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Maltese economy expected to achieve growth rate of 4.6% in 2024, Prime Minister welcomes news
The Maltese economy is expected to achieve a growth rate of 4.6% this year, the Spring 2024 Economic Growth forecast issued by the European Commission shows. The section about Malta reads that ...
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Burglaries at Ta' Ġieżu church in Valletta prompt Franciscans to ask for police and public help
The Franciscan Order in Valletta requested Police assistance on Tuesday via a Facebook post following break-ins of the niches ...
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Government plans to close Mount Carmel hospital, move acute mental health to Mater Dei
Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela has said that government is planning to phase out the mental health services offered in Mount Carmel hospital, to be moved to Mater Dei hospital and provided in the ...
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Prime Minister, State Advocate spar over Vitals inquiry in PN civil damages case
The State Advocate and the Prime Minister are at loggerheads as to whether to provide the PN Opposition with a full copy of evidence exhibited in the Vitals inquiry or not. This emerged in court ...
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A familiar American goes to Italy to live his best life in the bloody Netflix series 'Ripley'
It's time to take another trip to Italy, to the charming, cobblestoned streets of the Amalfi Coast, sipping coffee at cafes and looking for the la dolce vita. And it just wouldn't be fun without our ...
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Man seriously injured after falling down the stairs
A man was seriously injured after he fell down the stairs in his private residence in Kercem, the police said. The accident happened in Gamiem Street at 7.30pm. The man, aged 63, ...
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Geologists insist their profession should be recognised
Geologists are insisting that their profession is duly recognised by the government and the country’s laws, and that only warranted geologists are allowed to carry out geological ...
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It's lonely out in space for Adam Sandler in pensive sci-fi psychodrama 'Spaceman'
David Bowie's Major Tom, sitting in his tin can. Elton John's Rocket Man, missing Earth and his wife. Matt Damon in ...
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Sally Rooney has a new novel, 'Intermezzo,' coming out in the fall
Sally Rooney will have a new novel out this fall, "Intermezzo," a story of love, family and grief centered around two brothers. Farrar, Straus and Giroux announced Thursday that the novel, the Irish ...
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The colossal melancholy of Ceylan's 'About Dry Grasses'
Nuri Bilge Ceylan makes long films, by movie standards, but short ones by Russian literature standards. There may be no filmmaker ...
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An Iranian woman and her daughter flee abuse in moving indie 'Shayda'
Noora Niasari's delicately moving " Shayda " puts the viewer in the shoes of an Iranian woman in Australia living in a women's ...
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EU agrees on a new migration pact; Mainstream parties hope it will deprive the far right of votes
European Union nations endorsed sweeping reforms to the bloc’s failed asylum system on Tuesday as campaigning for Europe-wide elections next month gathers pace, with migration expected to be an ...