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CDE News Views – This Day in Photos

Reading Time: 2 minutes Today’s salient news in pictures as taken by the pool of photographers of EPA/EFE for CDE News. Stay informed daily with http://www.cde.news, for local perspective with a global outlook.

MEPs to grill Frontex director on agency’s role in pushbacks of asylum-seekers

Reading Time: < 1 minute MEPs are set to demand answers from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency’s Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri regarding the incidents revealed by media in which Greek coastguards -with the alleged knowledge and even involvement of Frontex operatives- stopped migrants trying to reach EU shores and sent them back to Turkish waters. They are likely […]

Malta: Yorgen Fenech’s data takes centre stage in Daphne case

Reading Time: < 1 minute Europol experts are testifying on Monday about emails, texts and audio messages extracted from devices linked to Yorgen Fenech. Experts from the EU law enforcement agency have spent months extracting and analysing data from the devices, which were seized by investigators probing the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Source: Times of Malta Updated: 1658

Malta: Three arrested in connection with kidnapping of woman – victim found a few hours later in Bugibba apartment

Reading Time: < 1 minute A delicate operation which was carried out by the Police from the Major Crimes unit, the Vice Squad, the Msida Police station and from the Rapid Intervention Unit (RIU), led to a 50-year-old woman from Lebanon being found safe and sound in an apartment in Bugibba after she was kidnapped from her Msida residence. Two […]

Malta: Domestic violence reports to police have increased

Reading Time: < 1 minute Recent months have seen an increase in domestic violence reports handled by the police, according to top cop Angelo Gafa. The Police Commissioner was speaking at the unveiling of the police’s Gender-Based and Domestic Violence Unit, which was set up earlier this year. Source: MaltaToday Updated: 1702

Malta: “I met with the Chief of Staff not with Keith Schembri” – Silvio Debono

Reading Time: < 1 minute The public inquiry into the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia will hear the evidence of Silvio Debono, chairman of the db Group. This group was involved in several controversies related to development planning. Source: Newsbook Updated: 1704

Malta: Youth unemployment rate reaches 10% in October

Reading Time: < 1 minute The rate of unemployment in October stood at 3.9 percent, the same as that in the previous month. According to figures by the National Statistics Office, the rate decreased to 3.2 percent among adults aged 25 and over from 3.3 percent in September, but the rate of youth unemployment (15-24 years) rose from 9.7 percent […]

Ethiopia launches manhunt for Tigray leaders, saying military operation is over

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ethiopian government launched a manhunt on Sunday for leaders of a rebellious faction in the northern region of Tigray after announcing federal troops had taken over the regional capital Mekelle and military operations were complete. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said hospitals in Mekelle are running low on supplies such as […]

UniCredit board holds governance talks as future of CEO in question

Reading Time: < 1 minute UniCredit’s board was holding informal discussions over the Italian bank’s governance on Sunday, a person familiar with the matter said, amid doubts over whether its chief executive will stay. Jean Pierre Mustier’s mandate comes up for renewal in the spring, and three people familiar with the matter said there was a growing rift with the […]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro to wait ‘a bit longer’ to recognize winner of U.S. election

Reading Time: < 1 minute Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he will wait “a little bit longer” to recognize a winner in the U.S. presidential election, suggesting there was evidence of fraud in the process. After voting in local elections in Rio de Janeiro, Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, said he had heard the […]