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  • Chelsea’s Kante ruled out for three weeks

    Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says France midfielder N’Golo Kante will be sidelined for three weeks after suffering a hamstring injury on international duty. Kante was forced off in the first half of France’s World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria last weekend and Conte expects him to be out for the rest ...

  • Watch: 13 charged with pickpocketing

    Updated 2.20pm - Added video Five men and and eight women this morning pleaded not guilty to a series of thefts which took place in recent months. They were also charged with forming part of an organised crime ring. The 13 men and women, all Bulgarians and whose ages range between 21 and ...

  • 13 Bulgarian nationals arrested for pickpocketing as they were set to leave Malta

    Thirteen Bulgarian nationals were arrested as they were leaving a hotel on their way to the airport, and will be charged with pickpocketing, the police said.In a statement, the police said that at 12:30pm, four men and six women, all from Bulgaria, were arrested after police officers saw them exit ...

  • Pickpockets caught stealing €60 jailed for two months; magistrate says society must be protected

    A pair of Bulgarian pickpockets today were given a two-month jail term each, after a police inspector said in court that the current spate of such thefts was harming the public's peace of mind.Mariana Petrova and Nadezhda Ivanova, aged 23 and 36, were charged before Magistrate Francesco Depasquale.Inspector Mark Mercieca ...

  • Can you imagine having a prostitute at school on career day?

    The European Women’s Lobby is the largest women’s umbrella organisation of women’s organisations in the EU.  The European Women’s lobby has a clear position on prostitution, she said. “When speaking about prostitution we must firstly speak about violence against women. We have to discuss whether there is really free choice ...

  • Juncker calls for ‘full transparency’ when non-EU businesses buy European assets

    European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker today described the need for “full transparency” when foreign public businesses, coming from outside the EU, purchase European ports, businesses, assets in energy sector and technology.Giving is state of the European Union address in Strasbourg, Juncker said that full transparency is essential for the common ...

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    Bulgaria, un partner prezioso per il Belpaese

    La Bulgaria è, ormai da anni, un mercato che esercita un certo fascino sugli imprenditori italiani attratti da un livello di tassazione vantaggioso e dalla prossimità geografica di un Paese dalle buone prospettive di sviluppo. Sono ormai trascorsi oltre 100 giorni dalle elezioni politiche bulgare che hanno riconfermato la fiducia al ...

  • Malta listed as one of 20 EU countries where risk of modern slavery is rising

    A report on modern slavery published last Thursday has listed Malta as one of the 20 countries within the European Union were the risk of modern slavery has risen over the last year, seeing an accumulated rise in modern slavery throughout Europe. The report, titled ‘Modern Slavery Index 2017’ is ...

  • Malta second highest EU state on social media, first in employment of ICT educated people

    While it is no surprise that Maltese internet users are somewhat obsessed with social media, he EU's statistics office Eurostat has confirmed that it is the second highest EU state logged on to such services.Eurostat has updated data on internet usage, released on 13 July, among the 28 member states. ...

  • Atrocities turn South Sudan's Equatoria region into a killing field

    Source: Amnesty International Country: South Sudan, UgandaHundreds of thousands of people have fled the region over the past year, creating ongoing crises, starvation and fear, according to Amnesty International. Close to one million people forcibly displaced in Equatoria region, fuelling world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis Civilians shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt ...

  • Malta’s GDP per capita at 95% of EU average

    When Malta accessed the EU in 2004, its GDP per capita was somewhere around 65% of the EU’s average. Since then, other, and poorer, nations have joined and Malta’s GDP has improved. According to a Eurostat release this week, it is now at 95% of the EU average, beaten by ...

  • Update (2): Comey says he was fired because of Russia investigation

    Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's role in the 2016 election and its ties to the Trump campaign."It's my judgment that I was fired because of the Russia investigation," Comey told the Senate intelligence committee in ...

  • International Finance Corporation invests in Turkish hospital group’s Bulgaria unit

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has invested 15 million euros in equity of Turkish hospital group Acıbadem’s Bulgaria unit, Acıbadem City Clinic, to give a further boost to the group’s growth in the Middle East and Balkans and to improve healthcare services in ...

  • Portugal's Sobral wins Eurovision contest with tender ballad

    Portugal's Salvador Sobral won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with a gentle romantic ballad that challenged the event's decades-long reputation for cheesy, glittery excess.Sobral sang his Amar Pelos Dois (Love For Both) in a high, clear tenor accompanied by quiet strings and a piano. Unlike the 25 other competitors who performed ...

  • Diplomazia Economica Italiana 10 maggio: ultime news dal mondo

    Bulgaria: festival italiano E’ in programma dal 10 maggio al 29 giugno la XIV edizione del Festival Italiano in Bulgaria, tradizionale rassegna di eventi dedicati all’Italia ed alla sua straordinaria offerta culturale ed imprenditoriale. L’edizione di quest’anno è incentrata sul binomio cultura-economia...

  • Delayed family reunification process causing psychosocial distress to refugee children - UNICEF

    Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, WorldIn 2016, nearly 5,000 family reunification requests, 700 from unaccompanied and separated children, were made from Greece, with only 1,107 applicants reaching their destination country by the end of the year.NEW YORK / GENEVA, ...

  • Italians make up almost quarter of EU workers in Malta

    There are almost 6,000 Italians working in Malta, making them the largest group of EU nationals earning a living here, official figures show. Italians made up almost a quarter of the 24,483 workers from the EU, according to statistics for September 2016. The British were the second largest group with 4,218 working ...

  • Bulgaria decide excluir a Panamá de la ‘lista discriminatoria fiscal’

  • Turkey’s gate to Europe seeks share of border trade

    Edirne, a city bordering Bulgaria and Greece, feels it is not reaping the benefits of trade at the border. ‘We want to have our share of economic activities,’ says Mayor Recep Gürkan, adding that they want international cross-border trade agreements with the two countries to be reinstated

  • Updated: PN objects to appointment of George Mifsud as new chairman of the Broadcasting Authority

    The Opposition is objecting to the appointment of George Mifsud as Chairman of the Broadcasting Authority, “due to the conflict of interest regarding Mr Mifsud, and his position as chairman of his company."George Mifsud has been appointed as the new Chairman, following the resignation of the previous chairperson - Tanya ...

  • Maltese girls start World Cup trek with narrow defeat

    GREECE 1 MALTA 0 Malta’s opening match in Group B of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Preliminary Round ended in a slim 1-0 defeat to Greece at the Selman Stermazi Stadium in Tirana this afternoon. The MFA said Anastasia Papadopolou’s 18th-minute goal separated the two sides but Greece deserved their win as ...

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