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Abortion ban in Malta: the EU's last standing ban ?

Malta is for now the EU’s last country where abortion is banned in all cases. While some are beginning to call for a public debate on women’s

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New employment figures have raised questions over equality between men and women in Turkey, Malta and Italy. The trio have the biggest gaps when it

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To play Baroque music, artists usually use original instruments for an authentic sound. Many of these instruments are little known to a larger

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Founded in 2013, the Valletta Baroque Festival is the first major cultural event of the year on the island of Malta. While it may sound like it’s

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Happy memories: Queen Elizabeth opens Commonwealth summit in Malta

Her trips abroad are increasingly rare. But Britain’s 89-year-old Queen Elizabeth is in Malta where she formally opened a summit of Commonwealth

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Europe Weekly: Malta migrant talks, Israeli anger over food labels and Britain's EU reform demands

In this edition of Europe Weekly, we report from Malta on talks between EU and African leaders over the migrant crisis and take a look at where

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EU offers 1.8-billion-euro Emergency Trust Fund to Africa

On the final day of the Valletta Summit on Migration, the European Union offers 1.8 billion euros in aid to Africa.

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EU and African heads seek solutions to the migrant crisis as Sweden tightens borders

EU and African leaders enter the second day of a summit to discuss the migrant crisis in the Maltese capital Valletta. The European plan is to donate

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ECB hints it may expand stimulus programme

The European Central Bank meeting in Malta has hinted that it may expand its stimulus programme in December, while its chief has called on

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High speed crash in Malta leaves 26 injured

A high speed crash at a charity event in Malta has been captured on video. Twenty six people were injured including a six-year-old girl and four are

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We've rescued 5,500 migrants from sea in three months, says charity

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Italy: 220 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

As EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, more than 200 migrants were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard on Thursday.

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800 victims of Mediterranean Sea tragedy remembered in Malta

Twenty-four coffins for the only bodies recovered from the Mediterranean’s worst-ever migrant disaster were carried from Malta’s morgue to a funeral

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Migrants' tragic rescue in Malta

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Malta votes to continue controversial spring bird hunting

Malta has narrowly voted in a referendum not to ban spring hunting, in which migrating birds are shot before they can breed. Campaigners for the ban

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Meet the crowdfunding rescuers who save migrants in peril at sea

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