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USA
Cinema attendance drops
Cinema attendance dropped by 4.4% last year, in spite of an increase in the number of films screened.Eight cinemas with a total of 35 screens were open to the public last year, including two in Gozo. The National Statistics Office said eight cinemas with a total of 35 screens were open ...
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Malta
Edwin Vassallo to vote against gay marriage Bill
Updated with Robert Cutajar's comment at 12.15pm Nationalist MP Edwin Vassallo declared this morning he will be voting against the marriage equality law saying it was "morally unacceptable". Asked by the Times of Malta whether his morals came above everything else, Mr Vassallo replied with another question "What are we left with ...
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Russia Australia
Netherlands trial for suspects prosecuted over plane shot down in Ukraine
The Dutch government says any suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 will be prosecuted in the Netherlands. Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said on Wednesday that the decision was made by the countries jointly investigating the crash, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, Ukraine and the Netherlands. The countries ...
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Kenya
When businesses give back, the community - Minister Chris Cardona
Minister Chris Cardona attended the presentation of a €25,000 donation from main sponsor Foster Clark to the LifeCycle Foundation. The Minister commended the successful collaboration of LifeCycle and Foster Clark, and their coming together in order to bring this ambitious project to fruition, with the nation owing to the athletes, ...
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USA Malta
MP Buttigieg admits PN’s abstention on civil union was a mistake, MP Cutajar thinks otherwise
Nationalist MP Claudette Buttigieg admitted that the PN's abstention in the 2014 parliamentary vote to introduce civil unions to Maltese law, was a mistake.Speaking in Parliament this morning, as the House debates the second reading of the Marriage Equality Bill, Buttigieg apologised to those who expected her to vote in ...
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Malta
Marriage inequality: Bill 'great news' for same-sex couples, but 'no news for other minority groups'
aditus foundation said it is extremely happy to see Malta adopting marriage equality legislation. In a statement, aditus said it is "our firm belief that all persons should be entitled to access and enjoy the right to marry and found a family, irrespectively of their sexual orientation, gender identity or ...
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USA Malta
673,487 viewers for 391 films shown in cinema in 2016 – NSO
In 2016, cinemas in Malta and Gozo projected 391 different film titles and registered a total of 673,487 admissions, the NSO said today.Eight cinema establishments were open to the public during the year under review, of which two were located in Gozo. Altogether, these eight cinemas had a total of ...
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USA Malta
Nationalist MP Edwin Vassallo declares he will vote against Marriage Equality Bill
Nationalist MP Edwin Vassallo has this morning officially declared that he will be voting against the Marriage Equality Bill. The MP made the announcement this morning as Parliament has resumed the debate regarding same sex marriage."This law goes beyond same sex marriage. You are trying to tell us this is ...
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Malta
900 promotions listed within Home Affairs Ministry between 1 May and 2 June 2017
A Parliamentary Question has revealed that some 900 promotions took place within the entities that fall under the home affairs ministry between 1 May and 2 June, with one backdated all the way to 1988. Such entities include the Armed Forces of Malta and the Malta Police Force.The question was ...
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Malta
INDEPTH: If I become PN leader I will sell all my business shares and partnerships - Adrian Delia
“If I become leader of the Nationalist Party I will sell all my business shares and partnerships,” PN leadership contender Adrian Delia said. Interviewed on INDEPTH by the Malta Independent news editor Rachel Attard, Delia emphasised that he will not be involved in any commercial activity if he is elected ...