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Malta
Malta Chamber insists summer half-days causing ‘bottlenecks’
The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry insisted that summer half-days in government departments are causing “bottlenecks” that affect the operations of the private industry.In a statement, the chamber reiterated that in the current climate of rapid economic expansion, the private sector cannot afford bottlenecks that affect its operation, ...
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USA Malta
Minister Abela addresses SKOP Business Breakfast for Local Councils and NGOs
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion Carmelo Abela addressed a business breakfast organised by SKOP, a local NGO platform. The business breakfast was attended by local council representatives and NGOs and discussed the importance of tackling the Sustainable Development Goals on a local level.The minister explained that the SDGs ...
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USA
Tourist numbers up 11% in July, 17% in first seven months – NSO
Total inbound visitors for July were estimated at 256,509, an increase of 11.7 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2016, the NSO said today.Inbound Tourism: July 2017A total of 217,438 inbound tourist trips were carried out for holiday purposes, while a further 9,942 were undertaken for business purposes. ...
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Malta
Government launches scheme to incentivize voluntary occupational pension
Several incentives have been rolled out in a bid to encourage both employers and employees to set aside an occupational pension.This refers to small sums of money being put into a tax-free expense account, with money contributed by the employer and employee, which account is temporarily held by the employer ...
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Singapore Malta
Country needs long-term sustainable plan to solve environmental, traffic issues - Delia
PN leadership contender Adrian Delia today pledged to initiate a long-term plan on sustainable development to combat the growing environmental and infrastructural issues facing the country.Speaking at a press conference in St Anne’s Square in Sliema, which he said was a symbolic location to represent the lack of proper planning ...
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Serbia USA Malta
Marsa mayor denies police raids related to upcoming residents’ march against migrant lawlessness
Marsa Mayor Francis Debono has flatly denied that Tuesday’s police raids around Marsa had anything to do with a march organised by residents to protest unlawful behaviour by many African migrants within the locality.Asked by The Malta Independent whether the police had stepped up raids ahead of the ‘solidarity walk’ ...
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Malta
How the gender neutral ‘X’ option and the gender identity law work together
Through the introduction of the gender neutral ‘X’ marking on official identification documents, together with changes from the newly introduced Gender Identity Act, some considerations must be made on how these two legislative changes work together.The Gender Identity Act saw changes in regulation surrounding identity registration. For instance, prior to ...
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Belgio
Interruption du trafic ferroviaire entre Bruxelles-Nord et Bruxelles-Luxembourg
La circulation des omnibus est limitée à la gare de Bruxelles-Luxembourg. Les trains sont déviés vers Ottignies via Louvain (Leuven).
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Germania
ECB cuts inflation forecasts, sees higher 2017 growth
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank on Thursday lowered some of its inflation projections to reflect a firming euro but lifted some growth forecasts after the euro zone economy registered its best growth run in a decade.
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Uruguay
Abitab lanzó su tarjeta prepaga con una divertida campaña protagonizada por Luis Suárez
La tarjeta prepaga internacional con sello MasterCard propone a sus usuarios compras por internet, carga y retiro de efectivo.