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Malta
Reform means that all shops can open on Sundays without having to pay additional fees
Small shops are now allowed to open on Sundays without having to pay a €700 fee, according to new rules laid out in a recently published Legal Notice. Shops that will start opening on Sundays have to give up a weekday in return and they have to notify the relevant ...
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Malta
Updated: Tenants told new system to register for lower utility rate not ready due to technicalities
A number of local tenants attempted to file a mass application this morning at ARMS ltd in order to be charged the lower residential rate that is awarded to primary households to Maltese residents, but were told to sit tight until technicalities are all smoothed out.Just last week however, when ...
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Russia
Watch: Trump battles Meryl Streep as Cabinet picks prepare for grilling
Donald Trump and his Cabinet picks are preparing to face public questioning over their business conflicts, their approach to Russia and other issues during a critical week of confirmation hearings and the president-elect's first news conference in nearly six months.Trump plunged Monday into another fight with a high-profile critic, this ...
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USA
Updated - APNewsBreak: Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt reach divorce pact
Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt have reached an agreement to handle their divorce in a private forum and will work together to reunify their family, the actors announced in a joint statement Monday.Their statement released Monday night to The Associated Press said that they will keep future details of ...
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Malta
Parliament discusses use of canines in prison, suggests strengthening of rights
Parliament this evening discussed a number of issues related to the use of animals, mainly canines, at the Corradino Correctional Facility, with both sides of the House calling for measures that strengthen animal’s rights.Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela explained the change of location for the kennels from the prison to ...
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Regno Unito Malta
Speaker wants MPs to draft guidelines on use of mobile phones during parliamentary debates
Speaker Anglu Farrugia this evening called on both sides of the House to engage in a mature debate and come up with guidelines on the use of mobile phones during Parliamentary sittings. He was delivering a ruling after Opposition Whip David Agius had claimed that some government MP had taken ...
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Malta
Wardens empowered to breathalyse drivers, zero alcohol limit for taxi, bus drivers –traffic law bill
A draft bill will go through its first reading in parliament tonight that is aimed towards making Malta’s roads safer for both drivers and pedestrians. Among the proposed changes, that would need to go through a parliamentary debate before being made law, is that those individuals who are paid to ...
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Journalist Clare Hollingworth, who broke news of WW II, dies
Clare Hollingworth, a British war correspondent who was the first to report the Nazi invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II, died in Hong Kong on Tuesday. She was 105.The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong announced her death, calling her a beloved member with a ...
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Canada
Court does not believe man’s ‘pistol to the head’ story, jails him for filing false report
A man today was jailed for 17 months after a court refused to believe his story that he was held with a pistol to his head and locked in a mobile toilet by a man who was chasing after his money. In 2008 Olaf Cini had filed a police report ...
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Malta
Man jailed for 40 months, fined €2,000, over drug possession and trafficking
A foreigner today was jailed for a total of 40 months over drug charges.Ayman Abul-Ez Mohammed Hanafwa admitted to being in possession of ecstasy and cannabis resin in circumstances denoting that the drug was not intended for personal use. He also admitted being in possession of cannabis plants and trafficking ...