cooperation from the business community, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi said.
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Giappone Regno Unito
Banking association boss says institutions are preparing to flee U.K. before Brexit
The head of the British Bankers’ Association has warned that financial firms are planning to start leaving London within weeks because of uncertainty about the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. Chief Executive Anthony Browne said in an article published Sunday that banks fear EU politicians will erect trade barriers ...
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USA Giappone
Walloon opposition to Canada-EU CETA treaty signals more bad news for free trade deals
Washington The collapse of free trade talks between Canada and the European Union Friday is yet another sign of increasingly stiff resistance to economic globalization. Despite seven years of talks between Ottawa and Brussels, the CETA treaty crashed into a wall Friday after being rejected by the Belgian region of ...
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USA Giappone
Internet attackers now have secret weapon in household devices
Could millions of connected cameras, thermostats and kids’ toys bring the internet to its knees? It’s beginning to look that way. On Friday, epic cyberattacks crippled a major internet firm, repeatedly disrupting the availability of popular websites across the United States. The hacker group claiming responsibility says that the day’s ...
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Malta
Baby squats
There’s nothing quite like the lyrical sound of a young child’s spirited laughter. It is with great amusement and fascination that I watch my little nephew Benji, at the tender age of a year-and-a-half, tirelessly chuck things about, insert random stuff inside other random stuff and generally get up to ...