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Portogallo Malta
'Never work more than 10 hours a day,' expert says
Ensure employees do not work long hours – every extra minute could be risky – and engage in constructive criticism, employers are being urged. Gregor Breucker, from Germany’s BKK Federal Association, a sickness insurance fund, spoke to Times of Malta in Lisbon during a European Commission conference about healthy work environments. At ...
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Brasile Argentina
Jorge Sampaoli off to a winning start
Jorge Sampaoli enjoyed a perfect start to his Argentina reign with a 1-0 friendly win over Brazil last night, ending opposing coach Tite’s honeymoon in front of a mammoth crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Sampaoli unveiled a new front three in the ‘Superclasico’ Down Under, with Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo ...
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Russia USA Bulgaria
Update (2): Comey says he was fired because of Russia investigation
Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's role in the 2016 election and its ties to the Trump campaign."It's my judgment that I was fired because of the Russia investigation," Comey told the Senate intelligence committee in ...
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Panama Malta
Watch: Cabinet announced - Some ministers retained in former posts, others get new portfolios
Konrad Mizzi has been made the Minister for Tourism taking over from Edward Zammit Lewis who failed to get elected to Parliament, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat revelead as he announced the cabinet for the upcoming legislature.The cabinet will be composed of 15 minister and 10 parliamentary secretaries; and will be ...
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USA Malta
Fewer women candidates elected than last legislature, two elected from two districts
Only seven women candidates have been elected in last Saturday’s general election, two less than the last legislature, amplifying Malta’s rank as the lowest for female representation out of all the European Union member states. 67 candidates will be elected into Parliament in total, meaning that only 10% of Parliament ...
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Malta
Updated: PL formally objects to additional two seats for Nationalist Party, PN reacts
The Labour Party this morning officially objected with the Electoral Commission after the Nationalist Party was given two extra seats in Parliament.Carm Mifsud Bonnici and Frederick Azzopardi were given the seats to make up for the proportional loss in the electoral districts set-up. Labour won 37 seats in Saturday’s election ...
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Panama
TMID Editorial: Redrawing the ODZ boundaries - An environmental minefield
The next few days and weeks will be ripe full of Cabinet appointments and fresh mandates on the part of the government, and of elections and a subsequent changing of the guard within the ranks of the opposition.But once the dust settles and business as usual begins again, the government ...
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Regno Unito
Who's who, what's at stake in Britain's unexpected election
Britain votes for a new Parliament and government Thursday after a campaign of three phases: the sleepy election, the surprising election and the security election.What initially seemed the dullest campaign in memory has been transformed through unexpected missteps, surprise developments - and deadly attacks that have pushed national security to ...
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USA Panama Malta
Muscat says he will not contest another election, Louis Grech to remain in Cabinet as consultant
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said he will not contest another election.Interviewed by Reno Bugeja on Dissett, the PM announced his intentions as a group of Labour supporters started to circulate a petition to urge him to stay on.Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech will take on a role of adviser ...
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USA Regno Unito
UK contenders trade blows on last day of election campaign
Britain's political leaders crisscrossed the country making final appeals to voters on the last day of the general election campaign Wednesday, with security dominating the agenda in the wake of the London Bridge attack.The main contenders are battling over who will keep Britain safer from an ever-morphing terrorist threat.Conservative Prime ...