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Malta: Fuel stations to begin strike on Tuesday, no service after closing time at 6pm – GRTU

Fuel stations will go on strike on Tuesday, with fuel pumps being switched off after hours, the GRTU said on Monday evening. In a statement following a lengthy meeting with…

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Corporate Dispatch Monday Morning Briefing and Newspaper Review

Good morning Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing provides you with a review of the main headlines and the stories appearing in Malta's newspapers and international news outlets. The Latest For…

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Is another tragedy in the making in the Mediterranean Sea?

While the controversies about the death of the 117 migrants who disappeared in the Mediterranean waters in front of the Libyan coast between Friday and Saturday still going on, another…

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Malta Evening News Roundup

Good evening, These are the news from Malta as reported by Malta's news portals. The possibility of Air Malta commencing flights to various cities in India was discussed during a…

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No one injured as Ryanair and Turkish Airlines passenger planes collide during manoeuvres at Malta Airport

Two passenger planes collided at Malta International Airport on Thursday night, with initial reports saying nobody on board was injured, Newsbook reported. A Ryanair aircraft arriving from Bari in Italy…

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Fuel stations dispute – GRTU gives ultimatum till Friday – Industrial action still on the cards

The GRTU gave an ultimatum till the end of this week so that an agreement on the current dispute about fuel stations is reached. This warning by the GRTU came…

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Polish man travelling with RyanAir ends in Malta instead of Gdansk

Pawel Lawreniuk, 75, was due to fly back to his hometown of Gdansk on Sunday, January 6 with Ryanair, after coming to Bradford on December 23 to visit his daughter…

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Vitals Healthcare Contract to be reversed as details of contract revealed – Review

Lovin Malta carries an exclusive story stating that Health Minister Chris Fearne has confirmed that plans are underway to scrap a controversial deal which granted local medical supplier Technoline exclusive procurement rights for…

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Is it the end of national vetoes on taxation?

The European Commission is preparing to present a potentially controversial proposal that would roll back the tax-levying powers of the EU’s individual national governments, a move that is meant to close…

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Breathing Back LIFE Into Family Business

Breathing back LIFE into such struggling businesses is possible when people are put first. - Dr Anthony Sammut Partner NOUV I come from a family business background, (no surprise given that…

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Malta to host 5+5 Dialogue meeting

At the end of the coming week Malta will be hosting the 5+5 Dialogue meeting. More commonly known as the dialogue meeting of western Mediterranean states, the 5+5 is an…

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Strong winds force Ryanair flight from Malta to Leeds to abort landing and divert to Liverpool

A Ryanair flight was forced to abort its landing twice after being buffeted by 50mph winds. The aircraft was on the approach to Leeds Bradford Airport on 13 January having departed from…

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Malta Evening News Roundup

Good evening These are the news as featured on Malta's news portals. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat assured Parliament that Malta’s relations with Italy are good, despite what he called provocation…

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Sunday Morning Briefing and News Paper Review

Good morning, Your morning briefing gives you a roundup of the main headlines from the world and the main stories reported in today's front pages of Malta's newspapers. Latest Headlines Left-wing…

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Morning Briefing Newspaper Review

Good morning These are the main stories on today's Malta's newspapers front pages. The Malta Independent says that Marsaxlokk residents are voting on the closing time of the Sunday market…

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Evening Malta News Roundup and Portal Review

Good evening, The evening roundup provides you with quick overview of the main news as reported by Malta's news portals. Court experts presented analysis of the footage of a boat…

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Renzi praises Maltese Prime Minister Muscat’s leadership in contrast with the lack of shown by the Italian governing triad

Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi praised Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat while criticising the current Italian triad of Conte, Salvini, and Di Maio about the recent stand-off in the…

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Malta: GRTU does not exclude taking action at fuel pumps as it registers dispute with Government

The GRTU has warned that it does not exclude if taking actions in the coming days to protect its members interests in view of what it referred to as lack…

