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    Minister George Vella welcomes Liechtenstein’s Foreign Affairs Minister Aurelia Frick

    Minister for Foreign Affairs George Vella welcomed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture of Liechtenstein Aurelia Frick as the first liechtensteiner government representative to visit Malta. The minister said that this was an excellent opportunity to share opinions but admitted that there was still a lot of work to ...

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    Uncle gets suspended sentence after making sexual advances towards niece

    An uncle was given a suspended sentence today after he admitted to making sexual advances towards his niece. He was also placed under a supervision order by Magistrate Charmaine Galea.The Senglea man, in his 40s, admitted to attempting a violent indecent assault on his niece, who was aged 15. He ...

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    ‘Access to low-risk bio pesticides should be facilitated to enter EU markets’ - MEP Miriam Dalli

    The European Commission should facilitate the introduction of biological low-risk pesticides into the European Market, MEP Miriam Dalli said while addressing the plenary session of the European Parliament on behalf of the Socialists & Democrats.The use of conventional pesticides has been in the spotlight for the past months, as awareness ...

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    FDI in Malta reaches €156.7 billion, direct investment abroad at €61.8 billion

    The stock position of Foreign Direct Investment in Malta as at the end of June 2016 stood at €156.7 billion, while Direct Investment abroad amounted to €61.8 billion, the NSO said.Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in MaltaDuring the first six months of 2016, FDI flows in Malta went up by €1.9 ...

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    Playboy magazine reverses position, brings back naked women

    Naked women are back in Playboy magazine, ending a year-old ban on the nudity that made the magazine famous.Playboy celebrated the reversal on Twitter and Facebook with the hashtag #NakedIsNormal.The about-face came Monday with the release of Playboy's March-April issue. The 63-year-old magazine had banished naked women from its print edition because it felt the ...

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    Birdlife says AG upholds its position on bird trapping, ‘Malta’s position goes against spirit of EU'

    Birdlife Malta has said that the Attorney General upholds its arguments and insisted that there is no justification for the trapping of songs birds, a practice which goes against an EU directive.Addressing a press conference in front of the law courts in Valletta, President of Birdlife Malta Darryl Grima said ...

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    Updated (2): Brian Tonna and Karl Cini refuse to meet with PANA committee delegation

    Nexia BT's Brian Tonna and Karl Cini have refused to appear before the PANA Committee delegation who will be travelling here next week, and this has been confirmed by multiple sources, including an MEP on the committee, as well as AD Chairperson Arnold Cassola and another source in Brussels.Greens MEP ...

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    Church's Environment Commission warns that MDA-commissioned property study may be biased

    The Church’s Environment Commission (KA) has urged the government to come up with its own national study on property, saying that a study carried out by the private sector can be biased. It was referring to the recent announcement by the Malta Developers Association that it had commissioned KPMG to ...

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    Editorial: Growth amid festering corruption

    The Maltese economy has experienced unprecedented growth in these past years. This is now admitted by one and all, including bodies like the European Commission and rating agencies.But repeated surveys of public opinion have also shown a perception among the Maltese public of endemic levels of corruption inside the Maltese ...

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    EU economic forecast shows Labour government has created no new sectors - Mario de Marco

    The European Commission’s winter forecast for Malta shows that the biggest contribution made by the government to the economy was not through the creation of new economic sectors but through pushing up public sector costs, PN deputy leader Mario de Marco said today. The report, he said, echoes the position ...