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Spagna Panama Malta
Watch: Journalists discuss financial services, Mizzi, Schembri and authorities with PANA Committee
Journalists Matthew Vella and Daphne Caruana Galizia have just finished their discussion with members of the EU Parliament's Pana Committee, who are currently in Malta, and said that while discussions began on Minister Konrad Mizzi and OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri, the scope then expanded.Daphne Caruana Galizia said that the starting ...
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Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
Keith Schembri declines invitation to appear before PANA Committee, publishes accounts
The Prime Minister's chief of staff Keith Schembri has declined to appear before the PANA Committee.He said that he is not en elected official, and holds a position of trust.It is also evident, he said, "that there are those who are driven by insincere motivation and who do not truly ...
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Spagna
Comments by Caruana Galizia on alleged drug dealing at Gaffarena property ‘fair comment' - court
The courts have dismissed a libel suit filed by Mark Gaffarena against journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia on allegations of the possibility that he was aware of drug dealing taking place in an illegal restaurant in Qormi.The blog entry to which Mr Gaffarena took umbrage alleged that Antoine “Cavett” ...
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USA Spagna Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
Updated (3): Journalists, minister Scicluna meet PANA committee
The European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion, known as PANA, is holding a string of meetings in Malta today to interview, among others, No Portfolio Minister Konrad Mizzi following revelations that he had secretly opened a company in Panama.Dr Mizzi was the only serving minister ...
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USA Italia
Italy's Renzi resigns as party chief, seeks renewed mandate
Former Italian Premier Matteo Renzi resigned on Sunday as leader of his fractious Democratic Party in a bid to win a fresh, stronger mandate before parliamentary elections which populist political forces hope will propel them into national power for the first time.As promised a week earlier, Renzi told fellow Democratic leaders he was resigning ...
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USA Spagna Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
‘In a normal country, PM would be gone’ – Simon Busuttil, PN government to repeal new media law
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil said that in normal countries, the Prime Minister, along with Minister Konrad Mizzi and the PM’s chief of staff Keith Schembri would be gone following the Panama Papers scandal. He said this during a national demonstration, with thousands in attendance, for democracy and liberty, organised by ...
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Austria
Trump wigs in big demand during Carnival season in Austria
So many people want to be Donald Trump this Carnival season in Austria that some costume shops have run out of wigs mimicking the U.S. president's memorable hairstyle.Shop owner Manuela Plank, recognizing a business opportunity, went to work making her own toupees a la Trump.Plank thought she was ready to meet demand ...
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Malta
ECOFIN approves Malta Presidency’s compromise solution on tax avoidance practices
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna presented amendments to rules against tax avoidance practices within the ECOFIN Council today, amounting to a compromise solution which was accepted.The solution provides rules regarding corporate hybrid mismatches and third countries. The Council agreed its position on rules aimed at closing down 'hybrid mismatches' with the tax systems of third ...
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Malta
Spring hunting, only for quail, allowed between 25 March and 14 April
Following Ornis Committee recommendations, and upon considering all applicable legal and conservation parameters, the government today announced that the 2017 spring hunting season will be open for quail only, between Saturday 25 March and Friday 14 April, inclusive of both dates, between two hours before sunrise and noon.Only those persons ...
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USA Malta
Street vendors turn Malta's prime sites into flea markets - GRTU, MHRA
GRTU Malta Chamber for SMEs and the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association today said they are concerned that anyone who wishes to start selling anything to just set up a stall at a place of their choosing and start trading. This is turning even Malta’s Main Street, Republic Street, into ...