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Malta
Bird trapping 'breaches EU law' - ECJ prosecution
Updated 3.50pm - Added ministry statement Current trapping arrangements of seven species of wild finches do not respect Malta's obligations under EU law, according to an Opinion issued today by the Advocate General at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. Malta is currently locked in a dispute with the European Commission, ...
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Panama Malta
PN in new attempt to coax European Commission into action over Panama Papers
PN MEP David Casa has tried to coax the European Commission into taking action over the Panama Papers, and the subsequent situation in Malta, by sending a letter to First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans about the political situation on the island.OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri and ...
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Malta
Updated: Planning application for AUM’s Zonqor campus filed in February; Front Harsien ODZ objects
Sadeen Education Investments Ltd had officially presented its planning application to demolish the Marsascala swimming pool and construct a university on Zonqor point last February.Back in 2016, the controversial university which was the subject of an widespread local environmental outcry and even protests, was given full university status. The proposed ...
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USA Panama
PN says court to start investigation into Muscat, Mizzi, Schembri; government reacts
The request by Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil's to launch a magisterial inquiry regarding the panama papers will include all seven 'suspect persons', one of which is Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Nationalist Party MP and lawyer Jason Azzopardi announced this morning.This morning Busuttil tweeted that the court has accepted his ...
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Russia Malta
Maltese and Russian Ministers exchange letters marking 50 years of diplomatic relations
The 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Malta and the Russian Federation (formerly the Soviet Union) on 26 July 1967 was marked by an exchange of letters between Carmelo Abela, Malta's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, and Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov.In ...
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Canada Australia
Vatican Cardinal Pell faces Australian court on sex charges
Silent but defiant, Cardinal George Pell made his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse, vowing through his lawyer to fight the allegations that have rocked Rome and threatened the pope's image as a crusader against abusive clergy.Pell, Australia's highest-ranking Catholic and Pope Francis' top ...
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Malta
Government re-issues grant scheme on the purchase of electric vehicles
Transport Malta in conjunction with the Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects, is extending the grant scheme on environment friendly vehicles with another €150,000.The scheme aims at reducing emissions generated from road traffic and thus improving the air quality levels by reducing the number of old motor vehicles from ...
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Regno Unito Malta
French national charged with theft is remanded in custody
A 30-year-old French national was arraigned before the courts charged with theft.The man, Salah M'Raoui, was charged with theft which exceeds the €2,300. The burglary happened on 20 July at around 3:30pm to the expense of a UK resident living in Malta. He also stood charged with driving a car ...
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USA Malta
ECJ Advocate General says trapping arrangements do not respect Malta’s obligations under EU law
Eleanor V. E. Sharpston, Advocate General (AG) at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, delivered her Opinion to the ECJ in the court case the European Commission initiated against Malta on the trapping of seven species of wild finches. The Opinion states that the present trapping arrangements do not ...
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USA
USA, brusco rallentamento per le vendite di case nuove
(Teleborsa) - In frenata le vendite di abitazioni in USA nel mese di giugno. Il dato ha evidenziato un aumento dello 0,8% a 610 mila unità rispetto al +4,9% di maggio (dato...