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MTA's UK office wins travel trade award for second consecutive year
For the second year running,the Malta Tourism Authority's London Office has won the Travel Trade Gazette Award for the UK’s Tourist Board of the Year. This award is regarded as the most prestigious in the UK travel industry and the highlight of the industry’s calendar. It is held each year at ...
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Malta
Marlene Farrugia: The PN has sunk deeper in the quagmire, DeliaPN will snuff out any life left to it
The PN has sunk deeper in the quagmire which claimed it a number of years ago, and "DeliaPN" will snuff out any life left to it, Marlene Farrugia, outgoing leader of the Democratic Party said today. The PD is the PN's coalition partner in Forza Nazzjonali and its two MPs were ...
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Russia
Lawmakers fear Russia’s Facebook meddling continues
Congressional pressure mounts on Silicon Valley to stem hostile foreign influence
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Malta
Local bee population increasingly threatened by growing number of alien Oriental Hornets
A constant growth in the number of Oriental Hornets, an alien insect species found around the country, is posing an increasingly bigger threat to Malta's bee population, according to Mario Sant, a committee member of the Malta Beekepers Association.Speaking to The Malta Independent, Sant explained that as time goes by, ...
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USA Malta
Malta Association of Retirement Scheme Practitioners speaks about tax incentives on pension schemes
Malta Association of Retirement Scheme Practitioners (MARSP) commented on tax incentives to promote the take up of pension schemesAfter a long wait, disrupted by the election, the Malta Government has published the rules for tax incentives for employers to contribute into pension schemes, MARSP said.Describing the measure, they said that ...
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Scicluna hints at regulating rental market by monitoring contracts between landlords, tenants
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna hinted at the regulation of rental markets, not through control, but through the monitoring of contracts and dealings between tenants and landlords in order to ensure that the rights of both are being honoured."When we speak about regulation we are not talking about control. We are ...
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Update: 'PL has created a soulless state' - Delia reiterates commitment to protect 'Maltese values'
Newly elected PN Leader Adrian Delia has said that the Labour Party has created a soulless state which is attacking Maltese values, in a politically charged and loud address at the party's Independence Day celebrations.Delia, who spoke passionately throughout his speech, called on Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to come out ...
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Starr Group to relocate European operations to Malta following discussions with government
The government has successfully negotiated with the Starr Group, one of the world's largest insurance groups which employs some 3,200 people, to relocate their European offices to Malta.Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, along with his chief of staff Keith Schembri, is currently in New York, where Muscat is due to address ...
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Malta
Pattern of silence: Parliamentary Secretary and OPM dodge hunting questions
With six protected birds shot since the start of the hunting season, a potential reduction in punishment on illegal hunting activity, and a discussions concerning a hunters' petition which attempts to block any future referenda on the pastime gathering momentum, The Parliamentary Secretary for Animal Rights, Fisheries and Agriculture Clint ...
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Austria says nine employees of Malta-based firm were executed by Islamist militants in 2015
The Austrian government said today it had evidence that nine oilfield workers employed by an Austrian firm based in Qormi who were abducted by Islamist militants in Libya in 2015 had been executed the same year.The employees of the Malta-based Value Added Oil Services Ltd (VAOS) were of various nationalities: ...