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The construction of an old people’s home on ODZ land at Wied Garnaw could be halted if an application filed by Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar to declare the site public domain is approved. The environment NGO said the request was made in submissions to the Prime Minister, the Environment Minister and the Planning Parliamentary Secretary within the ambit of the Public Domain Act. Apart from the protected valley, situated between Santa Luċija and Luqa, five other sites and three trees at Ta’ Xbiex were included. Читать дальше...
Leo Brincat's European Parliament hearing in connection with his nomination for the European Court of Auditors is likely to be held on September 5, according to sources in the European Parliament. Mr Brincat was set to face a parliament committee on Monday but all hearings were postponed in the wake of the UK's EU exit vote, which threw the bloc into disarray. After Toni Abela’s nomination fell through, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat nominated Mr Brincat to the European Court of Auditors.
A determined woman won’t give up on her favourite sport despite being paralysed from the chest down, according to Qevaz. Stacey Kozel, 41, from Ohio, USA, was diagnosed with lupus when she was 19 years old. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the human body. Kozel said she always wanted to hike, but felt trapped in her wheelchair. She decided not to let her disabilities hinder her dreams, and is now using computer-generated leg support to help her walk. The leg support... Читать дальше...
Health, safety and even some traditional 'sin stocks' have already shown signs of weathering Brexit-related storms in European equity markets over the past week. The flight to safety in the aftermath of last week's Brexit vote is sending investors scurrying back into healthcare and consumer-related stocks that have shielded them from nearly every big market dislocation of the past five years. On Wednesday, European healthcare became the first major regional sector to recover all its post-Brexit losses, helped largely by the big UK bellwethers. Читать дальше...
The Maltese show the EU’s sharpest drop in unnecessary antibiotic use but are still the most likely to take them when they do not need to, a new study has found. A review of Europeans’ antimicrobial resistance published by the European Commission this week found that nearly half of Maltese last spring were still using antibiotics to treat symptoms and ailments that the medication could not cure, such as sore throats, the flu and even headaches. Last year the government embarked on an effort to encourage... Читать дальше...
A Luxembourg court has handed out suspended sentences to the two former accounting firm employees who leaked data about Luxembourg's tax deals with large corporations, which gained prominence in the so-called "LuxLeaks" affair. Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet, both French citizens and former employees of accounting firm PwC, received suspended sentences of 12 and nine months respectively. Deltour also received a fine of 1,500 euros ($1,665) while Halet was fined 1,000 euros. Both said they would appeal. Читать дальше...
Warning: The footage in the above video is graphic. Discretion is advised. Death toll rises to 41 in Istanbul airport attacks CCTV footage from Istanbul's Ataturk airport has shown how a police officer who shot down a suicide bomber survived the ensuing explosion with seconds to spare. Three suicide bombers killed at least 41 people when they attacked Istanbul's major airport yesterday. Turkish authorities have linked the attack to Islamic State. The video begins moments after a first attacker blew himself up outside the airport terminal. Читать дальше...
An international research team has pinpointed the location of a legendary tunnel that Jewish prisoners secretly dug out with spoons to try to escape their Nazi captors during the Second World War. The tunnel, located in the Ponar forest which is now known as Paneriai, outside of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, is the site where some 100,000 people, including 70,000 Jews, were killed and thrown into pits during Nazi occupation. In the quest to find the tunnel, the team of archaeologists, geophysicists and Jewish historians from Israel... Читать дальше...
The state of California may legalise recreational use of marijuana, as the California Secretary of State's office said the issue could be put up to vote in November. Recreational use of marijuana is legal in most Western states in the US. The use of medical marijuana has been legal in California since 1996. The proposed so-called "Adult Use of Marijuana Act," would allow people aged 21 and older to possess as much as an ounce of marijuana for private recreational use and permit personal cultivation of as many as six marijuana plants. Читать дальше...
In an era when possession is king, launching a long throw into the penalty area has re-emerged as an unlikely but successful way of catching out defenders more used to teams trying to emulate Spain's high-tempo "tiki taka" passing game. It is one of the weapons in the artillery of Iceland, creating two goals in their fairytale run to the quarter-finals and leaving opposition managers struggling to nullify its effects despite knowing what is coming. Spain, on the other hand, who have dominated football... Читать дальше...
Spain said today it was opposed to negotiating potential EU membership with Scotland, which is seeking to remain within the European bloc after Britain voted last week to leave. "I want to be very clear Scotland does not have the competence to negotiate with the European Union. Spain opposes any negotiation by anyone other than the government of United Kingdom," Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told a news conference following a summit of European leaders in Brussels. "I am extremely against it... Читать дальше...
The yearly Mnarja festivities held during today's feast of St Peter and St Paul are in full swing in Buskett. Activities began yesterday evening and will go on till later today. Events included folk singing (għana), animal and vegetable shows - including sheep shearing and ricotta-making demonstrations - as well historical re-enactments. President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca will present prizes to competition winners. Mnarja is a typical Maltese feast which includes a mixture of tradition, religion, food and music. Читать дальше...
