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Bulgaria Malta
Watch: 13 charged with pickpocketing
Updated 2.20pm - Added video Five men and and eight women this morning pleaded not guilty to a series of thefts which took place in recent months. They were also charged with forming part of an organised crime ring. The 13 men and women, all Bulgarians and whose ages range between 21 and ...
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Malta
Framework agreement to promote cooperative activities in space signed with French agency
A framework agreement related to the promotion of cooperative activities in space has been signed between the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) and the French space agency Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES). The aim of this agreement is to establish a relationship aimed at improving the cooperation and development ...
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Malta
Process to award rental subsidy to be hastened
The process to award a rental subsidy to eligible people is to be hastened, reducing it from about four months to four weeks, the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Accommodation said. Read: Brochure reveals Malta's rental rates Roderick Galdes said he was conscious of the challenges and problems applicants with low income faced ...
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Malta
TMI poll: Traffic is issue that needs to be tackled most in 2018 budget
It is to be expected.Almost half the readers who have so far taken part in an online poll on The Malta Independent website have indicated traffic as the most pressing problem the government should address in the budget for 2018.The traffic situation has deteriorated badly in the last few years, ...
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Malta
BirdLife CEO says belief that governments may win elections by helping hunters is ‘fallacy’
Sultana has followed the Prime Minister’s comments with disbelief. While fielding questions from the press on Tuesday night, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that thanks to a change in the law during the previous legislature, he can only close the hunting season upon advice from the Ornis Committee.A follow-up story ...
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Brasile
Após prestar esclarecimentos, Cesare Battisti é solto e retorna a São Paulo
O fugitivo da Justiça italiana Cesare Battisti, 62, ex-membro da guerrilha esquerdista e condenado por assassinato em seu país, foi libertado hoje e retorna a São Paulo, de acordo com informações do advogado Marcio Palma. Ele havia sido detido pela polícia na cidade de Corumbá, fronteira com a Bolívia, na ...
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Turchia
Israel growing in strategic importance for NATO
Following the reconciliation between Turkey and Israel in June of last year, Ankara withdrew its longstanding veto against Jerusalem being accepted as a partner nation to the organization.
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Portogallo
Bedsonline aumenta em 5% as reservas de verão em Portugal
Segundo apurou a Bedsonline, no mercado doméstico, Lisboa e Porto assumem-se como os principais destinos. Os espanhóis são a principal fonte de turistas, seguidos dos portugueses e dos ingleses.
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Portogallo
Empresas francesas em Portugal geram 12 mil milhões por ano
Manuel Caldeira Cabral considera que, atualmente, França desempenha um papel essencial no fortalecimento da economia portuguesa, ocupando, igualmente, um lugar de destaque em termos de investimento.
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Portogallo
Cerca de 500 profissionais de turismo britânicos três dias em São Miguel, Açores
Cerca de 500 profissionais de turismo britânicos vão participar a partir de segunda-feira em São Miguel, no congresso anual da Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), que o Governo dos Açores considera ser uma "boa oportunidade" para promover a região.