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USA
Abe drums up business pledges to woo Trump
Japanese companies urged to detail US investment plans for presentation to president
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Russia USA
Asked about Putin, Trump says US isn't 'so innocent'
President Donald Trump said he respects Vladimir Putin, and when an interviewer called the Russian leader "a killer," Trump said the United States has many of them."What do you think? Our country's so innocent?" he told Fox's Bill O'Reilly in an excerpt released by the network. The president's interview was ...
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USA Malta
'Malta sees decline in retail trade' - PN; says high fuel price prevented worse statistics
According to data released by Eurostat, Malta registered the 4th worst result in retail trade amongst the EU countries in December 2016, a PN statement read."While retail sales across the EU increased by 2.3%, retail sales in Malta shrunk by 0.7%. Eighteen countries out of the twenty-two Member States that ...
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Malta
Malta Unborn Child Movement presents proposal to hold national conference on womb ecology
The Malta Unborn Child Movement presented a proposal to hold a national conference on womb ecology and the quality of life for unborn children to Speaker Anglu Farrugia.Speaking with this newsroom, Anthony Mifsud, Coordinator of the Unborn Child Movement explained that there are many factors that could harm unborn children, ...
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Spagna Malta
Updated: Cardona has embarrassed Malta, Germany and the EU with his brothel visit – Busuttil
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil this morning accused Minister Chris Cardona of having embarrassed not only Malta but also Germany and the European Union with his alleged escapades at an FKK club in Germany.Dr Cardona is currently at the centre of controversy after it was alleged that he paid a visit ...
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USA Malta Italia
Updated: ‘This was a historic week’ – Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat called the past week "historic" during his political address in Hal-Safi, making reference to both the EU informal meeting held in Malta, as well as the €300 million ITS site investment."Throughout the week we did what many people said would be impossible. We helped Libya and ...
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USA Malta Italia
Government refusing to answer questions on Casino di Venezia ‘site repossession’
The Parliamentary Secretariat for Lands Deborah Schembri (below) is refusing to answer questions sent by this newspaper on the subject of the Casino di Venezia in Vittoriosa and has ignored several emails, SMS messages and telephone calls made over the past four months. The Malta Independent on Sunday wanted to ...
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USA Malta
Judicial appointments: recent changes ‘a step in the right direction but we need to do more’
Undoubtedly, the Chamber has been very vocal about the much-needed changes in the method of appointment of members of the Judiciary.This has been at the top of our agenda for a number of years now and the Chamber has always been very vocal about it, ultimately achieving “historic changes to ...
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USA Malta
Editorial: The EU’s lip service to the plight of refugees
EU leaders who convened in Malta on Friday to address the flow of migrants across the central Mediterranean, by and large, paid mere lip service to the awful plight of African migrants trapped in limbo in what is currently a lawless Libya.And in so doing, what they mainly accomplished was ...
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USA Regno Unito Malta
db Group CEO defends €60 million ITS site price tag
Arthur Gauci, the CEO of the db Group, has defended the €60 million valuation of the ITS site deal signed earlier this week, following a number of arguments made that the draft Paceville master plan had valued the site at a higher price.Earlier this week, the government signed a 99-year ...