Rap artist Wiz Khalifa made headlines a few days ago after telling his 11 million Instagram followers that he had smoked a joint at the Blue Lagoon. Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis played down the incident, saying "these artists have their own style" while saying everyone had to respect local laws. But that didn't seem to faze the rapper, who showed up at a press conference the following day smoking what appeared to be a joint. And when police announced that they had arrested 11 people for... Читать дальше...
Want to get a lifetime supply of free hamburgers? In Australia it is possible, as an Australian hamburger restaurant promises to give customers free burgers for life. Sounds too good to be true, but MrBurger restaurant in Australia, is not joking. All you need to do is to change your last name into Burger. The campaign, Australia’s Next Mr (or Mrs) Burger, was the restaurant’s counterattack on the seriousness of the recent world events. "The media, the world, has been gripped with boring stuff such as Brexit and the election. Читать дальше...
A Belgian man was today sentenced to 18 months imprisonment suspended for three years after admitting to participating in sexual activities and defiling a 16-year-old German girl. The incident happened last night in St Julian’s. Kionga Dimonika, 22, who is staying in a hotel in St Julian’s, was charged before Magistrate Monica Vella. Police inspectors Joseph Busuttil and Trevor Micallef prosecuted whereas lawyer Yanika Bugueja was legal aid.
A motorist who last night hit a policeman with his car after refusing to follow traffic diversions after the Isle of MTV concert was fined €6,000 and handed a suspended jail term by a court today. His car was confiscated. The incident happened shortly before midnight near Portes Des Bombes when the accused, 53-year-old Milan-born Nicola Maurizio Gatti, who lives in Naxxar, refused to follow police instructions to turn to Notre Dame Ditch instead of proceeding towards Valletta. Police inspector Sergio... Читать дальше...
A 30-year-old unemployed man from Pembroke has been charged with trafficking 1.5 kilograms of cannabis resin following a police raid yesterday in an Msida apartment. €21,000 in cash and a firearm were also found in a safe. Nicholas Vella, who was arrested during the raid and is well known to the police, was also accused of illegal possession of a firearm, relapsing and breaching a probation ordered handed down by another court, as recently as last January. He pleaded not guilty. During bail submissions... Читать дальше...
Three local banks have distanced themselves from law firm Mossack Fonseca after revelations from the Panama Papers leak. E-mails and documents from the Panama Papers show that Mossack Fonseca liked doing business with Sparkasse Bank, Mediterranean Bank and Bank of Valletta, which were recommended to clients wanting to open accounts in Malta. The firm would charge clients around the globe up to €800 for helping to open a Maltese bank account. The account would often be linked to a shell company that hid the ultimate owner’s interest. Читать дальше...
The Scottish National Party (SNP) will today demand to be installed as the official opposition in the House of Commons, claiming Labour has descended into a "crisis-ridden shambles". The nationalists - which have 54 MPs - will cite rules in Erskine May, the parliamentary rule book, which make clear the official opposition to the UK Government must be "prepared to assume power". Pete Wishart, SNP shadow Commons leader, said: "Following the loss of two-thirds of its shadow cabinet, it is clear that... Читать дальше...
Italy has begun raising the wreck of a fishing boat that sank in April 2015, drowning hundreds of migrants packed on board, its navy said. The disaster is feared to have killed up to 800 people, making it one of the deadliest shipwrecks in decades of seaborne migration from North Africa towards Europe. The navy has recovered 118 bodies, but hundreds of corpses are believed to be trapped below deck, where survivors said migrants including many women and children were locked. Many of the recovered corpses were buried in Malta. Читать дальше...
Environment NGO Din l-Art Helwa is pleading for good sense to prevail and for the government to rethink its policy regarding high-rise buildings in Malta. In a statement on the eve of a Planning Authority decision on the building of four towers in Mriehel, the NGO said this will have an irreversible impact on the Maltese landscape and will change it forever. "These massive buildings will be visible from almost the whole island and in the case of Mriehel, will rise in the direct view path between Mdina and Valletta... Читать дальше...
Belarusian president Aleksander Lukashenko encouraged citizens to “get undressed and work until you sweat”, and the people obeyed. “Innovations, IT-technologies, privatisation – it is all clear. We’ve conquered all of them. But everything is very simple, one should get undressed and work,” Lukashenko said in a speech. The odd command was most likely a slip of the tongue. What he was supposed to say was to encourage Belarusians to “develop themselves,” but the phrase sounds very similar to “get undressed” in Russian... Читать дальше...
British people still smarting at their country's decision to leave the European Union are using Twitter to vent their frustration at the man who spearheaded the Brexit campaign. The hashtag #curseBorisJohnson began trending this morning, with people making it clear how they felt about the man hotly tipped to become their next Prime Minister. Some users hoped the former London mayor's claims about leaving the EU would come back to haunt him. While others turned to history - both the UK's and Johnson's own - to make their point. Читать дальше...
South Africa's national broadcaster SABC has forbidden any negative coverage of President Jacob Zuma, prompting journalists there to threaten a news blackout. SABC has justified the censorship by saying that Zuma "deserves a certain degree of respect as president of the country," according to Afrikaans newspaper Rapport. The newspaper also claimed that SABC camera crew were being retrained because they were making Zuma "look shorter" than he was. Zuma survived a bid to impeach him earlier this... Читать дальше...
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