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FDA targets e-cigs
that hook teens
but don't help
smokers quit
Over 160,000
passengers
expected at MIA
over holidays
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Brexit's impact on Maltese
economy will be contained,
even in worst-case scenario
MASSIMO COSTA
THE negative effects on Malta of Brit-
ain's departure from the EU will be
well-controlled, even in the event of a
no-deal Brexit, a Central Bank of Malta
study has found
e study, which formed part of the
Bank's 2019-2022 economic projections,
published on Monday, found that Brex-
it could reduce Malta's baseline GDP by
-0.19% to -0.39% between 2019 and 2021.
e findings were based on two possi-
ble Brexit scenarios analysed by the Bank,
and indicate a lower impact than that
predicted by a previous study conducted
in 2017, which had predicted that Brexit
could reduce Maltese GDP by -0.5%.
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Joseph
Muscat gets
massive
thumbs down
in European
Parliament
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Looking ahead with trepidation
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