Новости за 29.03.2016

Germany 4 Italy 1 Germany bounced straight back from their defeat to England at the weekend to break a two-decade long jinx and beat Italy 4-1 in Munich. Toni Kroos and Mario Gotze gave Germany another ominous two-goal lead, but rather than capitulating to a 3-2 loss like they did against England, this time they went on to add further goals through Jonas Hector and Mesut Ozil. Stephan El Shaarawy grabbed a consolation for Antonio Conte's men, but the impressive win allowed Joachim Low's side to get... Читать дальше...

England fans paid tribute to Johan Cruyff at Wembley by standing and applauding in the 14th minute of Tuesday's friendly against Holland. Cruyff, who wore number 14 on the back of his shirt, scored 33 goals in 48 internationals and helped the Dutch reach the World Cup final in 1974. Cruyff died of cancer aged 68 last Thursday. Considered one of the most gifted players ever to play the game, England and Holland supporters celebrated Cruyff's life with a standing ovation while an image of the former... Читать дальше...

Italy head coach Antonio Conte has announced he will leave the Azzurri and seek a return to club management following this summer's European Championship in France. The former Juventus boss is reportedly moving to Chelsea, whose one-time manager Carlo Ancelotti is out of the running for Italy as he has agreed to replace Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich. Here, Press Association Sport's James Cann runs the rule over some of those who could replace Conte. FABIO CAPELLO The former England and Russia boss... Читать дальше...

Firefighters brought under control a fire that broke out at a residential tower in Ajman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the city civil defence said. Local media said that five people were treated on the spot for injuries from the fire which broke out late at night on Monday at the Ajman One, a residential cluster of 12 towers. Fire gutted at least two towers. Residents of towers were evacuated and the cause of the fire was not immediately known. The civil defence made no mention of any casualties from the blaze. Читать дальше...

Malta’s position on the use of the potentially cancer-causing chemical glyphosate in pesticides is still unclear ahead of a crucial vote in May, as the European Commission seeks to extend its approval for the next 15 years. Labour MEP Miriam Dalli, however, has voted for a ban on the chemical in the European Parliament, despite the Maltese government so far refusing to state its position. The government was requested to give the European Commission its suggestions on the proposal by last Friday,... Читать дальше...

Maltese businesses are way ahead of European competitors in making the best use of social media to reach audiences, a recent EU study on ICT usage and e-commerce concluded. According to this report, compiled by the EU’s statistics office, in 2015 Maltese businesses employing more than 10 persons boasted the highest social media usage rate, at 72 per cent. These included use of social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn, corporate blogs or microblogs like Twitter, multimedia content-sharing websites... Читать дальше...

Italian coast guard and navy vessels rescued nearly 1,400 migrants from boats and rubber dinghies in the southern Mediterranean today, officials said, indicating numbers were rising as the weather warms up. About 570 were rescued by the navy and about 780 by the coast guard, according to Tweets from both branches of the military. Also today, some 730 migrants who had been rescued in various operations in previous days and transferred to a larger ship arrived in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo. Most... Читать дальше...

MALTA-0,CZECH REPUBLIC-7With their morale already at a low ebb due the on-going match-fixing probe into their 1-0 defeat to Montenegro last week, the Malta U-21 team suffered another blow this evening after going down to a 7-0 defeat against the Czech Republic. Stopping the Czechs, the leaders of Group One, was always going to be an arduous task for the Maltese boys and the pressure and anxiety caused by the police investigation made their job a lot more difficult as Silvio Vella's team was low on confidence. Читать дальше...

Private Italian airline Volotea this afternoon started trice-weekly scheduled flights between Malta and Catania. Its colourful Boeing 717 aircraft was given a watery welcome by fire-fighters when it landed at Malta airport for the first time Volotea is the first of three airlines starting operations to and from Malta International Airport this year. Low-cost Volotea operates to 70 European destinations. It was set up four years ago by Carlos Muñoz and Lázaro Ros and operates from bases in Spain, Italy, and France. Читать дальше...

Services for children needing out-of-home care are in place but children are not getting “the best deal” from them, Commissioner for Children Pauline Miceli has warned. Speaking to this newspaper, Ms Miceli said she was concerned that there are not enough foster parents to cater for the demand of children requiring care. The situation of fostering is in direct contrast with that of adoptions, where the number of couples wishing to adopt outweighs the number of children available. “Research shows... Читать дальше...

The number of people who depend on social benefits for a living declined to 7,000 last year from 10,000 in 2014, according to figures issued by the National Statistics Office. The government welcomed the figures, saying the 30% decline had come in a year when Malta had record economic growth and the lowest registered unemployment. The government observed that those who receive unemployment benefits or social assistance because they are unemployed had dropped to 2,200 and to less than 490 respectively from 3,250 and 960 respectively in 2013. Читать дальше...

A diverse team of health professionalshas come together to offer a private, multi­disciplinary service specialising in autism and ADHD in children for the first time in Malta. The Team for the Assessment of Attention and Social Communication (TAASC), which will be officially launched next week, is made up of psychiatrists, psychologists, speech, behaviour and occupational therapists, educational psychologists and school counsellors. The service will offer tailor-made assessments, based on current international standards... Читать дальше...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign manager was arrested in Florida today and charged with simple battery, police records show. The report from the Jupiter Police Department said Corey Lewandowski was charged for intentionally grabbing and bruising the arm of Michelle Fields, a former reporter for the conservative news outlet Breitbart, against her will at a Trump campaign event on March 8. "Mr Lewandowski is absolutely innocent of this charge," Trump said in a statement. "He... Читать дальше...

