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Francia Regno Unito
London commuters, travellers to Gatwick, face misery as train drivers strike
Hundreds of thousands of commuters in south London and southern England along with travellers to Gatwick Airport are facing travel misery because of a strike by train drivers. Drivers working for Southern Rail, which runs trains from central London to Gatwick and Brighton on the south coast, will walk out for 48 hours tomorrow over ...
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Malta
Editorial: Church-government relations - An archbishop under fire
Archbishop Mgr Charles Scicluna was somewhat impulsive when he posted a tweet about a story appearing in The Sunday Times which later turned out to be carrying incorrect figures. But this does not justify the vitriolic comments that have been made against him.For many years, the Church stood silent even ...
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USA Spagna Malta
Updated (3): ‘You can insult God but not Owen Bonnici’ – PN Leader Simon Busuttil
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil this evening insisted that the supposedly liberal government, which boasted about the introduction of civil rights, wanted to muzzle the Opposition and breach its fundamental rights, such as the right to free speech. The Opposition ramped up the pressure on Justice Minister Owen Bonnici and presented ...
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Malta
Central Bank of Malta forecasts sustained economic growth
According to the Central Bank of Malta, the economy will grow by 4.3 per cent in the year 2016. This current forecast is just one percentage point greater than what the Central Bank had forecasted this time last year.In a press release issued this afternoon, it was said that the ...
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Turchia USA Austria
Austria calls for freeze on Turkey's EU membership talks
Austria wants the European Union to freeze membership talks with Turkey over Ankara's massive crackdown following the failed coup.Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said Monday that the EU "must at least freeze the accession negotiations."He said "it is wrong to continue accession negotiations as if nothing negative has happened in ...
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Colombia Francia Portogallo Spagna Cuba
The EU should urgently step up its diplomatic engagement towards an end to the carnage in Aleppo
At the Foreign Affairs Council held in Brussels, Minister for Foreign Affairs George W. Vella called on the EU to urgently step up its diplomatic engagement to contribute to an end of the carnage in Aleppo and a resumption of the political process leading to a transition in Syria. Minister ...
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Nigeria
First bank aids non-oil sector through partnership in food fair
First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Plc on Monday expressed its readiness to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to expand the country’s non-oil sector and tackle the recession. Mrs Bukola Oluyadi, Head, Brand Management, First Bank Plc, gave the assurance in an interview with journalists in Lagos. Oluyadi spoke on ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Bill English sworn in as New Zealand PM after Key exit
New Zealand’s socially conservative finance chief Bill English was sworn in as the country’s new prime minister on Dec. 12 following last week’s shock resignation of his popular predecessor John Key.
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Francia
IMF chief Lagarde on trial in France over tycoon case
IMF chief Christine Lagarde goes on trial in France on Dec. 12 over a massive state payout to a flamboyant tycoon when she was finance minister in a case that risks tarnishing her stellar career.
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Turchia
Tourism, trade fall blamed for deficit hike in Turkey
Turkey’s current account deficit has widened and is standing at $1.68 billion in October, up by almost $1.33 billion year-on-year, the Central Bank stated on Dec. 12