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Malta
Indications show successful summer for Gozo – Gozo Tourism Association CEO
Initial indications show that summer tourism numbers in Gozo rose over the previous year, Gozo Tourism Association CEO Joe Muscat told the Malta Independent.“From our indications, it seems Gozo had a successful summer, and that the number of tourists rose when compared to the summer of 2016.”He noted a shift ...
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Panama Malta
Chris Said worried about slip in Malta’s attractiveness as financial services centre
PN leadership candidate Chris Said has expressed his worry that "Malta's attractiveness as a financial services centre slipped eight places since March."Said was reacting to the Zyen Global Financial Services Index released yesterday."The index is compiled by means of an analysis of 102 factors, ranging from business environment, to risk, price ...
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Malta
President meets local councils to discuss protest against lawlessness in Marsa
President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, together with the President of the Local Councils Association, Mario Fava, convened a meeting with various local councils - Marsa, Ħamrun, Floriana, Pietà, Gżira, Paola and Birżebbuġa - and representatives from migrant communities forming part of the Migrant-led NGO Platform within the President’s Foundation for the ...
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USA Regno Unito Malta
EU, UK need good working relationship after Brexit - Alfred Sant
Former Prime Minister and Maltese MEP Alfred Sant said that it is the interest of both the EU and the UK to come to some deal and have a good working relationship after Brexit. Sant was interviewed in Brussels by UK Channel 4 journalist Georg Von Harrach on the recent ...
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USA Georgia (Country)
Aircraft carrier is rushed to the hurricane-battered Florida
Authorities sent an aircraft carrier and other Navy ships to help with search-and-rescue operations in Florida on Monday as a flyover of the hurricane-battered Keys yielded what the governor said were scenes of devastation."I just hope everyone survived," Gov. Rick Scott said.He said boats were cast ashore, water, sewers and ...
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Cina Russia USA Giappone
UN approves watered-down new sanctions against North Korea
The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea but not the toughest-ever measures sought by the Trump administration to ban all oil imports and freeze international assets of the government and its leader, Kim Jong Un.The resolution, responding to Pyongyang's sixth and strongest nuclear test ...
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Spagna Malta
‘I will not be your source’ – Karol Aquilina on administrative council meeting due on Thursday
The Nationalist Party’s Administrative Council will meet once again on Thursday to discuss an as yet unknown agenda.Sources speaking to The Malta Independent said that the council did not disclose the agenda because some of its members are supporters of Adrian Delia, who is contesting for the party leadership.The president ...
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Cina Malta
Market Surveillance Directorate withdraws unsafe toys from the market
The Market Surveillance Directorate within the Technical Regulations Division of the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (MCCAA) has withdrawn four toys from the local market. These were found to be dangerous as small parts can be easily detached from the toys, which may be swallowed by children. Moreover, three ...
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Turchia
Germany puts arms exports to Turkey on hold: German FM
Germany has put all major arms exports to Turkey on hold due to the deteriorating human rights situation in the country and increasingly strained ties with its NATO ally, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sept. 11.
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Turchia Iran
Iran-Turkey trade relations legal: Deputy PM Bozdağ
Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ on Sept. 11 defended a former Turkish minister who had recently been charged with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran