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Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Trump probe likely to reach Malta
As the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) delves deeper in its investigation of US President Donald Trump's ties to Russia, it is becoming increasingly likely that the investigation will eventually reach Malta thanks to a web of over a dozen Georgian offshore companies set up in Malta.The US Department ...
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Malta
Synthetic drugs: government looking to close legal loopholes
The Home Affairs and Health Ministries are currently discussing introducing the concept of making whole classes of compounds illegal unless specific products are deemed legal.This, the Health Ministry has informed The Malta Independent on Sunday, will allow the authorities to clamp down on new, dangerous synthetic drugs as soon as ...
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Malta
Marigold Foundation given one month to hand in audit or face non-compliance action
The Marigold Foundation has been granted a one-month extension to file its Annual Audited Report for 2016 with the Commission for Voluntary Organisations after failing to meet the August deadline.Speaking to The Malta Independent on Sunday, a Commission spokesperson said that Commissioner Prof. Kenneth Wain had granted a special extension ...
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Malta
Former Walloon minister suspected of laundering money through Malta
Former Wallonia (Belgium) minister and mayor of Waterloo Serge Kubla has been prosecuted for money-laundering through a company he set up in Malta.A judicial investigation into Kubla's activities was launched in Belgium in 2015 and extended after he confessed during questioning that he had laundered money through a Swiss bank ...
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Malta
Unfair dismissal: Effective Marketing Ltd denies accusations
The following is a right of reply requested by Effective Marketing Ltd under the Press Act.Reference is made to the article titled '€10,000 compensatory award for unfair dismissal' published in The Malta Independent on Sunday on 13 August, 2017. Since it did not reproduce the correct facts I am hereby ...
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Giappone
Japan, U.S. to set up working-level panels on trade, infrastructure
The Japanese and American governments will set up at least eight working-level groups this month in such areas as trade and infrastructure under the bilateral ...
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Giappone
Tight market, new labor law improving job security for Japan’s army of contract workers
Japan’s labor market is getting so tight that companies are starting to convert contract and part-time workers into full-time, regular employees to prevent them from ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Election 2017: Strong support for cannabis law reform
The New Zealand Drug Foundation is urging political parties to make firm commitments to health-focused drug law after a poll found 65 per cent of people supported cannabis law reform.Curia Market Research's poll showed 28 per cent...
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USA
[Newsmaker] Trump says to weigh withdrawal from S. Korea trade deal
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would meet with his advisers next week to weigh a possible withdrawal from th
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Nigeria
My committee didn’t investigate Diezani in Senate – Makarfi
GODWIN ISENYO The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said the Senate Committee on Finance headed by him did not investigate a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke in 2015. Makarfi told journalists in Kaduna that his panel was saddled with the responsibility ...