Новости за 30.07.2017

A number of employees at the Central Bank of Malta have raised concerns with this newspaper over the growing potential for “partisan” influence to be exerted at the independent institution. The CBM is governed by former Labour Party president Mario Vella. A recent move has irked several employees, who spoke to The Sunday Times of Malta on condition of anonymity. This was the appointment of two former General Workers’ Union officials to an internal board tasked with vetting applications for a salary... Читать дальше...

Natural juice therapy has been around for centuries in one guise or another. Used in the prevention and treatment of disease by some of the most renowned leaders in nutritional therapy, freshly extracted fruit and vegetable juices furnish the body with the perfect balance of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, carbohydrates, antioxidants and enzymes. Juice therapist Sarah Cardona talks to Simonne Pace. We hear and read about what we should or shouldn’t eat all the time but so little about how much sugar is in our ready meal... Читать дальше...

The road leading from Burmarrad to Mosta has been reopened after it was closed earlier today when a Cleansing Services truck caught fire. No one was injured.

Britain, leader of European pop culture? A look back on 60 years of creative genius, from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Coldplay and Adele on the music side, to James Bond and Harry Potter breaking box office records in the cinema. And let's not forget Monty Python, Mr Bean or Eddie Izzard.

Chang ThaiTourist Street,Buġibba Food: 8/10Service: 7/10Ambience: 6/10Value: 8/10Overall: 7/10 The colour of Buġibba is greige. The tired-looking apartment blocks are greige, the streets are greige, the people are greige. This is the place where beauty and good taste go to die. It is depressingly ugly. In this heaving hellhole parking spaces are hard to come by. And so we circled this maze, haunted by unsettling sights and smells. In one grimy, grotty road, in the midst of quality establishments ... Читать дальше...

Restoration and conservation works are taking place all over Malta, especially in Valletta, the capital city of Europe for 2018. The Basilica of Our Lady of Porto Salvo in Valletta is no exception. Apart from the conservation of the building structure itself, a number of other conservation and restoration projects are ongoing inside with numerous others listed and planned for the future, says Agatha Grima. Every restoration and conservation project is a particular time of study.  Every artefact... Читать дальше...

About 20,000 people had to be evacuated amid a massive fire at a music festival in Spain. Images from the scene show towering flames consuming a large outdoor stage at the Tomorrowland electronic music festival at Barcelona's Parc de Can Zam on Saturday night. Firefighters said there were no serious injuries during the concert evacuation but the event's private security treated 20 people for minor injuries or anxiety. The cause of the blaze is being investigated, but the Tomorrowland website published... Читать дальше...

Simon Busuttil this morning called on Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to reverse several “vindictive transfers”, including that of Marsascala councillor and PN electoral candidate Charlot Cassar. The environment campaigner has already resorted to legal avenues after receiving two transfers in the space of a few days. Speaking during a phone interview on Radio 101, the Opposition Leader expressed solidarity with Mr Cassar, saying he was being victimised with one transfer after another in a bid to undress him of his dignity. Читать дальше...

The government’s work is aimed at making the country future proof, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this morning. Speaking on One Radio, he said that at a time when government work was supposed to slow down a little, the government was still working at full speed, implementing its clear plan to modernise the country. It was now preparing the country for the future, working on infrastructure, he said, singling out the Kappara flyover project, which started to be used earlier this week. This project... Читать дальше...

A Bill tackling sport corruption drafted before the election is being revised and will be presented in Parliament after the summer recess. The draft law was presented last February by the Attorney General to the anti-corruption task force led by the Malta Football Association. The task force brings together representatives of the government, the Opposition, the police, the Malta Gaming Authority and the MFA. However, the advanced work on the proposed legislation, which would impose harsher penalties on sport officials involved in match-fixing... Читать дальше...

World-famous techno DJ Sven Väth was recently in Malta to take part in the International Music Summit, a weekend-long event focusing on electronic music. In a rare interview, he speaks exclusively to Mark Netto. Sven Väth is one of the best loved and most famous Techno DJs in the world. With over 30 years’ experience, he is internationally known as the DJ that sets standards for electronic music production. He is the curator and founder of Cocoon, the super-cool techno party famous around the world and especially in Ibiza. Читать дальше...

