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Portogallo
Surpresa: S&P tira Portugal do ‘lixo’
Contra todas as expetativas, a agência de notação Standard and Poor's passou Portugal para o grau de investimento, esta sexta-feira. A Fitch e a Moody's tornam-se assim as únicas agências de notação financeira, das quatro principais, a manter o rating de Portugal no nível de 'lixo'.
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Egitto
Egypt: EIB Provides U.S.$15 Million for Egypt Mid-Cap Fund
[PR Newswire] Luxembourg -The European Investment Bank has signed an agreement to invest USD 15 million in Egypt Mid-Cap, a generalist private equity fund targeting growth capital investments in small and medium-sized private companies located in Egypt. The fund has attracted USD 85 million of commitments, including USD 70 million ...
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Brasile
ONGs promovem no Rio ações para conscientizar sobre limpeza de oceanos
As organizações não governamentais (ONGs) WWF-Brasil e Instituto Mar Adentro promovem, hoje (15/9) e amanhã (16/9), na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, atividades para conscientizar a população sobre a importância de manter os oceanos limpos. Cerca de 600 pessoas são esperadas para as atividades da ação chamada Clean Up The ...
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Portogallo
PF e Receita apreendem 30 animais silvestres nas malas de passageiro
A Polícia Federal e a Receita Federal apreendeu, nesta sexta-feira 15, no aeroporto de Guarulhos, 18 cobras e 12 lagartos nas malas de um passageiro que desembarcava de voo internacional. Segundo a corporação, ele não tinha documentação para trazer os animais silvestres ao País.De acordo com a Polícia Federal, o ...
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USA
Elfjähriger mäht für Trump den Rasen
Frank Giaccio hat es getan: Wie versprochen hat der Elfjährige für Donald Trump den Rasen des Weißen Hauses gemäht. Er hatte dem US-Präsidenten vor einigen Wochen per Brief angeboten, zu zeigen, wozu junge Leute wie er im Stande seien. Frank hatte hinzugefügt: “Ich bewundere Ihren geschäftlichen Hintergrund, und ich möchte ...
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USA Regno Unito Malta
Juncker’s tax scheme is unrealistic, warns Scicluna
Malta opposes the idea floated by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that European tax reforms should not require unanimous approval. Finance Minister Edward Scicluna said Malta would not give up the right enshrined in the EU treaty to establish its own taxation. “We do not agree with Mr Juncker’s opinion, and realistically, ...
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Malta
Taskforce appointed to work on Blockchain strategy
he government has appointed a Blockchain Taskforce to make recommendations for a roadmap for the National Blockchain Strategy, to make the most of the opportunities offered by the distributed ledger technology, best known as the platfrom behind Bitcoin. The Cabinet approved a National Blockchain Strategy in April, and since then the ...
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Cina
Suspended sentence for 2005 haul of 15 million contraband cigarettes
A man ended up with just a suspended sentence after a 12-year-long court process over charges of illegally importing 15 million contraband cigarettes. Arthur Ciancio, 65, and his son Aaron Ciancio, 45, both from Mellieħa, were accused over their involvement in the criminal racket, which resulted in the massive haul back ...
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Francia
Nail eurozone problems first, fix institutions later, ministers say
The eurozone must identify its problems, then see what changes to its institutions are needed to fix them, euro zone finance ministers said today during informal talks on the future of the single-currency area. The discussions in the Estonian capital of Tallinn follow differing proposals from France, Germany and the European ...
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Myanmar
Bangladesh troops to deliver aid for Rohingya refugees
Bangladesh will use troops to deliver foreign aid to the border town that has been overwhelmed by Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, authorities announced.