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Malta
WTI revises TTIP impact on Malta
The TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership could lead to a marginal increase in GDP and investment in the country, reversing a previous study which showed that it would have a negative impact. Malta was the only EU member state which would have fared badly as a result of TTIP and the ...
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Malta
Budget’s effects on Gozo
Farming and fisheries will no longer be classified as Gozo’s main priority. Tourism has taken over. This is a major step in the right direction, as both farming and fisheries are dying a natural death. It is good for the administration to search and establish another way forward. There is also the ...
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National team kick off campaign in Andorra
The Maltese national team face Andorra in an international match in La Vella this evening (kick-off: 18.00), as they start their commitments in a revamped European Championship. This will be the first outing for Damien Neill’s men in the qualifying phase of the tournament following the introduction of a new format ...
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USA
Airbnb Sues Over New Law Regulating New York Rentals
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has signed a bill that will impose fines up to $7,500 on hosts who rent out housing for fewer than 30 days.
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Brasile Nigeria
Brazil-based hairstylist arrested with cocaine inside brassiere
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos said it has arrested a Nigerian based in Brazil for drug trafficking at the airport. NDLEA said that the suspect planted cocaine in her brassier from Brazil in an attempt to avoid detection. A statement by the spokesman of ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria to issue $1bn Eurobond before year-end
Stanley Opara with agency report The Federal Government is optimistic of selling a Eurobond worth around $1bn before the end of the year and is about to appoint managers for the transaction, according to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. The Eurobond is part of the country’s plans to ...
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Nigeria
MTN says it didn’t breach funds transfer rules
Ozioma Ubabukoh MTN Nigeria said on Friday that it did not breach the country’s funds transfer rules and did not pay dividends until it obtained regulatory approvals to send money out of the country. The company stated this in reaction to reports in the media that it told the Senate ...
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Nigeria
I’d rather have Tinubu as godfather of South-West politics than Buhari –Aribisala
Femi Aribisala, a columnist and social commentator, in this interview with GBENRO ADEOYE talks about Nigeria’s economy, politics and other issues You were one of the biggest critics of the All Progressives Congress in the run up to the 2015 elections, how do you feel today seeing Nigeria in arguably ...
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Algeria
La banque AGB veut se positionner à l’international
Après l’étoffement de son réseau dans certains pays de la région MENA, la Gulf Bank Algeria (AGB) veut désormais se positionner à l’international. C’est ce qu’a affirmé avant-hier son directeur adjoint chargé d’exploitation, André Guy Beyrouthy, lors de l’ouverture d’une agence au centre-ville de Boumerdès. «Notre banque est passée d’une ...
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Turchia
Turkish economy overcome challenges, set to further grow: Minister
Turkey’s economy has overcome cyclical challenges emanating from regional and in-house political developments, the Turkish economy minister has said, vowing to implement the world’s most assertive incentive policies to push the private sector to produce and export more.