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Malta’s Newspaper Review
The Malta Business Weekly leads with a story about ICE gaming expo in London, opening next week. The Times carries a story about the burial of 27-year-old Johanna Boni, who died when her motorcycle collided in a truck. The Malta Independent quotes a National Auditor’s Office report which notes that one in every four Algerians issued a visa in the period between 2015 and 2016, never returned home. The Malta Independent also reports on a video published by MEP Roberta Metsola who said that the European Commission does not endorse Malta’s Individual Investor Programme. L-Orizzont says the General Workers Union is in favour of the proposed measures in the EU directive on work-life balance. L-Orizzont also reports that four applications for separation were filed every day during 2018. In-Nazzjon announces that the Executive Committee of the Nationalist Party has declared unanimous support to party leader Adrian Delia. I n-Nazzjon quotes Opposition Leader Adrian Delia who said that Malta is inching closer to to the category of countries with their democracies under threat.
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