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Nigeria
UNGA: Nigeria signs Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty
Nigeria has signed the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty, joining dozens of other countries that signed the treaty to ban nuclear weapons amid tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, signed the treaty on behalf of Nigeria on Wednesday at the UN headquarters ...
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Malta
‘Election campaign begins on January 1’ – Adrian Delia
PN leader Adrian Delia today expressed confidence the Nationalist could win the next general election, saying the party’s election campaign would begin on January 1. Addressing his first mass meeting in his new role during the PN’s Independence Day celebrations, Dr Delia said the PN would give the country back to ...
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USA Regno Unito Malta
Insurance entity Starr Companies to operate EU business from Malta
Starr Companies, a US international insurance entity, will be implementing its commercial activities for the EU from Malta, the government said. It said this investment was sealed during a visit by the Prime Minister to the company’s offices in New York. Dr Muscat met the company officials for the first time last ...
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Malta
MIA share price reaches new 2017 high
The equity price index extended yesterday’s decline of 0.72% by a further 0.03% to a fresh four-month low of 4,610.230 points. The lower share prices of GO (-2.1%) and BOV (-0.5%) outweighed the gains in MIA (+0.5%), RS2 (+2.1%) and MaltaPost (+4.2%). Meanwhile, HSBC and PG traded unchanged. Over 60% of ...
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USA Australia Regno Unito Malta
MTA's UK office wins travel trade award for second consecutive year
For the second year running,the Malta Tourism Authority's London Office has won the Travel Trade Gazette Award for the UK’s Tourist Board of the Year. This award is regarded as the most prestigious in the UK travel industry and the highlight of the industry’s calendar. It is held each year at ...
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Malta
Marlene Farrugia: The PN has sunk deeper in the quagmire, DeliaPN will snuff out any life left to it
The PN has sunk deeper in the quagmire which claimed it a number of years ago, and "DeliaPN" will snuff out any life left to it, Marlene Farrugia, outgoing leader of the Democratic Party said today. The PD is the PN's coalition partner in Forza Nazzjonali and its two MPs were ...
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Russia
Lawmakers fear Russia’s Facebook meddling continues
Congressional pressure mounts on Silicon Valley to stem hostile foreign influence
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Malta
Local bee population increasingly threatened by growing number of alien Oriental Hornets
A constant growth in the number of Oriental Hornets, an alien insect species found around the country, is posing an increasingly bigger threat to Malta's bee population, according to Mario Sant, a committee member of the Malta Beekepers Association.Speaking to The Malta Independent, Sant explained that as time goes by, ...
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USA Malta
Malta Association of Retirement Scheme Practitioners speaks about tax incentives on pension schemes
Malta Association of Retirement Scheme Practitioners (MARSP) commented on tax incentives to promote the take up of pension schemesAfter a long wait, disrupted by the election, the Malta Government has published the rules for tax incentives for employers to contribute into pension schemes, MARSP said.Describing the measure, they said that ...
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USA Australia Iran Regno Unito Malta Italia
Kate Adie: Keynote speaker at EY Malta’s annual attractiveness event
The well-known BBC Chief News Correspondent Kate Adie is one of the keynote speakers at EY Malta's Annual Attractiveness Event to be held on 25 October at the InterContinental Arena Conference Centre.Widely regarded as Malta's largest business and investment forum, the annual event is expected to attract over 700 public ...