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Malta
Car dealer acquitted of charges of tampering with VAT receipts, ‘evidence not authenticated’
A car dealer who was charged with tampering with fiscal receipts to claim higher refunds from the VAT department has been acquitted. The court heard how 48-year-old Charles Bianco, from Birkirkara, submitted two receipts which the VAT Department suspected had been tampered with. The department launched an investigation, believing that ...
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USA Panama Malta
'PM should at the very least tell us who the Gozo drugs case ministers are' - Busuttil
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil said tonight that the Prime Minister surely knows who the ministers involved in the Gozo drugs case are and, as a minimum, should name them.The case revolves around a statement given to the police during a drug investigation in 2013, which was changed following a meeting ...
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Malta
University receives over €5 million in fees from foreign students
The University of Malta received a total €5,050,913 in fees from foreign students in the academic year 2015/2016, Minister Evarist Bartolo revealed in response to a parliamentary question tabled by PN MP Chris Said.A total of €2,905,144 has been received in the current acadmeic year's first semester.The amount received has ...
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USA
Concrete steps, proper compensation to avoid another Dieselgate – MEP Miriam Dalli
The European Parliament today approved concrete proposals to prevent a repetition of ‘Dieselgate’ in the near future, and to provide proper compensation to the affected EU consumers.The votes were taken following a discussion in the Plenary Session of the European Parliament on the final report of the Enquiry Committee into ...
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Cina USA Hong Kong
Pink diamond auctioned for record €66.5 million in Hong Kong
A stunning 59.6 carat diamond known as the "Pink Star" sold for €66.5 million at a Sotheby's auction Tuesday in Hong Kong, setting a new world record for any diamond or jewel, according to the auction house.The oval mixed-cut diamond smashed the €56.3 million pre-sale estimate set by Sotheby's when ...
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USA Romania
Watchdog report: 'Breakdown of democracy' in Poland, Hungary
U.S.-based pro-democracy group Freedom House said Tuesday that a "spectacular breakdown of democracy" has been taking place in Poland and Hungary, two countries that stood as models of democratic change after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.The watchdog organization's report said that Hungary now has the lowest democracy score in the Central ...
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Paesi Bassi
Homogeweld: de ene hype is de andere niet
Ronnie en Jasper uit Arnhem waren niet de enigen die zaterdagnacht klappen opliepen omdat ze homo zijn. Ook in Eindhoven en Amsterdam zijn mannen het slachtoffer geworden van ‘homo gerelateerde agressie’. Toch kregen die andere gevallen lang niet zoveel aandacht als Ronnie en Jasper.Â
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USA
Kahlon, Bitan deny reports that IBC deal can’t be implemented
If the bill is not ready, the corporation will have to go on the air on April 30 with its own news division, as the law currently states, but Netanyahu has done everything possible to prevent.
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Israele
State files law suit against Gett Taxi for discrimination
The suit, announced by the ministry on Tuesday, was filed at the Tel Aviv HaShalom Court and is asking for NIS 125,000 in compensation.
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USA Regno Unito
Brussels Syria Conference proposes improving humanitarian aid delivery inside Syria
Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Country: Syrian Arab RepublicAs part of the Brussels Conference on "Supporting the future of Syria and the region", the event "Humanitarian Aid Inside Syria: Needs, Challenges & the Way Forward" took place today, 4 April, in Brussels.As part of ...