The video created by a social media user in The Netherlands was shared by a Dutch entertainment site on December 17, 2023 from where it was tweeted by Geert Wilders, the leader of the anti-immigrant Party for Freedom that won the November 2023 elections.
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An ongoing pay dispute led to a nationwide strike on Monday
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Local authorities told AFP in November 2023 they had for years been considering a plan to have five Greek Orthodox families move to the island. But this was not an open invitation to anyone who wanted to settle there. There was also no offer of free land or tax relief, they said.
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PL MP Silvio Grixti asked why Spiteri was not investigated in a flurry of Facebook posts in recent weeks
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Bernard Grech claimed that this was the case in a speech in parliament on Wednesday
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Mosta council’s application to ERA described trees as alien. The law says otherwise
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November 14, 2023 The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has left thousands of people dead since October 7, leading to demonstrations in cities across the world. At a pro-Palestinian rally in Athens on November 5, a protester climbed a lamppost near the Greek parliament and attached the Greek and Palestinian flags together. However,
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The project’s applicants say that it is, but objectors argue otherwise
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Some have questioned whether recent searches in areas known to house migrants could be a case of racial profiling
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As both sides trade blame, we look into false claims on either side
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