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Cina
China’s Top Economic Official Braces for Possible Trade War
Liu He, the top economic adviser to President Xi Jinping, has argued for more open markets. But his agenda could be overwhelmed by fears of fallout from a trade war.
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Malta
High-end travellers get a top-level concierge service
A personalised concierge service dedicated to high-end travellers promises to take the stress out of conducting business overseas. Bleisure Malta will cater to luxury individual and group travellers who need to have business facilities within reach even when they are on holiday. “Trends show that today’s high-end travellers can’t quite disconnect from ...
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Malta
FTS: The buck must stop with Evarist Bartolo - Beppe Fenech Adami
PN deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami has insisted the buck must stop with Education Minister Evarist Bartolo, who was now not only close to a scandal but directly involved. The Times of Malta reported last week that Mr Bartolo ordered a contractor to be paid more than €400,000 for works that ...
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USA Malta
Racism, xenophobia, discrimination have no place in society - minister
Xenophobia, sexism and any type of discrimination have no place in a modern country in 2017, Civili Liberties Minister Helena Dalli told a conference this morning. “My ministry is committed towards tackling worrying trends that may emerge from time to time as society becomes more complex. Stereotypes, racism, xenophobia, discrimination and ...
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Malta
Proposed constitutional amendment could dilute right to fair hearing – PN
The Opposition will not support a constitutional amendment that could see criminal cases handled by tribunals instead of the courts. The amendment is a response to the Constitutional Court’s decision last year that certain provisions of the Competition Act were anti-constitutional. Rather than changing the parts of the law deemed to be ...
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USA Regno Unito
Political shifts and rising tensions to build, mend and strain global ties
A number of scenarios could play out in the months to come between the world’s economic leaders. Trump’s inauguration on Friday coupled with Theresa May’s tone of a Hard Brexit when article 50 is triggered are the current focal points as to how trade deals and political relationships will be ...
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Brasile India Russia Portogallo Albania Bulgaria Vietnam
Adoptions from overseas at lowest level in 11 years
Child adoptions from overseas dropped to just six last year, the fewest in 11 years, the latest figures show. According to Family Minister Michael Farrugia, from January to December last year, three children were adopted from Slovakia and one each from Albania, Russia and India. Dr Farrugia was replying to questions ...
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Turchia USA Panama Slovacchia Regno Unito Malta Irlanda
‘If we do not take bold moves now, bolder decisions will have to be taken later’, PM tells EP
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat believes that if the EU does not take bold decisions on how to mitigate the migration crisis today, it will be forced to make even bolder, or radical, decisions in the future.Dr Muscat said this during his address at the European Parliament (EP) on Malta’s upcoming ...
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Regno Unito Malta
Mario de Marco says absence from public sphere a result of ‘health issues’, Keith Schembri comments
Nationalist Party deputy leader Mario de Marco has taken to Facebook to explain his absence from the media and public events, saying that his health issues have kept him away.Dr de Marco wrote as follows:"My attention has been drawn to certain comments and posts online lamenting that I have of ...
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Spagna
PN calls for Bartolo's resignation after 'his solution cost taxpayers an extra €0.5 million'
Education Minister Evarist Bartolo is "mired in corruption" and should resign after his ‘solution’ in the latest scandal to rock his ministry cost the Maltese taxpayer an additional €500,000, PN Deputy Leader Beppe Fenech Adami said today. He was referring to allegations that Mr Bartolo approved payment to a contractor ...