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Turchia Paesi Bassi
Turkish leader says Dutch will 'pay the price' for insult
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan drove his dispute with European nations to the hilt Sunday, claiming that "Nazism is alive in the West" after two of his ministers were prevented from campaigning in the Netherlands over the weekend.While Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte worked to contain the diplomatic damage from ...
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Brasile India Vietnam
Adoptive parents move closer to having same rights as biological parents
A credit scheme launched today takes adoptive parents closer to having the same rights as biological parents, Family and Social Solidarity Minister Michael Farrugia said.The scheme, targeted at parents who leave their jobs in order to raise and get to know the children they have adopted, will be “refunded” by ...
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USA Malta
Editorial: What about the biggest promise of them all, Mr Prime Minister?
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat yesterday boasted, and rightly so, about the successes registered by this government over the past four years. He was speaking by telephone during a One TV special programme about the first four years of the Labour government. Joseph Muscat highlighted some of his administration’s main achievements, ...
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Turchia
Turkey formally protests minister's treatment in Netherlands
Turkey's Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the Netherlands' top diplomat to formally protest its treatment of a Turkish minister in that country over the weekend as well as what it said was "disproportionate" use of force against demonstrators in a protest that ensued.Ministry officials said the Dutch Embassy's charge ...
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Panama Malta
European MEPs would believe PN leader lacks integrity - Alfred Sant
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant said that should the alleged money laundering by the PN be raised at the European Parliament, MEPs would believe that the PN and its leader lack integrity and honesty. In his blog on The Malta Independent today, Dr Sant said that for someone like him ...
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Malta
Rumoured manure clamp in Munxar creates alarm among residents
Residents of Munxar are alarmed by rumours of a plan to develop a manure clamp, (a place used for the management and storage of manure) in their vicinity, The Malta Independent on Sunday has learnt.Residents are concerned that such a development could result in truckloads of manure passing through their ...
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Malta
Balzan make good of Floriana’s frailties; Birkirkara move up to fourth place
FLORIANA- 0BALZAN FC- 2Floriana: M. Grech, E. Pepe, E. Ruiz, I. Varela, M. Vella (R. Camenzuli), M. Fontanella, J. Pisani, A. Cini, N. Chiesa, C. Borg (Z. Camilleri), A. Samb (A. Scicluna)Balzan FC: I. Janjusevic, D. Grima (L. Micallef), B. De Oliveira, B. Kaljevic, R. Fenech, S. Bezzina, A. Souza ...
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USA Portogallo Regno Unito
Brexit explained: What's next on the UK's road out of the EU
Britain's Parliament has told Prime Minister Theresa May she can file for divorce from the European Union. She will send the formal letter by the end of March. Then comes the hard part — the arguments, the lawyers, the squabbles over money.Here's a look at the main issues and what ...
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Malta
Editorial: Of course that’s what he meant…
The latest edition of the programme INDEPTH proved to be an opportunity for the public at large to peep into Malta’s Police Force and listen on the frustration felt by the officers who, more often than not, receive the flak from the general public when there isn’t much they can ...
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Malta
After Alitalia failure: No strategic partner yet earmarked for Air Malta
No strategic partner has yet been earmarked for Air Malta, and government is still looking at a wide variety of possibilities, Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis told The Malta Independent.Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis said; “we have an obligation to leave no stone unturned, in the sense that we must ...