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Giappone
In hunt for trade deal, EU approaches abolishing tariff on Japanese cars over seven years
The European Union decides to scrap its 10 percent tariff on passenger cars made in Japan over seven years under an envisaged bilateral economic partnership ...
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Canada
Commercio, la ratifica dell'accordo UE-Canada al centro delle polemiche
(Teleborsa) - Torna la polemica sul CETA, l'accordo commerciale fra Unione Europea e Canada, accusato da più parti di fare gli interessi delle grandi multinazionali e trascurare le piccole...
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Regno Unito
Gran Bretagna, frena il settore terziario e la sterlina va giù
(Teleborsa) - L'indice PMI servizi inglese ha registrato, nel mese di giugno, una diminuzione a 53,4 punti rispetto ai 53,8 punti di maggio e risulta anche inferiore alle stime di consensus che...
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Malta
Foreign Minister to focus on trade promotion
Newly-appointed Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela this morning spoke of the government’s recalibration of the Foreign Ministry to focus on trade promotion. Addressing a two-day meeting of ambassadors, Mr Abela said the prime minister’s choice to add trade promotion to the Foreign Minister’s portfolio mirrored the government’s efforts to attract further foreign ...
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USA
Cinema attendance drops
Cinema attendance dropped by 4.4% last year, in spite of an increase in the number of films screened.Eight cinemas with a total of 35 screens were open to the public last year, including two in Gozo. The National Statistics Office said eight cinemas with a total of 35 screens were open ...
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Malta
Edwin Vassallo to vote against gay marriage Bill
Updated with Robert Cutajar's comment at 12.15pm Nationalist MP Edwin Vassallo declared this morning he will be voting against the marriage equality law saying it was "morally unacceptable". Asked by the Times of Malta whether his morals came above everything else, Mr Vassallo replied with another question "What are we left with ...
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Russia Australia
Netherlands trial for suspects prosecuted over plane shot down in Ukraine
The Dutch government says any suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 will be prosecuted in the Netherlands. Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said on Wednesday that the decision was made by the countries jointly investigating the crash, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, Ukraine and the Netherlands. The countries ...
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Kenya
When businesses give back, the community - Minister Chris Cardona
Minister Chris Cardona attended the presentation of a €25,000 donation from main sponsor Foster Clark to the LifeCycle Foundation. The Minister commended the successful collaboration of LifeCycle and Foster Clark, and their coming together in order to bring this ambitious project to fruition, with the nation owing to the athletes, ...
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USA Malta
MP Buttigieg admits PN’s abstention on civil union was a mistake, MP Cutajar thinks otherwise
Nationalist MP Claudette Buttigieg admitted that the PN's abstention in the 2014 parliamentary vote to introduce civil unions to Maltese law, was a mistake.Speaking in Parliament this morning, as the House debates the second reading of the Marriage Equality Bill, Buttigieg apologised to those who expected her to vote in ...
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Malta
Marriage inequality: Bill 'great news' for same-sex couples, but 'no news for other minority groups'
aditus foundation said it is extremely happy to see Malta adopting marriage equality legislation. In a statement, aditus said it is "our firm belief that all persons should be entitled to access and enjoy the right to marry and found a family, irrespectively of their sexual orientation, gender identity or ...