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    Decision to remove temporary protection for migrants will drag them into poverty – Colin Calleja

    Withdrawing the Temporary Humanitarian Protection-new status for migrants will drag them into poverty, Dr Colin Calleja, who forms part of the Solidarity with Migrants group, told The Malta Independent.“As a result of the withdrawal of their documents, all ​would face problems in their daily lives, including difficulties obtaining medication, inability ...

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    US judge temporarily blocks Trump's travel ban nationwide

    A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a nationwide hold on President Donald Trump's ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, siding with two states that had challenged the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country.U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle ruled that Washington ...

  • Malta

    Hollande visits Napoleon’s one-time Malta bedroom

    French President Francois Hollande today paid a private visit to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Palazzo Parisio), and was welcomed by Minister George Vella just to see the minister's office, which had been used by Napoleon Bonaparte (reportedly as his bedroom) during his brief stay in Malta

  • Malta

    Updated: Former Labour Party Minister Joe Grima passes away, aged 80

    Former Labour Party Minister and TV presenter Joe Grima has passed away aged 80. He was due to turn 81 tomorrow.Born in Zejtun, Joe Grima was educated at Stella Maris College and St Michael's Training College.He started his journalism career as a reported with Times of Malta and later as ...

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    FIRST: On a high note

    Although he has been on the music and theatre scene for myriad years, the name and persona of Kenneth Zammit Tabona has now become synonymous with the Valletta International Baroque Festival.Since its inception, for Mr Zammit Tabona this festival has been an absorbing passion - a celebration of Valletta as ...

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    ‘If enemies do wrong, missiles will come down on them,’ Iran threatens

    Iran's missiles will come down on the country's enemies if they do wrong, a senior commander in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard was quoted as saying in a Saturday report from semi-official Tasnim news agency.Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the Guard's airspace division, said: "If the enemy does not walk ...

  • Malta

    60 young farmers can benefit from €4.3 million EU grant allocation

    Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds Ian Borg today announced a sub-measure aimed at supportingyoung farmers - an allocation of €4.3 million – out of which about 60 young farmers are expected to benefit. Dr Borg said the Government has long felt the need to support young Maltese farmers precisely due to lack of ...

  • Malta

    Chamber of Commerce held no talks of redundancy in Air Malta with government

    Chamber of Commerce President Anton Borg said that there were no talks so far between the Chamber and the government on possible redundancy at Air Malta. Speaking to The Malta Independent, Mr Borg said that so far, the government has not informed the chamber with possible reduction in the employees ...

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    Editorial: Men’s club in Germany beats EU summit in Malta

    Let’s see how we go about this.Maybe it is a reflection of changed times that the most popular programme on our TV, Xarabank, decided to spend a day with a prostitute in yesterday’s programme.And an allegation by Daphne Caruana Galizia that minister Chris Cardona and a staffer visited a Men’s ...

  • Malta

    Moviment Graffiti says Seabank deal will benefit the rich, government to lose €14 million

    Moviment Graffiti is expressing strong disapproval with the government's decision to transfer public land, currently occupied by the Institute for Tourism Studies (ITS), to a private company."Government will be making, at least, a €14 million loss from this deal since it will have to relocate ITS to SmartCity at the ...