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Canada
Algérie-Canada-Corée du sud : Renforcer la coopération énergétique
Le ministre de l’Energie, Mustapha Guitouni, a invité le Canada et la Corée du Sud à renforcer leur coopération énergétique avec l’Algérie, à l’occasion des visites des ambassadeurs de ces deux pays, respectivement, Isabelle Roy et Park Sang-Jin, jeudi à son département ministériel, a indiqué un communiqué du ministère. Le ministre ...
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Brasile
BMI Research revê em baixa o crescimento da economia do Brasil de 0,8% para 0,5% este ano
A evolução na produção de petróleo é positiva, mas o elevado desemprego e a baixa produtividade levam a consultora BMI Research a corrigir a sua previsão de crescimento. "A economia do Brasil vai mostrar uma modesta recuperação este ano, saindo da recessão que começou no segundo trimestre de 2014", sublinham ...
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Portogallo
A volta ao mundo dos chinelos em cortiça
As Portuguesas são para calçar e baloiçar nos pés. A nova coleção de 2018 chega ao mercado no final do ano e resulta da vontade da Ecochic e do know-how da Amorim Cork Ventures. Um produto made in Portugal que aposta num material tipicamente português e do mais ecológico que ...
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Belgio
La Belgique n'est toujours pas membre du Partenariat pour un gouvernement ouvert
Le Partenariat pour un gouvernement ouvert (PGO) a été créé en 2011. Il réunit actuellement 70 pays (Etats-Unis, Amérique latine, Australie et la plupart des pays européens), plusieurs ONG et autres représentants de la société civile.
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Malta
Malta's economy gets another positive credit rating
International credit rating agency, DBRS, has affirmed Malta’s credit rating at A while upgrading the trend on the ratings to positive. The development comes weeks after credit rating upgrades by Standard and Poor’s and Fitch. DBRS acknowledges that, following a fiscal consolidation process since 2013, Malta’s fiscal out-turns came in better than expected in ...
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Malta
Curtail 'large-scale' projects frenzy until masterplan is drawn up
The government should curtail the "large-scale projects frenzy" for a limited time until a proper well studied national masterplan is drawn up, a private members' motion will propose. The motion, to be presented by the Democratic Party, will propose "where and what" kind of developments are more suited to our country's ...
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Nigeria Malta
Watch: 'All this fuss for nothing' - Herrera sees no nepotism in daughter's law appointment
Environment Minister Josè Herrera has denied that appointing his daughter as commissioner for justice while he forms part of the Cabinet is a case of nepotism, insisting that the move was not unethical. Times of Malta reported earlier this week that Martina Herrera, the minister’s youngest daughter, was given the judicial ...
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Malta
PD to present parliamentary motion for government to curtail ‘large scale project frenzy’
The Partit Demokratiku will present a private member's motion in parliament, urging the government to curtail the large scale project frenzy for a limited time until a proper well studied National Masterplan.Such a plan, the PD says, can guide planners and developers as to how, when, where and what kind ...
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Malta
Updated: MEA defends unpaid sick leave proposal, cites widespread abuse
The Malta Employers Association has stuck to its guns on its controversial proposal that the first day of sick leave should be unpaid, citing widespread abuse by workers.The proposal, which was included in the association's pre-budget proposals, was met with fierce opposition by the main workers' unions.Speaking to The Malta ...
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Malta
DBRS affirms Malta’s credit rating at A and changes trend to positive
Following the credit rating upgrades by Standard and Poor's and Fitch, another credit rating agency, DBRS, has affirmed Malta's credit rating at A while upgrading the trend on the ratings to positive, government said in a press statement.Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna comments that: "Four years ago, we had promised to ...