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USA Malta
Editorial: That’s right, blame the Interconnector, it’s foreign after all
There is no known calculation how much money was lost yesterday with the double power cut Malta has suffered. But it must have been huge.With our known patience and infinite resourcefulness, many of us found some way or other to go round the obstacle, but we must realize that there ...
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Malta
UHM registers industrial dispute over health and safety issues in Gozo courts, abattoir
An industrial dispute has been registered by the UHM-Voice of the workers for employees at the Gozo law courts and at the Gozo Abattoir, over issues primarily relating to health and safety.If nothing is done, then industrial action will take place in two-days time, a UHM official confirmedSpeaking with The ...
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Cina Spagna Malta
Government says Sai Mizzi occupying post until a replacement is found; public call had been issued
Economy Minister Chris Cardona had already publicly declared that Sai Mizzi will continue to occupy her post as special representative to China for Malta Enterprise back in August 2016 until a replacement is found, a government statement read.The statement was in response to yesterday's questions and statements in Parliament on ...
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Panama
'The highest price ever paid for public land concessions,' Mizzi says on ITS site transfer
No portfolio minister Konrad Mizzi said this evening that a new land valuation system used for the ITS site, which is being transferred to the db Group, left the government much better off than past land transfer deals, including Manoel Island and Fort Cambridge.Speaking in Parliament on the St George’s ...
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Cina USA Spagna Malta
Ministries remain silent while Sai Mizzi pockets €558,000
Sai Mizzi Liang would have earned €558,000 by the time her contract officially expires following the six months extension granted to her by the Ministry of the Economy, Investment and Small Business, The Malta Independent can report. This comes after a spokesperson for Malta Enterprise confirmed that Mrs Mizzi will ...
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Spagna
European Federation of Journalists submits Daphne Caruana Galizia case to Council of Europe
The European Federation of Journalists has reported Daphne Caruana Galizia's case to the Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalism. The EFJ is the European regional organisation of the International Federation of Journalists. It is the largest organisation of journalists in Europe, representing about 320,000 journalists in 71 journalists' ...
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Malta
Nine Malian migrants still detained without charge, campaign launched on Feast of St Paul
The Solidarity with Migrants group has launched a campaign, ‘Free the Nine’, calling on the competent authorities to release the nine Malian migrants who have been incarcerated for almost three months, even though their incarceration was not sentenced by a law-court and they have committed no crime. The Solidarity with ...
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Malta
Obesity costing Europe €70 billion every year – MEP Alfred Sant
At present in Europe, obesity is estimated to cost €70 billion annually in health care and lost productivity. The total real burden is likely to be higher, as obesity causes many other diseases, including Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. Addressing a seminar at the European Parliament on ...
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Taiwan Malta
PA to embark on a €7 million project to transport Malta’s spatial data infrastructure
Malta will soon embark on a €7 million project which will seek to develop and implement a national spatial data infrastructure which will bring Malta to the forefront of geo-spatial technology. The project which is being spearheaded by the Planning Authority will see Malta replace its basemap and produce one ...
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Messico Spagna Malta
Busuttil pledges to 'remove all gags on freedom of expression', Casa takes case to the EU
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil pledged this morning that the Nationalist Party would remove “will remove all gags on free expression, such as criminal libel and garnishee orders against journalists.”Dr Busuttil’s tweet comes a day after precautionary warrants to the tune of €47,000 were issued by the courts against Daphne Caruana ...