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Malta
Birdlife says AG upholds its position on bird trapping, ‘Malta’s position goes against spirit of EU'
Birdlife Malta has said that the Attorney General upholds its arguments and insisted that there is no justification for the trapping of songs birds, a practice which goes against an EU directive.Addressing a press conference in front of the law courts in Valletta, President of Birdlife Malta Darryl Grima said ...
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USA Panama Malta
Updated (2): Brian Tonna and Karl Cini refuse to meet with PANA committee delegation
Nexia BT's Brian Tonna and Karl Cini have refused to appear before the PANA Committee delegation who will be travelling here next week, and this has been confirmed by multiple sources, including an MEP on the committee, as well as AD Chairperson Arnold Cassola and another source in Brussels.Greens MEP ...
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USA Malta
Church's Environment Commission warns that MDA-commissioned property study may be biased
The Church’s Environment Commission (KA) has urged the government to come up with its own national study on property, saying that a study carried out by the private sector can be biased. It was referring to the recent announcement by the Malta Developers Association that it had commissioned KPMG to ...
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Malta
Editorial: Growth amid festering corruption
The Maltese economy has experienced unprecedented growth in these past years. This is now admitted by one and all, including bodies like the European Commission and rating agencies.But repeated surveys of public opinion have also shown a perception among the Maltese public of endemic levels of corruption inside the Maltese ...
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USA Malta
EU economic forecast shows Labour government has created no new sectors - Mario de Marco
The European Commission’s winter forecast for Malta shows that the biggest contribution made by the government to the economy was not through the creation of new economic sectors but through pushing up public sector costs, PN deputy leader Mario de Marco said today. The report, he said, echoes the position ...
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Sunday rally 'a chance for people to say no to corruption, yes to democracy' - Busuttil
Next Sunday’s demonstration will be not be held in the name of the PN but in the name of all people of goodwill, Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil said yesterday. It will be an opportunity for people to say no to lies and hypocrisy, and yes to liberty and democracy.Dr ...
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USA Panama Malta
Speaker condemns Jason Azzopardi’s 'unjustifiable' criticism of government in Politico
Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia has condemned the "unjustifiable" criticism Opposition MP Jason Azzopardi made in comments he had given to Politico regarding the government's decision not to back an EU proposal for the establishment of a European prosecutor's office.Dr Azzopardi told Politico that it was "no surprise at ...
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Malta
European Commission forecast: Malta’s economic activity to remain robust
The Finance Ministry this evening welcomed the latest winter forecast published by the European Commission, which expects economic activity in Malta to remain robust, well above the European Union average. Furthermore, the economic expansion is forecast to continue at a broadly unchanged pace in 2017 and 2018.“Growth is expected to be more ...
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Spagna
Cardona sues PN newspaper and journalist, says he is not requesting precautionary warrant
Economy Minister Chris Cardona this evening announced that he has filed libel proceedings against a PN newspaper and said he intends to file more suits.The minister has been under fire ever since journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia alleged that he visited a German brothel while on government business. Dr ...
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Nigeria Malta
Pembroke FC team manager charged with football bribery, bail denied
The team manager of Pembroke Football Club was today charged with bribery in yet another alleged match-fixing case. The accused is Uchenna sive Ucha Anyanwu, 30, who was born in Nigeria but has lived in Malta for the past 13 years. He denied attempting to bribe Mosta FC players.Defence lawyers ...