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What more to discuss? For Obama and world leaders it's Trump
Trying to tie up loose ends of his foreign policy agenda, President Barack Obama on Saturday instead found world leaders more focused on someone else: President-elect Donald Trump.Global hand-wringing over America's next president has taken much of the wind out of Obama's final overseas trip. Adopting an altruistic tone, Obama ...
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Malta
Maltco Lotteries win Malta Gaming Award for Corporate Social Responsibility
In the first edition of the Malta Gaming Awards, Maltco Lotteries, Malta's national lottery brand, has been awarded the prestigious Malta Gaming Award for Corporate Responsibility of the Year 2016. Against stiff opposition from fellow finalists LeoVegas and Unibet,Maltco Lotteries were selected as the company with the strongest commitment to ...
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Cancer patients and working parents entitled for special leave; minimum wage will increase – PM
"If an employee is diagnosed with cancer he or she will be eligible for more leave so that he or she can receive treatment," Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said in San Gwann this morning.He said that until now, when a cancer patient needs leave to receive treatment, his or her ...
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Malta
PN proposes incentive to reduce tax burden of SMEs to 10% on first €50,000
The Nationalist Party is proposing the grant of a tax incentive that will reduce the effective income tax burden of SME retailers to 10% on the first €50,000 of their operating profits. For SME retailers to be eligible for this tax measure they need to show that they have complied ...
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Malta
INDEPTH: Nursery compensation fees to be removed within one or two years – MFA general secretary
Compensation fees demanded by football nurseries when children move in between clubs will be eliminated within one or two years, outgoing Malta Football Association general secretary Bjorn Vassallo believes.Interviewed by Online editor Stephen Calleja on INDEPTH, The Malta Independent's online programme, Mr Vassallo said that in the meantime certain measures ...
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Ministers’ performance: Bartolo takes top spot, Mizzi plummets but is still ahead of Muscat
Minister without Portfolio Konrad Mizzi has been given his lowest ranking since The Malta Independent on Sunday began commissioning its iSurvey, but has still maintained a lead over Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. He has also managed to remain in the top five out of a 23-member Cabinet. Respondents were asked ...
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All ministers abroad last Wednesday: Who exactly was in charge?
Last Wednesday the government appears to have thrown standard convention to the wind when no one was nominated to run the country in the absence of the Prime Minister.It is standard government practice that when the Prime Minister is abroad on business or on a private trip, that he leaves ...
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USA
Key jokes about rebranding the TPP as the 'Trump-Pacific Partnership'
John Key has a novel idea for getting US President-elect on board with the TPP - a simple rename.
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USA
Bill English says thanks to US crew
Finance Minister Bill English has told the crew of the USS Sampson they provided vital reassurance after the 7.8 quake.
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USA Kenya
Business: Kenya seeks to tap into Sh360 trillion Global Halal Industry
Kenya seeks to tap into the Sh360 trillion (US$3.6 trillion) global Halal industry and position itself as the hub of the growing sector in the region.