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Malta
Birkirkara ‘mud road’ to be rebuilt
This winter, residents of a street in the Ta’ Paris neighbourhood of Birkirkara will not need to wade through mud to get to their houses anymore. Triq Mosé Gatt, which was never paved by developers and turns into a mud track every time it rains, will finally be surfaced, much to ...
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Regno Unito
Brexit upheaval seen creating 3,000 financial jobs in Luxembourg
Brexit will lead to about 3,000 new jobs being created in Luxembourg as UK asset managers and insurers bulk up operations in the Grand Duchy to avoid being cut off from EU customers, a senior Luxembourg financial official said today. Nicolas Mackel, chief executive of Luxembourg for Finance, a body which ...
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Belgio
Opération de police à Bruxelles-Nord: 44 migrants dont 11 mineurs interpellés
Quatre-quatre migrants, dont 11 mineurs non accompagnés, ont été interpellés mercredi matin lors d'une vaste action de contrôle de police menée autour de la gare de Bruxelles-Nord. Dix-neuf de ces personnes interpellées auraient été envoyées en centre fermé mais la confirmation définitive sera seulement connue jeudi, a indiqué Dominique Ernould, ...
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Regno Unito Malta
There’s no business like showbusiness!
Love musical theatre? Then you are in for a treat! Studio 18 is celebrating the Golden Age of musical theatre with an evening featuring some of the best-loved numbers from the mid-20th century.This show, entitled Gotta Sing Gotta Dance, will be launching the theatre season in Malta for 2017/18 along ...
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Malta
Delia insists he declared financial assets, tax returns still pending
Nationalist Party leadership contender Adrian Delia told The Malta Independent today that his declaration of assets has been published, except for his tax returns which still need to be processed. When asked by this newsroom at a press conference in Mosta, he said he has also asked auditors to go ...
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USA Malta
Italian man has sentence reduced and repatriation order revoked on appeal
An Italian man who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and was ordered to be repatriated after serving his sentence has had his jail time reduced, and repatriation order revoked on appeal.Last March, 41-year-old Sicilian Carmelo Ciranna admitted to a number of charges related to a string of thefts.Lawyer Arthur ...
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Malta
Customs Department intercepts 5,900 cigarettes, 5.3 kilos of tobacco, 205 litres of wine
Over the past two weeks, the Customs Department intercepted 5,900 cigarettes, 5.3 kilos of tobacco and 205 litres of contraband wine. Members of ship crew who regularly anchor in Malta often try to bring in contraband cigarettes through the Freeport.The campaign against importation, sale and consumption of contraband goods, in ...
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USA Cuba Regno Unito
Hurricane Irma slams Caribbean islands as Category 5 storm
Hurricane Irma roared into the Caribbean with record-setting force early Wednesday, shaking people in their homes on the islands of Antigua and Barbuda on a path toward Puerto Rico and possibly Florida by the weekend.Irma, which was the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded north of the Caribbean and east of ...
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Malta
MHRA suggests catering industry workers should not be paid extra for weekend duty
The Malta Hotels and Restaurant Association (MHRA) is suggesting that workers in the catering industry should not be paid extra for working during the weekends.Unions say that workers in the hospitality industry should be compensated for working on weekends clearly fails to recognize the nature of the business and the ...
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Malta
Magistrate backs complaint regarding delays imposed by procedures
Magistrate Joe Mifsud today agreed with a complaint by a defence lawyer regarding procedurally-imposed delays in criminal case proceedings.Denis Cremona is charged with stealing cash from a service station in Attard on a number of occasions. He denies the charges.Lawyer Joseph Brincat, representing Cremona, deplored the fact that he did not ...