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Spagna Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
Owen Bonnici slams Jason Azzopardi’s government critique on Politico, Busuttil lambasts garnishee
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici has taken umbrage at Shadow Minister for Justice Jason Azzopardi’s critique of the government’s decision not to join a new European public prosecutor’s office on influential Brussels (EU focused) weekly paper Politico.He said that criticising government action within Parliament, among colleagues, is one thing but slammed ...
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Messico Spagna Malta
Update: Caruana Galizia's accounts frozen as Cardona sues; 'terrible implications for press freedom'
Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has had her bank accounts frozen after a court upheld a request by Economy Minister Chris Cardona and his consultant Joe Gerada to issue garnishee orders alongside four libel suits they have filed against her. Cardona and Gerada have sued Mrs Caruana Galizia over allegations in ...
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USA
European soft drinks sector commits to reduce added sugars by a further 10%
The European soft drinks industry has announced it will reduce added sugars in its products by a further 10% by 2020. The commitment will be rolled out across Europe.This initiative responds to changing consumer preferences regarding sugar intake and calls from Member States and the European Commission for a coordinated ...
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Messico Germania Spagna Malta
Watch: Busuttil says PM does not know ‘A-B-Cs’ of allegations of Minister Cardona at a brothel
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil quipped that when the Prime Minister said he believes Economy Minister Chris Cardona about the allegations he visited a brothel in Germany from ‘A to Z’, it is because he does not know the ‘a-b-c’s’ of the issue.Blogger and The Malta Independent columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia ...
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USA Panama Malta
PANA committee member complains on lack of confirmation of cooperation by Maltese MPs
A member of the PANA committee, the European Parliament committee on money laundering, has complained that most of the people with who have been requested to meet with the fact-finding mission have not given an answer. The PANA committee will be in Malta later this month. "As part of a ...
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USA Francia Malta
American chart topping DJ duo The Chainsmokers to headline Isle of MTV 2017
American DJ duo The Chainsmokers will headline this year’s Isle of MTV concert, which will be held at the Granaries in Floriana on 27 June. Widely regarded across the music industry as one of the ‘breakout acts’ of 2016, the multiplatinum selling duo will perform the closing set under the ...
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USA Malta
Editorial: That’s right, blame the Interconnector, it’s foreign after all
There is no known calculation how much money was lost yesterday with the double power cut Malta has suffered. But it must have been huge.With our known patience and infinite resourcefulness, many of us found some way or other to go round the obstacle, but we must realize that there ...
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Malta
UHM registers industrial dispute over health and safety issues in Gozo courts, abattoir
An industrial dispute has been registered by the UHM-Voice of the workers for employees at the Gozo law courts and at the Gozo Abattoir, over issues primarily relating to health and safety.If nothing is done, then industrial action will take place in two-days time, a UHM official confirmedSpeaking with The ...
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Cina Spagna Malta
Government says Sai Mizzi occupying post until a replacement is found; public call had been issued
Economy Minister Chris Cardona had already publicly declared that Sai Mizzi will continue to occupy her post as special representative to China for Malta Enterprise back in August 2016 until a replacement is found, a government statement read.The statement was in response to yesterday's questions and statements in Parliament on ...
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Panama
'The highest price ever paid for public land concessions,' Mizzi says on ITS site transfer
No portfolio minister Konrad Mizzi said this evening that a new land valuation system used for the ITS site, which is being transferred to the db Group, left the government much better off than past land transfer deals, including Manoel Island and Fort Cambridge.Speaking in Parliament on the St George’s ...