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Italy says 4,000 migrants rescued near Libya in just one day

Thursday, 23 June 2016, 17:47 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The Italian coast guard says some 4,000 migrants have been rescued from smugglers' boats off Libya in one day alone. The coast guard said it coordinated 40 separate Mediterranean rescue...

Government Reacts to EU convergence report

Friday, 22 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

In the past few years, important steps have been taken to ensure that the necessary infrastructure is in place for Malta to participate effectively in all the institutions of the EU, including the European Central Bank (ECB). In this regard, the Cent...

Shortage Of workers in construction industry

Friday, 22 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Federation of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors (FOBC) has received a significant number of complaints from many of its members who can no longer cope with the severe shortage of labour in various trades which are vital to our local cons...

Lm33,684 In VAT fines

Friday, 22 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Eight people were given fines totalling Lm33,684 for not obeying court orders to pay the VAT they owed....

Man Charged with copying CDs

Friday, 22 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

A young man charged with copying 116 CDs and distributing them was accused of threatening and injuring a police sergeant in Valletta on Sunday, 16 May 2004....

Men Plead not guilty

Friday, 22 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Two men have denied stealing more than Lm100 worth of items from a Gudja residence and trying to burgle Joseph Gravina’s residence in Ghaxaq on the afternoon of 19 October....

No Effort to reform lands man in jail for two and half years

Friday, 22 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A man with a criminal record that is five pages long, who has not taken any opportunity to reform, was given a two-and-a-half year prison sentence for stealing a box containing Lm133 from the Toy Museum in Valletta....

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