Standing out from the crowds of a myriad girl and idol bands in Japan can be a daunting task, but one such group, called "Kamen Joshi", seems to have found the answer -- by wearing masks. The band, whose name means "masked girls" in Japanese, started three years ago. The band's manager says putting on the masks began as a way to make them easier to recognise out of the multitude of other girl bands that dot the landscape of Japan's entertainment world. Organisers say at the start of their career... Читать дальше...

The Treasury has announced the indicative price guidelines expressed in terms of an indicative range of yield spreads over the relevant euro mid-swap rate as follows:

The Swedish Tax Authority said today that it is ready to declare Raoul Wallenberg dead, more than 70 years after the diplomat, who helped rescue thousands of Hungarian Jews at the end of the Second World War, was captured by Soviet forces in Budapest. The fate of Wallenberg, who would be 104 years old this year, has been shrouded in mystery since he was captured in 1945. He had helped save thousands of Jews from the Nazis by issuing them provisional Swedish passports so they could flee to Sweden. Читать дальше...

A 47-year-old man has been jailed for five years after being found guilty of corrupting and engaging in sexual activities with the 14-year-old daughter of his partner. The man, who cannot be named by court order, was also found guilty of possessing indecent footage of the girl. The case dates to September 2012 when a woman and her 14-year-old daughter, as well as the two children of the accused, filed a police report and handed the police footage depicting the minor performing oral sex on the accused. Читать дальше...

Updated, see PN reaction below - Plans for a voluntary second-pillar pension scheme are being drawn up by the government which will soon appoint a task force to suggest fiscal incentives for such a purpose. Finance Minister Edward Scicluna made this announcement during a special joint session of the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development and the Malta EU Action Steering Committee. Prof. Scicluna presented Malta’s plans to meet the country specific recommendations issued by the European Commission... Читать дальше...

Scientists in East Africa plan to exploit trained rats' highly developed sense of smell to carry out mass screening for tuberculosis among inmates of crowded prisons in Tanzania and Mozambique. African Giant Pouched Rats trained by the Belgian non governmental organisation APOPO are widely known for their work sniffing out landmines, and are now developing a reputation in East Africa for their skill and speed at detecting TB too. Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death, after HIV, from an infectious disease. Читать дальше...

The Nationalist Party warned today that it would sue the chairperson of the Broadcasting Authority unless she dropped her decision to ban reference to the Panama companies scandal in three minutes of airtime given to the party on Dissett. PN General Secretary Rosette Thake and the party spokesman on broadcasting, Clyde Puli told a press conference that the party was sending PBS the same text it had sent earlier for the three-minute right of reply granted to it following comments made by minister Konrad Mizzi on Dissett. Читать дальше...

A man has been jailed for two years and four months for attempting to assault a magistrate and threatening her  in her courtroom. Pasqualino Cefai, a 36-year-old Gozitan who is already serving a seven-year jail term over a separate stabbing incident in a Gozo courtroom, was found guilty of threatening and insulting the magistrate, disobeying police orders, resisting and assaulting several officers, injuring a constable, breaching the peace and swearing in public. The latest incident took place when... Читать дальше...

Resurfacing works will be carried out in Triq in-Naxxar and Vjal ir-Rihan San Ġwann today and tomorrow, from 8pm to 6am.   During works, Triq in-Naxxar will be closed to one lane from the junction of Triq in-Naxxar with Triq Birkirkara up to the junction of Triq in-Naxxar with Triq il-Mensija. Vjal ir-Rihan will be closed to one lane. Traffic from San Gwann to Naxxar will be diverted onto Triq San Gwann ta’ l-Gharghar and onto Triq Bellavista .

Trading on the Stock Exchange resumed today with the share index closing 0.21 per cent higher at 4,517.791 points. Trading was spread across 12 equities - seven registered gains, three suffered declines whilst another two shares closed unchanged. Total value traded on the equity market amounted to €266,000. Following the publication of the 2015 financial results yesterday, the equity of Midi plc gained 2.8 per cent to a four-month high of 37c across 125,000 shares. The company registered a record... Читать дальше...

A 49-year-old man from Tunisia has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after a court held him responsible for causing an accident which left a woman brain damaged 16 years ago. On July 24, 2000, Faical Mahouachi had been behind the wheel of a vehicle belonging to the parents of his friend Maria Sharon Pace, driving from Qormi towards Luqa, when the car crashed into a gatepost on the right hand side of the road. The accused, together with Ismael Habesh, currently stands charged in a separate... Читать дальше...

The campaign to keep Britain inside the European Union has an 8 percentage point lead over those pushing for an exit from the bloc, an opinion poll showed today. The Ipsos MORI telephone survey showed 49 percent would vote to remain in the EU at the June 23 referendum, compared to 41 percent who said they would vote to leave. The poll of 1,023 adults was conducted between March 19 and March 22, meaning it does not fully reflect any impact on voting intentions of bombings in Brussels on March 22 which killed 35 people.