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Russia Malta
Editorial: Humanitarian corridor - Aleppo’s civilians
The situation in Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo is now beyond desperate, and judging from eyewitness accounts and the frantic pleas from within what remains of the city that have inundated our social media accounts with increasing frequency over recent days, there is not much time left for the survivors ...
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Malta
Idox said to buy Malta-listed 6PM Holdings
Idox, a supplier of information management solutions, has made an offer to buy Malta-listed 6PM Holdings, an IT health solutions company, for £18.46m partly in cash and shares, Maryam Cockar reported on Digital Outlook..The company is to raise £20.5m through a share placing of 1p each, by way of a ...
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USA
Yahoo suffers world's biggest hack affecting 1 billion users
Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company's own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.The digital heist disclosed Wednesday occurred in August 2013, more than a year before a separate hack that Yahoo announced ...
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USA Malta
Focus should be on palliative care not euthanasia, Theology Faculty Dean says
Dean of the Faculty of Theology Professor Emmanuel Agius said that focus should be on palliative care and not on euthanasia during a discussion about Euthanasia taking place before a joint Parliamentary Committee for Social Affairs, Health and Family Affairs.During the last session, according to Dr.Jurgen Abela who is a ...
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EU leaders pledge €610 million to Niger to help stop flow of migrants into the Mediterranean
European leaders agreed this evening to provide Niger with €610 million for the country to try to prevent people from leaving Africa in search of better lives in Europe.During a European Council meeting in Brussels, leaders also agreed to replicate a migration agreement the EU has with Turkey for the ...
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Malta
Launch of the official 2017 Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU blog
Parliamentary Secretary for the EU Presidency 2017 and EU Funds Ian Borg announced the launch of the official EU Presidency blog. This digital media platform, which is accessible from the Presidency portal eu2017.mt, is another important communication channel being used by the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU ...
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Malta
Sean Buhagiar appointed as the first artistic director of Teatru Malta
Sean Buhagiar today was appointed the first artistic director of Teatru Malta, the new project for theatre in Malta. The foundation of Teatru Malta was announced in the Government 2016 Budget and will initially be led by Arts Council Malta.Sean Buhagiar is a professional artistic director, creative producer and theatre-maker ...
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Malta
300 free wi-fi hotspots in public spaces as part of the MCA wi-fi project
The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) has successfully installed 300 free Wi-Fi hotspots in public spaces across Malta and Gozo over the past years. During 2016, more than 2,500,000 end-users accessed these Wi-Fi hotspots, that is almost 8000 users per day.When addressing a press conference at the Msida Local Council, Minister ...
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Dubai drinks: Decision to refund money 'mature,' no case for a resignation - PM
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this evening that the decision for Chris Cardona’s Chief of Staff to refund over €300 spent on drinks during a trip to Dubai was “mature” and that there was no reason for the official to resign. Last week, a report by the Auditor General revealed ...
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Malta
Government seeking EU funds to restore neglected part of Mediterranean Conference Centre
“Malta has won the seasonality battle as it is attracting many tourists during the shoulder months, with double digit growth being registered in the first four months of this year,” Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis said.Tourist arrivals in November reached record levels, going beyond the total registered in the same ...