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Malta
INDEPTH: de Marco’s firm provided legal services to Keith Schembri’s companies till 2014
Mario de Marco's legal firm provided legal services to companies owned by OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri until January 2014, the Nationalist Party deputy leader said this morning.Dr de Marco was reacting to a story which was published in The Malta Independent print edition today, based on answers he ...
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Malta
Fresh controversy? - New monument for Castille square ‘to celebrate Maltese nation’
A new monument set up in Castille is set to draw fresh controversy after the one that was erected two years ago on the occasion on the summit on migration held in Malta.Dubbed “flame that never dies”, the Department of Information said that it celebrates all the Maltese who gave ...
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Colombia Malta Italia
1.6% increase in number of foreign students learning English in Malta in 2016 - NSO
Last year, foreign students attending English language courses at local specialised schools numbered 76,730, equivalent to an increase of 1.6 per cent over 2015, the NSO said.The majority of students attending English language courses in Malta came from Italy (24.5 per cent), Germany (14.2 per cent) and France (11.1 per ...
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Malta Italia
Updated - Watch: Passenger takes over Air Malta flight PA system, minister concerned, crew suspended
A group of angry passengers travelling on an Air Malta flight (KM626) flying out of Milan to Malta last Sunday reported their disgust after passengers on the same flight took over the in-flight public address system to party with their friends.Passengers who spoke with The Malta Independent also provided footage ...
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USA
Man exonerated for Los Angeles murder walks free after 32 years
Andrew Leander Wilson, a broad smile on his face and no bitterness in his heart, clasped hands with his family on his first day of freedom Thursday after spending 32 years in prison for a murder he denied committing.Wilson, 62, was released from the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail ...
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Spagna Ecuador Malta
Over 300kg of cocaine seized by Maltese Customs in Malta’s largest ever narcotics haul
The Customs Department discovered over 300kg of cocaine while inspecting a container supposedly containing cans of pineapple at the Malta Freeport.Initially the haul was thought to be 350 kg but the department later reviewed it and said it was 300 kg.The container, which was transiting through Malta on its way ...
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USA
Relief operations in western Mosul reach 'breaking point'
Source: UN News Service Country: IraqThe United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Iraq are scrambling to get emergency sites ready amidst a mass exodus, with nearly 700,000 civilians still living in the city.16 March 2017 – The United Nations and its humanitarian partners in Iraq are scrambling to get emergency ...
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Kenya
Rwanda: Over 100 Kenyan Investors Attend Rwanda Business Forum in Nairobi
[New Times] Rwandan High Commission to Kenya on Wednesday hosted Kenyan business leaders in Nairobi with an aim of presenting to them investment opportunities available in Rwanda.
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Brasile
Operação da PF mira venda ilegal de carnes em 6 estados e no DF
Uma operação da Polícia Federal em seis estados e no Distrito Federal, nesta manhã de sexta-feira (17/3), investiga uma organização criminosa liderada por fiscais agropecuários federais e empresários do agronegócio. A ação, intitulada Carne Fraca identificou que as Superintêndencias Regionais do Ministério da Pesca e Agricultura do Estado do Paraná, ...
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Turchia
Merkel says she does not intend to trade provocations with Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out trading provocations with Turkey on March 16 after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sharply criticized bans on planned rallies by Turkish ministers in Germany and the Netherlands.