Новости за 02.07.2016

€50 million of EU grants are now available to Maltese businesses, Stefano Mallia, Grant Thornton partner, business and EU advisory, says. During the period 2014-2020, Malta will be benefitting from just over €1 billion of EU funding. This will be one of the most important injections of investment in Malta since Independence and is expected to leave a significant positive impact on the country. Major investment is expected to take place in key areas such as the environment, transport infrastructure... Читать дальше...

Men dressed as First World War soldiers turned up unannounced in towns and train stations across Britain yesterday to mark 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme. Travelling by train and the London Underground, the imitation soldiers surprised onlookers by stopping to pose and sing wartime songs in cities including London, Belfast, Sheffield, Manchester and Glasgow. When not singing, the men remained silent, handing out cards with names of those who had died to members of the public. Читать дальше...

Germany takes on Italy in the Euro 2016 quarter-final in Bordeaux this evening. They hope to end a streak which have seen them lose to Italy in every single tournament knockout match, starting from the 1970 World Cup semi-final.

A white ruffled shirt worn by Prince in Purple Rain has sold at auction for 32 times its asking price, fetching nearly $100,000. The New Romantic-style ivory silk shirt and a black-and-white blazer from the 1984 film sold for $96,000 each at the sale in California. Auction house Profiles In History said the signature shirt worn by Prince's character The Kid had an asking price of $3,000-$5,000 before the auction. A pair of knee-length high-heeled boots from Prince's 1988 Lovesexy tour sold for $17,920... Читать дальше...

Novak Djokovic is fallible after all, as American powerhouse Sam Querrey proved in stunning fashion to stop the Serb's seemingly unstoppable charge towards a calendar year grand slam at a rain-hit Wimbledon. The 28th seed boomed down 31 aces and repelled an attempted Djokovic comeback to win a third-round match that began the previous evening 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 7-6(5). Top seed and defending champion Djokovic had trailed by two sets overnight after the Court One clash was stopped by rain on Friday but... Читать дальше...

Hillary Clinton was interviewed by the FBI about her use of a private email server as secretary of state, her campaign said on Saturday, as federal investigators neared the end of the probe that has hung over her presidential campaign. Mrs Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, gave a voluntary interview for three and a half hours on Saturday morning at FBI Headquarters in Washington, her campaign said. "She is pleased to have had the opportunity to assist the Department of Justice... Читать дальше...

Blogger and the prime minister's communications adviser Glenn Bedingfield has hit out at a Facebook post written by the daughter of two Nationalist exponents after she urged him to leave her alone. "Rachel Thake is grown up enough to call Labour voters rats. She chose to enter the political fray by calling us rats. Now she wants to be left alone?" Mr Bedingfield asks in his blog post. "While she wants us to leave her alone because she has nothing to do with her parents’ political roles, she mentions my daughter... Читать дальше...

Germany's vice chancellor said Britons living in the European Union should be given dual citizenship so they can stay when their country leaves the bloc. Sigmar Gabriel said on Saturday at a meeting of his centre-left Social Democratic Party in Berlin that Britain's referendum decision to quit the EU was a further reason to campaign to relax the rules on dual citizenship in Germany. He said: "let us offer it to young Britons who live in Germany, Italy or France, so they can remain European Union citizens in this country". Читать дальше...

Malta does not meet minimum US standards for the elimination of human trafficking, but significant efforts have been made, according to a State Department report. “Women from Southeast Asia working as domestic workers, Chinese nationals working in massage parlours and women from Central and Eastern Europe working in nightclubs represent populations vulnerable to exploitation,” the report notes. It also says that Maltese women and children are subject to sex trafficking in Malta. Titled ‘Trafficking in persons report June 2016’... Читать дальше...

France's prime minister said Britain's vote to leave the European Union is a business opportunity for Paris. Manuel Valls said the government is working on enhancing the French capital's attractiveness, especially measures regarding taxes and expatriates' status. He spoke to the Le Parisien newspaper in an interview published today. Mr Valls told international companies: "Welcome in Paris! Come and invest in France!" Due to the British vote to leave the EU, some businesses based in London are considering leaving for other cities like Dublin... Читать дальше...

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes on pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix with team mate and overall leader Nico Rosberg set to start seventh after a grid penalty. Force India's Nico Hulkenberg will join the Briton on the front row, with McLaren's Jenson Button third thanks to five- place penalties for Rosberg and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who qualified second and fourth respectively. Rosberg, who leads Hamilton by 24 points ahead of tomorrow's race, crashed in final practice and needed a gearbox change... Читать дальше...

Egyptian investigators have managed to access the cockpit voice recorder of the EgyptAir flight that crashed in May after finding the memory chips are intact. In a statement today, investigators said the "test results were satisfactory as it enabled the reading of the recorders of the CVR memory unit" in France, where the plane's black boxes are being examined. The flight from Paris to Cairo crashed into the Mediterranean, killing all 66 people on board, for reasons that remain unknown. The pilots... Читать дальше...

