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Malta
Courts accept plea from Qormi council; two ministries to be removed from case
The First Hall of the Civil Court accepted the plea put forward by the local council of Qormi, Infrastructure Minister and Tourism Ministry to be excluded in a case filed by a man who offers funeral services.In addition to this, the court then refused the plea of the Planning Authority ...
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Malta
FKNK representative refuses to vote and storms out of Ornis Committee meeting
The hunter’s lobby, FKNK stormed out of an Ornis Committee meeting on Tuesday following Birdlife CEO Mark Sultana’s call for a vote proposing that hunting and trapping should be prohibited at Qawra Point. The proposal was supported by the Wild Bird Regulation Unit, the government’s hunting regulatory agency. FKNK secretary-general ...
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Malta
3,800 new companies registered in first nine months of this year
Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna noted that 3,800 new companies have been registered by September 2016, bringing the total number of registered companies up to around 50,000.Speaking at the Annual Company Law Conference organised by the Department of Commercial Law within the University of Malta, the Malta Law Academy, ...
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Nigeria Malta
Bail granted for two men accused of trafficking 4kg of cannabis from Sicily to Malta
After spending a total of two months in preventative custody, two men have been granted bail after they were found with 4kg of cannabis while on a ferry from Sicily.The incident took place on 15 September, when Rita Scicluna, 41 from Luqa, and 27-year-old Osaro Osarenkhoe, 27 from Nigeria, were ...
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Malta
Breakwater to protect St Julian’s Bay not a priority for government
The government is prepared to support waterpolo clubs that were damaged by last weekend’s storm, but at present is not considering the idea of building a breakwater to protect St Julian’s Bay, a spokesman said. With plans for a breakwater to be built at Marsaxlokk, St Julian’s Bay is not ...
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USA
Strategies: A Stranded $2 Trillion Overseas Stash Gets Closer to Coming Home
Consensus emerges among politicians, including both presidential candidates, that companies’ foreign profits should be brought back to America. But how?
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USA Giappone Regno Unito Finlandia
WFP delivers food to 52,000 people cut off from aid in South Sudan
Source: World Food Programme Country: South SudanFollowing an outbreak of violence in the South Sudanese capital of Juba in July, there has been a spike in conflict in the southern part of the country which is the most agriculturally productive region.JUBA – A multi-agency convoy led by the United Nations World ...
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Kenya
Business News: Make Kisumu an import-export hub to turn around its fortunes
The vision of growing Kisumu into the country's second major port as well as turning it into East Africa's transport hub inches closer to reality with the help of Chinese expertise and financing.
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Kenya
Business News: Rising rent chokes low income earners in Kenya
Kenyans living in smaller houses are grappling with higher rent rising due to growing demand for housing against limited supply.
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Kenya
Business News: Kenya Airways CEO survives pilots' onslaught
Kenya Airways Chief Executive Mbuvi Ngunze has survived the onslaught by pilots who have backed down on their push to oust him.