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Malta
Government working towards more family-friendly approach in labour laws - minister
Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties Helena Dalli emphasised the importance of combining the needs of the family and of work, which would benefit society as a whole.Speaking during a business breakfast for employers on work-life balance and the use of family-friendly measures for both men and ...
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Turchia USA Nigeria Malta
‘If I’m sent back to Nigeria, they would shoot me’ – migrant at risk of losing protection status
Innocent Lokri, a Nigerian migrant who has been in Malta since 2009, told The Malta Independent that if he goes back to Nigeria, the least that would happen is that he would be shot and killed.Speaking with the Malta Independent, he said that he had tried to expose what was ...
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Arabia Saudita
Relegation fears real for Ranieri and struggling Leicester
The momentum that carried Leicester to the Premier League title last season has been replaced by genuine worries of relegation.Leicester has only 21 points from 22 games this season, the worst record for a defending champion since Ipswich had the same in the 1962-63 season."Our goal is to reach 40 ...
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USA
Alfred Mifsud’s partner says she received an SMS intended for new lover, court hears
Alfred Mifsud’s former partner has told a court that she had realised that the deputy Central Bank Governor was seeing someone else during their relationship as he had sent her messages that had been intended for his other lover.Taking the witness stand before Judge Silvio Meli, Anna Zelbst testified in ...
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Bulgaria Regno Unito Malta
Serbian woman filmed alleged victims so as ‘not to be blamed for anything’, court hears
The Serbian woman who is being charged with the deaths of two UK pensioners had filmed the victims as they insisted on not going to the hospital when they fell ill. A court heard today how the police managed to extract videos of the woman ‘interrogating’ the elderly man while ...
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USA Malta
Minister Herrera outlines his main priorities during EU committee grilling
Climate change, the circular economy, low carbon emissions, and anti biotic risks infections are the main environmental priorities during Malta's EU Presidency, Minister Jose' Herrera told MEPs during his grilling with committee on the environment, public health, and food safety. The Minister was praised by a number of his ...
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Panama Malta
‘My track record speaks for itself,’ Bartolo tells MEPs, on corruption claims
Education Minister Evarist Bartolo today insisted that he had fought against corruption throughout his 25-year parliamentary career and his track record on the subject “spoke for itself.”Mr Bartolo was being grilled by MEPs in the European Parliament committee for culture. He was accompanied by Justice and Culture Minister Owen Bonnici. ...
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Regno Unito Malta
Drug driving: more data, more education, more awareness
While another substance-filled holiday season has drawn to a close, The Malta Independent met with Chair of the National Centre for the Freedom from Addictions (NCFA) Dr Anna Vella to gauge what the prevalence of drug driving is in Malta, and understand why it is not given much attention in ...
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USA Nuova Zelanda
Godec to remain in office, as other US envoys resign
US Ambassador Robert Godec will not quit and services at the embassy will go on uninterrupted. The Star has learned that Godec is not affected by US President Donald Trump’s anticipated administrative changes in all embassies worldwide. Trump’s transition team early this month demanded all ambassadors appointed by former President ...
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Kenya
Business: CBK says it injected Sh45b to rescue troubled banks in 2016
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) loaned banks billions of shillings to remain afloat between June 2015 and 2016.