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USA
Merkel supports European Monetary Fund idea
German Chancellor Angela Merkel backs the idea of a European Monetary Fund and said today she could imagine creating a combined European finance and economy minister, signalling a willingness to deepen eurozone integration. Merkel said she supported the "very good idea" floated by her finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, to turn the ...
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Malta
Watch: Autumn hunting season begins on Friday - BirdLife expresses its concerns
Updated with government reaction at 4.50pm - Birdlife Malta has presented a letter to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat expressing its concerns about the upcoming hunting season, which opens on Friday. CEO Mark Sultana implored the government to show it would not tolerate any illegalities. He said the Ornis Committee always met before ...
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USA Giappone Corea del Sud
North Korea fires missile over Japan in aggressive test
North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before plunging into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday, an aggressive test-flight over the territory of a close U.S. ally that sends a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby.Seoul's ...
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USA
More rain, more dead: Harvey floods keeps Houston paralyzed
Floodwaters reached the rooflines of single-story homes Monday and people could be heard pleading for help from inside as Harvey poured rain on the Houston area for a fourth consecutive day after a chaotic weekend of rising water and rescues.The nation's fourth-largest city remained mostly paralyzed by one of the ...
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Regno Unito Malta Cipro
Traffic arrangements at Ta’ Qali for Friday’s Malta-England match
The Police Force, in collaboration with the Malta Football Association, has made special arrangements on the occasion of next Friday’s World Cup qualifier between England and Malta.Addressing a news conference yesterday, Angelo Chetcuti, MFA general secretary, said that this was a massive match to organise, but the association was convinced ...
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USA Malta
Christian Season of Creation to be held between 1 September, 4 October
The 2017 Christian Season of Creation (1 September to 4 October) in Malta and Gozo will be launched by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna during a Solemn Mass at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, on Saturday 2 September, at 6pm. The Mass will follow prayers for creation which will be said in ...
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Egitto Malta
Stray cats cause damage to local reptile fauna, vet says
In the late 1980s, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species act was approved in Malta. It aimed to regulate the import and export of endangered species. This helped to alleviate the pressure that was being placed on wild populations of animals by over-collection for the pet trade. However, ...
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Malta
Updated: Government says Ornis committee board has been appointed
The autumn hunting season is to start on Friday and yet the Ornis Committee which is supposed to oversee the practice has not yet been appointed, BirdLife Malta said today. The government in a statement however, said that the board has already been approved.The NGO said it is concerned that ...
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USA Malta
Bank of Valletta named Preferred Partner of Valletta 2018 Foundation
Bank of Valletta has been named the Preferred Partner of Valletta 2018 Foundation, leading up to the European Capital of Culture in 2018.The partnership was announcedduring a brief ceremony held at The House of The Four Winds in Valletta and addressed by BOV Chairman Deo Scerri and Valletta 2018 Foundation ...
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Francia
Europe-Africa summit yields new approach to asylum claims
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain agreed Monday on a new policy to grant asylum to vulnerable migrants who apply for protection while in Africa instead of their destination countries.At a Europe-Africa summit in Paris aimed at finding long-elusive solutions to illegal migration, the European leaders also agreed ...