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USA Malta
Price of soft drinks to increase as part of plastic bottle return scheme, PM announces
The price of soft drinks will go up as part of a plastic bottle return scheme, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced today. Speaking about tomorrow’s budget during an activity in Ghaxaq, the PM said the scheme will encourage people to hold on to their plastic and deposit bottles against a ...
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Malta
INDEPTH: One cannot expect OHSA to monitor media 24/7 - CEO Mark Gauci
Occupational Health and Safety Authority CEO Mark Gaudi said that one cannot expect the authority to have people monitoring what both the traditional and social media are saying with regard to possible infringements of health and safety at the workplace.Interviewed by The Malta Independent online editor Stephen Calleja on Indepth, ...
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Freeport introduces weekly rapid link to key South America ports
Maltese importers and exporters are set to benefit from new trading opportunities to Brazil and Argentina following the introduction of a rapid weekly link by Malta Freeport Terminals. The Sirius Service, calling at six key ports in Brazil (Itajai, Itapoa, Itaguai, Rio Grande, Salvador and Santos) as well as Buenos ...
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Malta
TMIS Editorial: New waste incinerator destined for Gozo, the north or the south?
With the government set on embarking on a waste-to-energy project incorporating an incinerator, the €150 million question is where, exactly, the project will be located.Malta’s size being what it is such industrial projects are always bound to be placed in someone’s backyard. As such there are, broadly speaking, only three ...
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USA Malta
Government needs to address market failures in upcoming budget – Caritas Director
Caritas Director Leonid McKay believes the government needs to address market failures especially in the rental market.The Malta Independent on Sunday contacted various key members in civil society to hear what they think the government should focus on in the upcoming budget. Finance Minister Edward Scicluna has already spoken of ...
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USA Malta
Paqpaqli Porsche driver files judicial letter against President over health, safety failures
The British Porsche 918 Spyder driver who took part in the 2015 charity event Paqpaqli Ghall-Istrina which tragically saw 23 people injured has filed a judicial letter against the organising parties, including President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. Some of the victims of the incident, including a six-year-old girl and her mother, ...
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Glass ceiling for women in politics still intact – Founder of Women Political Leaders Global Forum
“There are cracks for sure, but the glass ceiling (for women in top political positions) is still very much there," observes Silvana Koch-Mehrin. "There are very few countries in the world where there was a second woman elected or appointed to the post of Prime Minister or President. Many countries ...
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Nigeria
El presidente del Círculo de Economía pide a Puigdemont que renuncie a la DUI
Barcelona, 8 oct (EFE).- El presidente del Círculo de Economía, Juan José Brugera, se reunió ayer con el presidente de la Generalitat para pedirle que renuncie a la declaración unilateral de independencia (DUI), porque "sería una bomba para la economía catalana", y que lo anuncie antes del reinicio de la ...
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Spagna
Economía.- El Congreso debate el martes que los ayuntamientos no estén obligados a ampliar horarios comerciales
br /> MADRID, 8 (EUROPA PRESS) El Pleno del Congreso debate este martes una proposición no de ley de Compromís para que los grandes ayuntamientos y municipios turísticos no estén obligados por ley a ampliar los horarios comerciales en sus territorios, ni a autorizar la apertura ...
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Spagna
El senado aprueba esta semana la nueva ley de autónomos
MADRID, 08 (SERVIMEDIA)