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USA
US city airports' future may not involve flying
Coleman Young International Airport was once one of the busiest airports in the United States and a thriving piece of Detroit's economy. But like so much else in the city, it festered for decades after the action moved to the suburbs.
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Brasile
Mercosul fecha acordo com a Colômbia para ampliar relações comerciais
Novo acordo amplia as preferências nas transações comerciais dos setores têxteis e siderúrgico entre Brasil, Argentina Paraguai e Uruguai e a Colômbia.
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Portogallo
Transdev aposta em autocarros elétricos em Aveiro
Nesta primeira fase, está previsto um investimento de 1,44 milhões de euros por parte da transportadora de capitais franceses.
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Malta
Malta is a third-world country, says expat forced to leave over 'free-for-all' attitude
An Australian expat says she has chosen to leave Malta and return to her country in frustration over the overwhelming number of unchecked illegalities on the island. "I've had enough of this country. I've had enough of the noise, the constant illegalities, the lack of law enforcement, the vandalism, the overcharing for ...
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Malta
Calculating the motions of property prices
Whenever international students and colleagues ask me whether the economy is good in Malta, I cannot but answer that it is good, especially when compared to the rest of the Mediterranean. I go on about employment levels, standard of living, pastizzi, pastini tal-lewz … – to which the reply is ...
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USA Azerbaigian Panama
'Farrugia speaks as though Maltese are ignorant': PN president hits back at OPM spokesman
The government's head of communications took the Maltese people "to be fools" when he swept governance concerns under the carpet and instead denigrated Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil, the Nationalist Party's executive president has written. In an opinion piece titled 'Corruption has a spokesman', Ann Fenech hit back at Kurt Farrugia, who ...
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Malta
Gozo Ministry should be investigated over €80,000 grant, says NGO Commissioner
The Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations wants the Auditor General to probe the Gozo Ministry on grounds of “disregard of the law” in its administration of the Gozo NGO fund, the Times of Malta has learnt. Kenneth Wain, the commissioner, confirmed when contacted that his office had requested the investigation after irregularities ...
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Panama
Updated: Busuttil says criminal complaint by Keith Schembri 'an attack against democracy'
The criminal complaint filed by Keith Schembri this morning is an attack against against democracy, Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil said this evening.Speaking in a news conference in the Parliament building, Busuttil said We have a situation that instead of investigating Keith SSchembri on corruption, the police are going to ...
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Malta
Former finance director asks for €187,000 after claiming wrongful termination
A man charged with fraud and misappropriation of public funds is asking for compensation worth €187,000 from Transport Malta after being fired due to the pending charges against him.The request, being made by former Financial Director if the Malta Air Traffic Services (MATS) Ian Falzon, was submitted before the Industrial ...
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Malta
Malta with highest surplus in the European Union - Eurostat
Malta’s fiscal surplus of €44.2 million recorded for the first quarter of 2017 has now been termed by Eurostat as being the highest ratio within the EU, the Department of Information said.At 3.5 per cent of GDP, Malta has exceeded the surplus reported by Germany and the Netherlands, both at ...