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Evening Malta News Portal Roundup

Good evening These are the main news from Malta. Almost nine in ten teachers said they experienced aggression in schools in the part two years. MaltaToday reports on a study by the…

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Libya and Malta agree to resume direct flights

Chairman of the Presidential Council (PC) Fayez Al-Sarraj agreed with the Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat to resume direct flights between Malta and Libya by the end of the…

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Business Weekly and Financial News Review

Good morning What follows is a selection of financial, corporate and business news which can be read on today's edition of The Malta Business Weekly. Local equities end positive year on…

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Morning Briefing Newspaper Review

Good morning, These are the main stories featuring in today's newspaper front pages. The Malta Independent reveals that a ‘high ranking’ member of the PN parliamentary group is collecting signatures…

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Malta Evening News Roundup

Good evening An eventful day as reported by Malta's news portals. One man drowned and two others were injured in an incident that took place at Exiles beach, Sliema, earlier…

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Situation in Libya, Bilateral relations and Migration tops Maltese and Libyan Prime Ministers meeting’s agenda

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Libyan counterpart Fayez al-Sarraj held a meeting during a scheduled, fleeting visit by the Libyan Prime Minister on Wednesday. Bilateral relations, the current situation…

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Deal reached brings end to saga of 49 people stranded off Maltese shores

An agreement on a deal has been reached which will bring to end the saga of a group of 49 long-suffering migrants disembarking in Malta from two NGO rescue ships…

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Morning Briefing Newspaper Review

Good morning Your morning briefing newspaper review. The Times says that a court of appeals overturned a magistrate’s decision to launch an investigation into allegations of graft following the Panama…

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If Salvini keeps insisting in his stand on disembarkation of migrants, I’ll go for them with the plane, we made our point – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Porta a Porta

We are urging Malta to disembark those people, Italy can exceptionally endure a few women and a few children with husbands. I do not believe that the line of government…

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Malta News Portals Evening Roundup

Good evening, These are the main news as reported by Malta's news portals. Corporate Dispatch reports that Italian News Agency ANSA is reporting that France and Germany are ready to take 100 persons…

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Italy, Germany, France, Portugal, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Romania ready to take persons stranded off Malta, if Malta lets them in

Italy, Germany, France, Portugal, Luxembourg, the Netherland and Romania are reported to have expressed their commitment to take the people stranded off Malta in the diplomatic stand-off which is seeing…

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Malta News Evening Roundup

Good evening These are the main news from Malta as reported by Malta's news portals. People onboard the Sea-Watch 3 are showing sign s of psychological and health deterioration as…

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Conte commits Italy to take 15 migrants stranded off Malta

Corriere Della Sera reports that Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte declared Italy's intention to take 15 Migrants on board SeaWatch. He added that Italy won't be taking just women and…

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Monday Morning Briefing and Newspaper Review

Good morning Your morning briefing for Monday The Latest Venezuela Supreme Court judge Christian Zerpa has fled to the US to protest over President Nicolás Maduro's second term in office.…

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Malta News portals Evening Review

Good evening, Malta's news portals are dominated by the Sea-Watch saga and statements on the matter made by the Prime Minister, Interior Minister and the Pope on the Sea-Watch saga…

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Pope makes a “heartfelt appeal to European leaders to show concrete solidarity”

Pope Francis urged European leaders on Sunday to stop bickering over the fate of 49 migrants stuck aboard two humanitarian rescue ships on the Mediterranean and to give them a…

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Malta’s Prime Minister says country will not become centre in the Mediterranean for saved migrants which no other country is allowing to enter

The Maltese Prime Minister has stressed that he is not going to allow that Malta become a centre in the Mediterranean for migrants who were saved by humanitarian vessels and…

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Malta Social Workers Association calls on “all politicians and people of good will” to show solidarity with people stranded out at sea

The Malta Social Workers Association has called on “all politicians and people of good will” to show solidarity with people stranded out at sea for two weeks. While taking note…

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