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USA Regno Unito Malta
Alternattiva Demokratika praises Edward Scicluna's good work in Brussels
Alternattiva Demokratika chairperson, Prof. Arnold Cassola, today praised Finance Minister Edward Scicluna “for having managed to get the EU Finance Ministers to agree on taking measures to fight tax avoidance, despite giving the impression in Malta that he was not so enthusiastic about them. This agreement should spell the beginning ...
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USA Malta
Maltese soft drinks industry commits to reduce added sugars by 10% by 2020
The Maltese soft drinks industry has announced it will reduce added sugars in its products by 10% by 2020, contributing to the delivery of the recent European soft drink industry 10% sugar reduction commitment.This initiative responds to changing consumer preferences regarding sugar intake and the calls from Member States and ...
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Cina India Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
Editorial: PANA Committee fact-finding mission - Mizzi and Schembri blaming each other
As the interpretations of all that was said and done on Monday when the PANA Committee held its fact-finding mission continue to roll in, one could easily be forgiven for having the impression that both Minister Konrad Mizzi and Office of the Prime Minister chief of staff Keith Schembri were ...
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Crime and terrorism know no borders; neither should our fight against them - Minister Abela
“Crime and terrorism know no borders, so neither should our approach to fighting them,” Minister for Home Affairs and National Security Carmelo Abela, told the First Euromed Police High Level Meeting in Valletta. He also added that closer collaboration between Euro-Mediterranean countries to ensure better governance on the political, strategic ...
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USA
Colorado town's ban on topless women put on hold by judge
A Colorado judge has blocked a college town's law against women going topless, saying the law is likely unconstitutional.U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said Tuesday that Fort Collins' ordinance is based on gender discrimination and issued an injunction against its enforcement.Fort Collins' indecency code makes it a crime for ...
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Turchia USA
US-backed Iraqi forces enter Mosul airport, military base
Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led international coalition fought their way Thursday, into a sprawling military base outside of Mosul and onto the grounds of the city's airport, taking control of the runway amid fierce exchanges of fire with Islamic State group militants.The two-pronged advance is part of a major assault that ...
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Spagna
Daphne Caruana Galizia walks out of courtroom during garnishee order proceedings
Daphne Caruana Galizia temporarily left the courtroom this morning during proceedings concerning the precautionary warrants Minister Chris Cardona and Joseph Gerada filed against the journalist. Minister Chris Cardona and his EU presidency policy officer Joseph Gerada filed four precautionary warrants which froze €47,460 of the journalist’s bank account after she published ...
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Spagna
Updated: Husband of Spain's princess avoids jail after being found guilty of fraud, tax evasion
The brother-in-law of Spain's King Felipe will avoid imprisonment but must show up in court in Switzerland, where he lives, once per month while he waits for the Supreme Court to rule on an appeal to a fraud and tax evasion guilty verdict, a court ruled Thursday.The provincial court of ...
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Paesi Bassi
Terlouw krijgt jongeren van alle politieke partijen mee
Nederland moet van de tien politieke jongerenorganisaties een van ’s werelds koplopers worden in duurzaamheid. De tien schrijven dit in een manifest, dat ze onder leiding van oud-D66-minister Jan Terlouw hebben geschreven voor de kabinetsformatie.
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Portogallo
Assembleia Legislativa pede à TAP e easyJet números da operação para a Madeira
O presidente da Comissão de Economia, Finanças e Turismo da Assembleia Legislativa confirmou que enviará à administração da TAP um pedido de informações sobre a operação da transportadora com a linha da Madeira.