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USA
EU Internet Forum: progress on removal of terrorist content online
Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos, accompanied by the Maltese Minister for Home Affairs and National Security, Mr Carmelo Abela representing the Presidency of the Council of the EU, and the Estonian Minister of the Interior, Mr Andres Anvelt, representing the incoming Presidency of the Council of the EU, as ...
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Cina Russia
Updated: Web registration clause in proposed media bill to be removed
The controversial news and current affairs web-registration requirement in the newly proposed Media and Defamation Bill is to be removed, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici announced this evening.Traditional news media, such newspapers, radio and television stations, are able to register themselves on a voluntary bases.Minister Bonnici was in attendance of a ...
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USA Malta
'Combating radicalization through culture' – Maltese ministers address meeting for senior officials
Foreign Affairs Minister George Vella and Culture Minister Owen Bonnici opened the senior officials informal meeting on culture under the auspices of the Maltese Presidency.The meeting's aims are to strengthen the relationship between countries in the areas of Culture and Heritage. Minister Vella said that the Commission Communication to the European Parliament ...
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Malta
PL still not registered as a political party - Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission has said that the Labour Party is still not registered as a political party.In a press statement today, the Electoral Commission said that the Nationalist Party, Alternattiva Demokratika, Moviment Patrijotti Malti and the Partit Demokratiku are the only four parties registered in accordance with the party financing ...
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Malta
Watch: Local business owners lament on collapsed Azure Window, more people arrive to see site
The Malta Independent spoke with a number of business owners who have made a living through the attraction of the fallen Azure Window, also known as The Dwejra Window.One restaurant owner, who’s establishment is called the ‘Azure Window’ said that they would not be changing the name, as it will ...
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USA Vietnam Regno Unito
Attack on rhinoceros in Paris puts zoo security in spotlight
The brazen killing of a rhinoceros at a wildlife park near Paris by assailants who removed a horn valued at nearly triple the price of gold has put zookeepers on notice that poaching could be spreading beyond the killing fields of Africa and Asia.Demand for the horns is skyrocketing in ...
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USA
Updated: PL insists Simon Busuttil should publish receipts showing services given to db Group
The Labour Party is insisting that the PN's action in accepting considerable amounts of money as donations from db Group goes against party financing law, even if money is given through the party's media house in adverts.Addressing a press conference at the PL Headquarters, Minister for Tourism Edward Zammit Lewis ...
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USA Albania Kenya
Eight classic outbursts by President Uhuru Kenyatta
Recent public outbursts, personal attacks and raw anger have come to characterise President Uhuru Kenyatta’s style. Last week he called a governor a “foolish devil” and told striking doctors he would “sort them out.” Not without provocation, Uhuru has called opposition leader Raila Odinga a “madman” and a “witch doctor”. ...
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Kenya
Business News: Corruption unearthed as MPs lock out Chinese firm from mining survey
Parliament has ruled out giving a Chinese firm a contract to do digital mapping for Kenya's minerals. Instead, MPs want a local geologist to do the work.
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Kenya
Business: Corruption unearthed as MPs lock out Chinese firm from mining survey
Parliament has ruled out giving a Chinese firm a contract to do digital mapping for Kenya's minerals. Instead, MPs want a local geologist to do the work.