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Malta Libano
Court declares lack of legal aid in interrogations breach of fair trial in Nigerian drug case
A Constitutional Court has upheld a Nigerian man’s plea that his right to a fair trial had been breached when he was interrogated without legal aid, but no remedy was required as the outcome would not have changed.Nigerian John Udagha Omeh, 42, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment and fined ...
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Malta
Updated: Norwegian PM on official visit, meets President Coleiro Preca; MOUs signed
President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca received Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace today.During the meeting, President Coleiro Preca conveyed Malta’s appreciation for the Norwegian Grants and spoke about the good history which Malta has in managing these grants. The President of ...
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Regno Unito
Updated: UK lawmakers voting on bill to trigger EU exit talks
Britain's House of Commons plans to vote Wednesday on a bill authorizing Prime Minister Theresa May to start exit talks with the European Union — the first major test of whether lawmakers will try to impede the Conservative government's Brexit plans.The vote comes after two days of debate in which ...
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USA
Total tourist numbers in 2016 reach nearly two million – NSO
Total inbound visitors for December were estimated at 96,395 an increase of 32.8 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2015, the NSO said.Inbound Tourism: December 2016A total of 80,443 inbound tourist trips were carried out for holiday purposes, while a further 8,802 were undertaken for business purposes. ...
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Malta
Mater Dei Hospital owed over €3 million by third country nationals
The Health Ministry is moving to recover millions in unpaid bills from third country nationals – some €3 million from Mater Dei Hospital alone – and has chosen a company specifically to carry out this task. Health Minister Chris Fearne had explained in December, during a business breakfast organized by ...
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Regno Unito Malta Moldavia
Libyan airlines using loophole in EU law to revive flights to Malta
A Libyan airline is allegedly making use of a legal loophole, circumventing an EU ban, to “revive the Malta-Benghazi link."Air Libya has reportedly managed to get round the ban by leasing an aircraft registered in a European country, which is allowed to fly in the EU.Currently, all Libyan airlines are ...
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USA
European Union gets breakthrough in cutting roaming costs; government reacts
The European Union has clinched a breakthrough in cutting costly mobile-phone roaming costs in the bloc ahead of the summer holidays.The EU presidency announced Wednesday that officials from the 28 EU nations and the European parliament reached a deal on how much operators may charge each other for using their ...
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Malta
EU leaders scheduled to discuss 'catastrophic' situation in Libya in Malta
The human rights situation in Libya is "catastrophic," with migrants heading for Europe bearing the brunt of abuse, the German government said.A report Sunday by German weekly Welt am Sonntag quoted an internal Foreign Ministry memo describing how migrants face torture and execution at detention camps in Libya. The country ...
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Malta
Editorial: Disintegrating the integrated
Times of Malta, The Malta Independent and MaltaToday have joined forces to call on the Maltese government to review Malta’s arbitrary system of ‘temporary humanitarian protection’ and to regularise the position of detained migrants whose looming ejection from the island appears to be guided by opportunistic politics rather than reasoned ...
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Messico Spagna
Cardona allegations have left public 'shocked and disgusted' – Simon Busuttil
The Maltese public is shocked and disgusted by the allegations surrounding Minister for the Economy and Labour Party Deputy Leader Chris Cardona.The allegations, which were revealed by blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia, claim that Mr Cardona visited the FKK Acapulco in Dusseldorf. Dr Cardona has since said that he will be suing Caruana ...