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USA Giappone
Criticism of Germany puts Trump administration on collision course with EU
For seven years, the United States has fought to keep the eurozone intact, urging European officials toward action and supporting international bailout programs to keep the 17-nation currency union from cracking apart. That appears to have changed less than two weeks into Donald Trump’s new administration. A sharp shift in ...
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Malta
EU summit ends up being 'logistical nightmare for businesses'
The EU informal summit being held in Malta has ended up being a logistical nightmare for businesses, the Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises, GRTU said. It said that although businesses understood that some security considerations were needed, the conditions imposed on them were ridiculous. “Businesses in Republic Street are given not ...
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USA Malta Italia
Live: EU leaders approve additional €200 million for projects to close down Libya migrant route
European Union leaders insisted today their strategy to stem a relentless flow of smuggled migrants from Libya toward the continent will save lives, even as U.N. and refugee advocates decried horrible camp conditions in the largely lawless north African country.Buoyed by an Italian-Libyan deal reached in Rome on the eve ...
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Cina USA Singapore Regno Unito Malta
Editorial: EU Malta council - Playing with her cuffs
At the last European Council, the first one she attended, UK Prime Minister Theresa May was left, according to Adam Boulton, all alone and she spent her time playing with her cuffs.Will she do the same at the European Council that is being held today in Malta?So many things have ...
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Turchia Etiopia Nigeria Malta Italia
Italy-Libya deal on migration lays groundwork for EU summit in Malta
A day before European Union leaders meet to discuss closing off the illegal migrant route from Libya, Italy laid some of the groundwork Thursday by reaching a deal with the Libyan prime minister to try to stop migrants from setting out to cross the central Mediterranean.Premier Paolo Gentiloni told reporters ...
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Malta
Minister Vella and President Tajani agree that the EU needs to work for its citizens
Foreign Minister Dr George W. Vella today held a meeting with the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani. The discussion focused on the Malta Summit that will be held tomorrow, with migration, security and the future of the European Union being some of the topics discussed.Minister Vella and President ...
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Malta
Updated: Knights of Malta acknowledge damage from Vatican showdown
The Knights of Malta religious order is seeking to move beyond its showdown with the Vatican, even while acknowledging the crisis had hurt donations for its humanitarian work and put into question the future of a conservative cardinal.The senior leadership of the ancient aristocratic order held a press conference Thursday, its ...
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USA Grecia
Europe has left crisis firmly behind it – Minister Edward Scicluna
Minister for Finance Prof Edward Scicluna stated that in spite of the media's attempt at portraying the Euro as if it were in perpetual crisis, the Euro's real crisis is firmly behind it. Speaking at the European Parliament during an inter-parliamentary conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European ...
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Malta
Europe must be closer to its people – Simon Busuttil and EP President Antonio Tajani
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil remarked that newly elected European Parliament (EP) President Antonio Tajani, who visited the Nationalist Party (PN) headquarters today, is a genuine friend and truly understands Malta’s realities. Dr Busuttil praised President Tajani for his recent appointment as President of the EP, and thanked him for his ...
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Malta
Lithuanian President meets President, Prime Minister ahead of summit
The Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with both President Marie-Louise Coleiro and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat ahead of the informal European Council summit tomorrow.Prime Minister Muscat and President Grybauskaitė mainly spoke on the agenda of tomorrow’s summit. Dr Muscat said that the Malta summit will not only focus on migration, ...