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Letter from Commission to EP/Council re. EASO premises lease
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I’m pasting contents of a very interesting letter from Mr. Stefano Maservisi (EU Commission) to Mr. Alain Lamassoure (Chairman of the EP Commitee on Budgets) and Ms. Eszter Kroll (Council Budget Committee President).The letter essentially deals wit...
Laitinen in Malta for Discussions
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Frontex Director Ilkka Laitinen is in Malta today for discussions with Maltese officials about the situation in Libya and the possibility of a new migrant flow from Libya. It seems that the discussions concern the expansion of Joint Operation Herme...
Malta Again Declines to Participate in Frontex Central Mediterranean Joint Operation
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The Times of Malta reported on Friday that Malta has for the second consecutive year informed Frontex that it will not host or participate in joint sea patrols in the Central Mediterranean, saying that there is no need for the … Continue readin...
EU: Stability programme Malta
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Stability programmes for eurozone countries on the one hand, convergence programmes for member states still without the euro.You can start by reading the background remarks on economic policy coordination in the European Union, in the blog post EU: U...
KOPIN launches Newsletter
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The Maltese NGDO KOPIN active in the fields of international development cooperation and global education has issued a newsletter under the framework of its project “Raising Awareness for Development Cooperation (RADC)".
Do you want stars with that?
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Highly embarrasing, but somewhat telling error in Malta where the Commission started hading out a new version of the Maltese flag.The EU Representative Office in Malta has issued an explanation after small Maltese flags handed out at a public event a...
The Malta Experience
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This wasn’t my first trip to Malta, but it had a special significance because I have now, as Research Commissioner, visited every Member State. And Malta is a special place – full of history and absolutely beautiful. I enjoyed a highly intere...
Philip Cordery Visits Malta on Freedom’s Day
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Philip Cordery was invited to join the Partit Laburista in Malta to represent the PES at the 30th Anniversary of Malta's Freedom Day. A number of activities were planned in various villages commemorating the closure of the military bases in 1979. The...
Libertas lying is becoming contagious
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Libertas lying appears to be contagious. The leader of Libertas Malta, Mary Gauci, in an article in the Malta independent today says they will run candidates in 27 countries in Europe. Libertas platform in Matla is that by voting for Libertas the Mal...
