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Malta Should adopt euro sooner rather than later, says Tonio Fenech

Saturday, 24 April 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

The characteristics of Malta’s economy make it well-suited to join the common European currency, therefore there should be an earlier, rather than later, adoption of the euro, said Finance Ministry parliamentary secretary Tonio Fenech yesterday....

RPI Marginally up

Saturday, 24 April 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

The retail prices index went up by 0.42 per cent to 102.66 from 102.23 in the previous month....

Stamps To commemorate Malta’s EU accession

Saturday, 24 April 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Maltapost plc is issuing a set of two stamps on 1 May to commemorate Malta’s European Union accession....

AD Calls on government to abandon all plans for Mnajdra landfill

Saturday, 24 April 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

Alternattiva Demokratika, while welcoming the government’s reconsideration of the plan to site a landfill a few metres from a world heritage site, has called on the government not to play with words and to clearly declare that it is abandoning all pl...

Tourism Minister visits Palazzo Falson

Saturday, 24 April 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Tourism Minister Francis Zammit Dimech has been shown around Palazzo Falson in Mdina by Maurice Degiorgio, chairman of Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti which is restoring and restructuring the building....

Fewer Books imported

Saturday, 24 April 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

Last year, around 3.9 million printed items were imported, a fall of 14 per cent over the previous year, the National Office of Statistics said yesterday....

Salesian Book fair at St Patrick’s school

Saturday, 24 April 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Salesians of Don Borco are holding a book fair at St Patrick’s school, St John Bosco Street, Sliema....

Nature Trust Condemns hunting lobby’s EP candidature

Saturday, 24 April 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

Nature Trust Malta, the environmental non-governmental organisation, has condemned the distasteful attempt at “green-washing” by the hunting and trapping lobby at the official presentation of their representative as a candidate for the European Parli...

Alternattiva Reaffirms calls for abolition of hunting in spring

Saturday, 24 April 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

Alternattiva Demokratika has reaffirmed its call on the Maltese government to fully abide by the European Union’s Birds Directive and abolish hunting in spring. The call came in the light of Birdlife Malta’s revelation that hundreds of birds of pre...

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