Shop tenants forced to make way for the new St John’s Co-Cathedral Museum in Valletta are up in arms saying that, unlike the City Gate project, no compensation or alternate premises were offered. The anger is such that the issue may well escalate to a full-blown legal battle if no solution is found in the coming days. Approved by the planning watchdog last January, the project will involve the extension and refurbishment of the existing museum whose access will be relocated to Merchants Street. This... Читать дальше...

Thousands of people have gathered in central London to protest against plans to leave the European Union. Demonstrators wearing EU flags as capes and with homemade banners saying "Bremain" and "We Love EU" gathered on the streets around Park Lane for the March for Europe rally. Protesters taking part in the event, which was organised on social media, were due to march through London to Parliament Square. The protest comes after a poll found that five per cent of Leave voters would now change their... Читать дальше...

Steve Bonello has been creating sharp, satirical cartoons for The Sunday Times of Malta for these past 25 years. Paul Grech tries to find out what drives the artist. “I don’t really know.” The creative process is an extremely personal, complex endeavour and Steve Bonello is hardly the first artist to find it difficult to explain how he works. Still, his hesitation comes as something of a surprise. After all this is a man who has produced a cartoon for The Sunday Times every week for 25 years – not to mention a whole host of drawings. Читать дальше...

An NGO has applauded the Planning Authority's decision to shoot down the proposed development at Gozo's Hondoq ir-Rummien. "It has been a long 14-year struggle, and would not have been possible without the help and support of thousands of people," Moviment Harsien Hondoq said in a statement. However, the NGO warned that window is still open for new applications to be submitted to develop Hondoq with 'low density' buildings due to the changes made to the 2006 Local Plan, which meant the area changed... Читать дальше...

An eight-year-old girl and her 42-year-old father were rushed to hospital following a head-on crash in Mgarr this morning.  The accident happened at 11.30am on Triq Sir Temi Zammit when a truck driven by a 42-year-old in Birkirkara was involved in the crash with a Toyota Vitz driven by the man from Iklin, police said. The cause of the accident is not yet known. The driver and his daughter were taken to hospital, as was another eight-year-old girl in the car, but who is not believed to have sustained any injuries. Читать дальше...

Technology helps you on your learning journey, anywhere, anytime, TheStudentCampus co-founders say. What elements have contributed to the increasing popularity of EdTech? EdTech is playing a crucial role in the technology-driven future of education. In 21st century education, technology enhances learning, pedagogy and instruction and can be leveraged to promote greater cross-cultural engagement and understanding not just in a typical educational setting but also in an enterprise’s learning environment. Читать дальше...

Updated with PL's statement at 3pm Joseph Muscat’s use of the word eurorealist puts him in the same league as British eurosceptic Nigel Farage, according to the Opposition leader. Simon Busuttil took the Prime Minister to task over his reaction to the Brexit vote in the UK, describing it as confusing. “While he says exiting the EU is suicide, the Prime Minister was reacting in a manner that almost justified the decision… by using the word eurorealist he put himself in the same league as [Nigel] Farage... Читать дальше...

British Labour MP has been forced to apologise after saying the only people with "coloured skin" in his constituency "run takeaways". Wayne David made the remarks to BBC Radio Wales after being asked how much of an issue immigration is in his Caerphilly constituency in terms of the number of people coming in from abroad. The MP replied: "Well in terms of numbers it's not an issue. I mean the only people who have coloured skin, if you like, are people who run takeaways. "There are some workers who... Читать дальше...

More than a third of voters believe Britain may end up remaining in the European Union, according to polling. Around one in five, 22 per cent, said they did not know if the UK would follow through with its Brexit vote, while 16 per cent are convinced the country will defy the result. Nearly half the public, 48 per cent, want a general election before negotiations begin, so voters can give their verdict on each party's plans for life outside the EU. Some 59 per cent of respondents were not confident... Читать дальше...

Times of Malta presents a selection of its photographers' choice of their best photos over the past days.

Due to the divergence of opinions among EU member states, it will not be easy for the Maltese EU presidency to reach consensus on certain European legislative proposals on the table intended to address the migration crisis, the Home Affairs Minister said.  Pointing out that the EU still lacks efficiency in the area of return and readmission, Carmelo Abela said that the communication on establishing a new partnership framework with third countries under the European agenda on Migration, recently presented by the European Commission... Читать дальше...

Citizenship sales have so far generated €76 million for a special development fund, a figure far short of the €1.5 billion that passport scheme operators Henley and Partners have said are already ‘committed’. The Finance Ministry said money is being held by the Treasury and Identity Malta in ring-fenced accounts as the fund was still in the process of being set up. The amount has not changed since October last year when the Prime Minister first gave an indication of the money received from the Individual Investor Programme... Читать дальше...

Updated 12.20pm Islamist militants shouting "Allahu Akbar" attacked an upscale cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, killing 20 foreigners inside, before police stormed the building today and rescued 13 hostages, officials said. The attack, claimed by Islamic State, marks a major escalation in a campaign by militants over the past 18 months that had targeted mostly individuals advocating a secular or liberal lifestyle in mostly Muslim Bangladesh. Six gunmen were killed during the police operation and one was captured... Читать дальше...