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Romania
Former Commissioner Tonio Borg still gets Brussels transition allowance
Tonio Borg may have ended his term in Brussels two years ago but he is one of 16 former European Commissioners benefitting from a lucrative transition allowance. He was mentioned in a list drawn up by the Brussels-based online news portal Politico as still benefitting from the allowance that tots up ...
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USA Francia Germania Spagna Regno Unito Malta Irlanda
Editorial: Malta competing for British business
Many of the world’s major banks who have their European headquarters in Britain are preparing to move some of their operations out of Britain in early 2017 due to the uncertainty over the country’s future relationship with the Europe.The UK financial sector employs more than 2 million people and makes ...
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USA Malta
Oscar-winning film director Gabriele Salvatores filming in Malta
Italian film director Gabriele Salvatores is in Malta to shoot scenes for his new film, “The Invisible Boy 2”. Salvatores is famous for a number of films, including Mediterraneo, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1992.This new film is the sequel to “The Invisible Boy”, a film ...
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Regno Unito Malta
Economy Ministry confirms WRDC is preferred bidder for White Rocks project
White Rocks Development Company, a consortium made up of a number of local and foreign companies, is the preferred bidder for the re-development of White Rocks, a spokesperson for the Ministry of the Economy confirmed.Back in May, The Malta Independent had quoted well-informed sources and revealed that WRDC are the ...
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Malta
Malta Developers Association agrees with increase in minimum wage
The Malta Developers Association said it supports the request made by a coalition of NGOs for an increase in the minimum wage. The MDA also agrees that the time has come for a revision of the mechanism by which the cost of living allowance (COLA) is worked out so as ...
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USA Iran Regno Unito
Iranian people should decide their own national systems - Alfred Sant
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that it is up to the Iranian people to decide about their national systems and emphasised that the European Union should not repeat its mistakes in Iraq and in Libya which were disastrous for both countries and for Europe. ...
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Singapore Malta
VGH director denies claims of having owned a company which declared bankruptcy
Vitals Global Healthcare Director Ram Tumuluri has told The Malta Independent: “I have never had a company that went bankrupt”. Recently reports in the media said that a company previously run by Mr Tumuluri called Ayurcare International Inc. had declared bankruptcy after trading for three years. “I’ve never had a ...
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Turchia USA
Updated (3): Eight killed in car bombing in Turkey; legislators held
A car bomb attack in the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast region killed eight people Friday, hours after authorities detained at least 12 pro-Kurdish legislators for questioning in terror-related probes.Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said two police officers, a technician and five civilians died in the attack near a ...
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USA
Do not count on the opposition for proper statistics on economic survery - OPM
The Office of the Prime Minister said that no one should count on the opposition to be able to interpret statistics, according to statement released replying to the Nationalist Party's allegations that the Economic Survey statistics provided by Minister of Finance Professor Edward Scicluna were unreliable.The statement pointed towards the ...
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USA Malta
Malta supports EU VAT Action Plan
While delivering a speech at the Malta Institute of Management's 'VAT and EU Conference', Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna stated that the VAT system can be improved on account of its shortcomings in three particular areas.Minister Scicluna retained that today, VAT is not responsive enough to the shifting landscape ...