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Updated: Turkey identifies club gunman; Erdogan speaks to nation; five arrested
Turkey has identified the gunman in the Istanbul nightclub massacre, the foreign minister said Wednesday as the president vowed that the country won't surrender to terrorists or become divided.The gunman, who killed 39 people during New Year's celebrations at the Reina club, is still at large. But Foreign Minister Mevlut ...
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Malta
Updated: Off-duty police officer suffers broken arm in St Julian's assault
A police constable was injured this afternoon when he was assaulted by another man in St Julian’s. The off-duty officer, aged 24 and resident in Paola, suffered a broken arm and facial injuries.The aggressor, a former prison inmate, was noticed driving dangerously in the St Julian’s tunnels, direction north.The officer, ...
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Regno Unito
Updated: UK's top ambassador to EU resigns before start of Brexit negotiations
Underscoring the hectic preparations for Britain's divorce proceedings from the European Union, London's envoy to the EU has unexpectedly resigned only months before the negotiations are due to start and on the heels of a nasty controversy.Ivan Rogers decided to leave now so that a successor could be in place ahead of ...
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Regno Unito
Chef conditionally discharged for 3 years after pleading guilty to circulating false currency
A man who pleaded guilty to a single charge of circulating false currency on the island has been conditionally discharged by the court for a period of three years. The court, presided over by Magistrate Audrey Demicoli, heard how Terence Saliba, a chef based in London, tried to use Euro ...
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Spagna Malta
August 2016: Monti moves to Ordnance Street, Comino's Paradise Lost
1 AugustThe Valletta market finally moved to Ordnance Street, just across the road from Parliament. The Economy Ministry confirmed that the move from Merchants Street was permanent. The ministry also said that an agreement on the new design for the market stalls would be reached “shortly.”2 AugustFinancial Intelligence Analysis Unit ...
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Malta Italia
July 2016: Young mother murdered, fireworks explosion injures four
1 JulyUniversity Academic Clare Vassallo resigned from the National Council of Women following the group’s conservative stance against the morning after pill, communicated earlier through a statement. “I have no desire to be associated with a group that prefers to back heavily conservative anti-women institutions,” she wrote.3 JulyHealth Minister Chris ...
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Juncker accused of blocking EU efforts against tax avoidance
Jean-Claude Juncker deliberately blocked the EU’s efforts to fight tax avoidance while in office as prime minister of Luxembourg, according to documents revealed by The Guardian and the International Consortium of Journalists. Member states have supposedly spent the last two decades cooperating in the committee on business taxation, known simply as the ...
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Air Malta’s January three-day sale starts today
Between today, 3 January, and Friday, 6 January, Air Malta is offering hard-to-turn-down deals to 17 of its most popular destinations, starting from as little €35 one-way, inclusive of taxes and charges.The 72-hour sale kicked off today at 9am and closes on Friday at 8.59am. Travel validity between January 03 ...
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June 2016: New PL deputy leader elected, Alfred Mifsud renounces to top CBM post
These are the main news items reported in June2 JuneThe Malaysian company that was building the Delimara LNG tanker, Bumi Armada, confirmed that the vessel would not be delivered until the third quarter of the year, marking another missed deadline.Two men escaped from Mount Carmel Hospital, prompting an investigation. One ...
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Updated - Watch: Turkish media run 'selfie' video of alleged nightclub gunman
Turkish media on Tuesday ran a "selfie video" of a man they say is the gunman who killed 39 people, most of them foreigners, at an Istanbul nightclub.The video broadcast on Turkish television shows the alleged gunman filming himself with a cellphone at Istanbul's Taksim square. It wasn't immediately clear ...