• Malta

    University receives over €5 million in fees from foreign students

    The University of Malta received a total €5,050,913 in fees from foreign students in the academic year 2015/2016, Minister Evarist Bartolo revealed in response to a parliamentary question tabled by PN MP Chris Said.A total of €2,905,144 has been received in the current acadmeic year's first semester.The amount received has ...

  • USA

    Concrete steps, proper compensation to avoid another Dieselgate – MEP Miriam Dalli

    The European Parliament today approved concrete proposals to prevent a repetition of ‘Dieselgate’ in the near future, and to provide proper compensation to the affected EU consumers.The votes were taken following a discussion in the Plenary Session of the European Parliament on the final report of the Enquiry Committee into ...

  • Cina USA Hong Kong

    Pink diamond auctioned for record €66.5 million in Hong Kong

    A stunning 59.6 carat diamond known as the "Pink Star" sold for €66.5 million at a Sotheby's auction Tuesday in Hong Kong, setting a new world record for any diamond or jewel, according to the auction house.The oval mixed-cut diamond smashed the €56.3 million pre-sale estimate set by Sotheby's when ...

  • USA Romania

    Watchdog report: 'Breakdown of democracy' in Poland, Hungary

    U.S.-based pro-democracy group Freedom House said Tuesday that a "spectacular breakdown of democracy" has been taking place in Poland and Hungary, two countries that stood as models of democratic change after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.The watchdog organization's report said that Hungary now has the lowest democracy score in the Central ...

  • Paesi Bassi

    Homogeweld: de ene hype is de andere niet

    Ronnie en Jasper uit Arnhem waren niet de enigen die zaterdagnacht klappen opliepen omdat ze homo zijn. Ook in Eindhoven en Amsterdam zijn mannen het slachtoffer geworden van ‘homo gerelateerde agressie’. Toch kregen die andere gevallen lang niet zoveel aandacht als Ronnie en Jasper. 

  • USA

    Kahlon, Bitan deny reports that IBC deal can’t be implemented

    If the bill is not ready, the corporation will have to go on the air on April 30 with its own news division, as the law currently states, but Netanyahu has done everything possible to prevent.

  • Israele

    State files law suit against Gett Taxi for discrimination

    The suit, announced by the ministry on Tuesday, was filed at the Tel Aviv HaShalom Court and is asking for NIS 125,000 in compensation.

  • USA Regno Unito

    Brussels Syria Conference proposes improving humanitarian aid delivery inside Syria

    Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Country: Syrian Arab RepublicAs part of the Brussels Conference on "Supporting the future of Syria and the region", the event "Humanitarian Aid Inside Syria: Needs, Challenges & the Way Forward" took place today, 4 April, in Brussels.As part of ...

  • Six mois après l'ouragan Matthew, des besoins toujours importants en Haïti

    Source: Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development Country: HaitiAlors que la phase de première urgence se termine, quelque 1,4 million d'Haïtiens ont besoin d'aide humanitaire immédiate. Les départements du Grand Sud, frappés directement, se relèvent difficilement.Le 4 octobre 2016, le passage de l'ouragan Matthew sur Haïti a laissé la population en ...

  • USA Yemen

    IOM supports collapsed health care in Sana’a, Yemen

    Source: International Organization for Migration Country: YemenIOM provided public hospitals with water tanks, solar panels, rechargeable batteries, electrical networks, medical supplies and equipment, as well as daily water trucks providing clean water.Yemen - On 27 March 2017, IOM donated approximately three tons of medicine and medical supplies to Al-Thawra General Modern ...