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Malta
Minister Helena Dalli praises PM for suggesting gender quota in Parliament
Social Dialogue Minister Helena Dalli praised Prime Minister Joseph Muscat for suggesting a gender quota within Parliament on Tuesday evening in Parliament.She was responding to a question about whether this current government is the most feminist one in Malta’s history. Dr Dalli and Parliamentary Secretary for active ageing and persons ...
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Malta reinforcing historic vocation as a catalyst of an innovative vision in the Med - George Vella
Minister for Foreign Affairs George W. Vella opened the 53rd Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) Board of Governors Meeting, held at the Corinthia Palace in Attard. The meeting was held in Malta after the highly successful ALF MED Forum that was held in Malta in October 2016.Addressing those present, Minister Vella ...
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Tusk closing in on second term as EU Council president
Donald Tusk is closing in on a second term as the European Union's Council president despite fierce opposition from Poland's most influential politician, a bitter rival of the former prime minister.Tusk's 2½-year term in one of the EU's most prestigious jobs, as the chairman of summits of the bloc's 28 ...
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Malta
Muscat speaks of consensus as top EU officials stress commitment to free, open trade
Top European Union officials are underlining the bloc's commitment to an open multilateral trading system amid rising protectionist sentiment worldwide.EU President Donald Tusk said Wednesday leaders of the 28 EU countries at a summit this week will "want to signal our continued strong support for free and fair trade and ...
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Malta
Marco Bonnici eyeing MUT leadership post, out-going president supports candidacy
Marco Bonnici, who currently serves as senior vice-president of the Malta Union of Teachers, has officially launched his candidacy to occupy the post as the new president of the Union. Kevin Bonello, who has served as MUT president for the last six years, will be stepping down in the coming ...
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Malta
FAA speaks of positive initiatives in heritage protection
Heritage and environment NGO Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) today welcomed recent initiatives in favour of Malta’s natural and built heritage. The cast-iron protection of a these ecological sites is of the utmost importance, especially at ecological oases like Comino, where a major development project is being planned. Dr Claire ...
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Malta
PL says Simon Busuttil’s actions go against spirit of party financing law
The Labour Party said that while the government was working, supposedly in harmony with the Opposition on the new party financing law, the Nationalist Party chose to go behind the government's back and come up with schemes such as the cedoli loan scheme and produce fake receipts for donations.Minister Owen ...
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Updated (2) - Watch: Dwejra Window collapses; geologist says pillar gave way
The Dwejra Window, also known as the Azure Window, collapsed today as a result of bad weather after years of erosion which saw parts of the natural window being slowly eaten away by the elements.The iconic natural structure, which has been used as a backdrop several times in films and ...
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WikiLeaks reveals CIA files describing hacking tools
WikiLeaks published thousands of documents Tuesday described as secret files about CIA hacking tools the government employs to break into users' computers, mobile phones and even smart TVs from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung.The documents describe clandestine methods for bypassing or defeating encryption, antivirus tools and other protective security ...
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Man accused of decapitating his mother, carrying head in hand
An 18-year-old man decapitated his mother and then walked out the front door of her house holding her head in his hand while wielding a knife in the other, authorities said.The suspect was charged with first-degree murder Monday after he called 911 to say he had killed his mother, according ...