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Spagna Panama
Updated: ‘Cardona has turned the whole country into a brothel’ – Beppe Fenech Adami
PN Deputy Leader Beppe Fenech Adami today said that Economy Minister Chris Cardona has turned the whole country into a brothel.He was replying to questions following the publication of a blog on Daphne Caruana Galizia’s website, which said that Dr Cardona was in a brothel in Germany last night. Dr ...
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Malta
Man takes law into own hands, orders removal of plane engine generators over financial dispute
A German man has been found guilty of taking the law into his own hands after he ordered his employees to remove two air craft generators from a Libyan Air Ambulance due to a sum of money owed to the company he works for, M.C.M. Maintenance Centre Malta Limited.The sum ...
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Spagna
Joe Gerada joins Chris Cardona in instituting libel case against Daphne Caruana Galizia
Joe Gerada, consultant to Minister Chris Cardona, will also be instituting libel proceedings against blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia on allegations that he went to a brothel in Germany while on official duty with the minister.Dr Cardona said on Tuesday that he will be taking the blogger to court too after ...
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Malta
Owen Bonnici presents 'fresh evidence' to show Jason Azzopardi’s interference in Lowenbrau deal
Albert Mamo, the man who served as Commissioner for lands when the Lowenbrau case took place in the early 1990s, had testified in court that the contract had been signed without his knowledge.Minister Owen Bonnici today called a press conference to reveal what he said was 'fresh evidence' on the ...
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Malta Libano
Court declares lack of legal aid in interrogations breach of fair trial in Nigerian drug case
A Constitutional Court has upheld a Nigerian man’s plea that his right to a fair trial had been breached when he was interrogated without legal aid, but no remedy was required as the outcome would not have changed.Nigerian John Udagha Omeh, 42, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment and fined ...
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Malta
Updated: Norwegian PM on official visit, meets President Coleiro Preca; MOUs signed
President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca received Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace today.During the meeting, President Coleiro Preca conveyed Malta’s appreciation for the Norwegian Grants and spoke about the good history which Malta has in managing these grants. The President of ...
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Regno Unito
Updated: UK lawmakers voting on bill to trigger EU exit talks
Britain's House of Commons plans to vote Wednesday on a bill authorizing Prime Minister Theresa May to start exit talks with the European Union — the first major test of whether lawmakers will try to impede the Conservative government's Brexit plans.The vote comes after two days of debate in which ...
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USA
Total tourist numbers in 2016 reach nearly two million – NSO
Total inbound visitors for December were estimated at 96,395 an increase of 32.8 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2015, the NSO said.Inbound Tourism: December 2016A total of 80,443 inbound tourist trips were carried out for holiday purposes, while a further 8,802 were undertaken for business purposes. ...
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Malta
Mater Dei Hospital owed over €3 million by third country nationals
The Health Ministry is moving to recover millions in unpaid bills from third country nationals – some €3 million from Mater Dei Hospital alone – and has chosen a company specifically to carry out this task. Health Minister Chris Fearne had explained in December, during a business breakfast organized by ...
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Regno Unito Malta Moldavia
Libyan airlines using loophole in EU law to revive flights to Malta
A Libyan airline is allegedly making use of a legal loophole, circumventing an EU ban, to “revive the Malta-Benghazi link."Air Libya has reportedly managed to get round the ban by leasing an aircraft registered in a European country, which is allowed to fly in the EU.Currently, all Libyan airlines are ...