China's military has the "confidence and capability" to bolster the country's rise into a world power, President Xi Jinping said as he oversaw a large-scale parade meant to show off China's fighting prowess. Live state television broadcasts showed Mr Xi, dressed in fatigues and speaking from an open-top jeep, telling his troops that China needs a strong military "more than ever" as it moves "closer to the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation". Mr Xi, who commands the People's Liberation... Читать дальше...

After two truckloads of deck chairs and umbrellas were confiscated from Qawra Point in an enforcement action yesterday, the situation was back to square one this morning with more beach furniture adorning the beach. A reader submitted the photo above showing the scene at 8am this morning. She pointed out that locals had to place their belongings on a wet cement slab and the rest of the space was taken by the deck chairs. Yesterday’s operation was conducted by the Malta Tourism Authority and the Lands Authority. Читать дальше...

A Pakistani living in Malta is jubilant that his country’s top court has disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office after a damning corruption probe, and he draws parallels between the situations in the two countries. Syed Wasif Ali Riez, a financial controller with a local company, is in the unique position of having witnessed the fallout from the Panama Papers in both Pakistan and Malta. Speaking to The Sunday Times of Malta a day after news of Mr Sharif’s dismissal, he said that he could... Читать дальше...

A friend request from a beautiful woman pops up on Facebook, quickly followed by a line like “Hey handsome. Want to video chat?” It might seem like an offer too good to refuse, but for many Maltese men this is the start of a nightmare that costs them thousands of euros and could risk their marriage. The cases of ‘sextortion’ make up the bulk of the 120 reports of sexual images of Maltese being shared without their consent that have been investigated by the police in the past year and a half. Police... Читать дальше...

The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. The Sunday Times of Malta says a space business based in the UK will be launching satellites from Malta when it sets up its European headquarters on the island. In another story, a police inspector claims that a report by the EU’s anti-fraud office, OLAF, about former European Commissioner John Dalli’s trips to the Bahamas languished on the Attorney General’s desk for weeks last year before it was finally sent to the police. MaltaToday... Читать дальше...

A business based in the UK that deve­lops space launch facilities and systems plans to set up its European headquarters in Malta. Orbital Access CEO Stuart McIntyre told The Sunday Times of Malta: “We are setting up our European headquarters here in Malta and we are currently financing that programme. We intend to establish Malta as our headquarters of our operations for Europe and the world.” Mr McIntyre said the decision to set up a European base in Malta was based on two main considerations: Malta’s... Читать дальше...

Two girls are recovering from a lightning strike after their dog brought help to the site where they injured on a Utah mountain. Authorities said the girls, aged eight and 16, were crossing a meadow to explore during a family camping trip when the lightning hit on Friday morning. The Beaver County Sheriff's Office said the dog ran back to the campsite and alerted family members, and they followed the dog back to the unconscious girls. It was reported that a helicopter which happened to be in the... Читать дальше...

The central function of the House of Representatives is to scrutinise, debate and approve laws. It is not to govern the country as such, but to provide the people who do so – the Prime Minister and his Cabinet – and then to hold them to account for their actions and, if necessary, to persuade them to adopt a different course of action. The Leader of the Opposition and the Opposition parties in the House of Representatives are crucial to the success of these central roles of Parliament. This is why... Читать дальше...

Undisputed Premier Division leaders San Ġiljan edged closer to the title when they found little difficulty in seeing off Valletta.  The Malta champions need just one point from their next match against Sirens to complete a successful title defence. Indeed, the match turned out to be a no contest as the versatility of San Ġiljan and the ability of their units could in no way be matched by their opponents, Valletta. The Saints had to contend with the absence of Matthew Zammit and Peter Borg. Their... Читать дальше...

A space business based in the UK will be launching satellites from Malta when it sets up its European headquarters on the island. Stuart McIntyre, CEO of Orbital Access, which develops space launch facilities and systems, told The Sunday Times of Malta that the decision to set up a European base here was due to the island’s excellent location for the launching of satellites, and also because of Brexit.  “The UK is of course very good for launching satellites to the North, but is very bad for launching equatorially to the East. Читать дальше...

Police have thwarted a terrorist plot to bring down a plane, arresting four men in raids on homes in Sydney's suburbs. Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said security had been increased at Sydney Airport since Thursday because of the plot. The measures were extended to all major international and domestic terminals around Australia overnight. "I can report that there has been a major joint counter-terrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane," Mr Turnbull said. "The operation... Читать дальше...

Barcelona drew first blood against Real Madrid ahead of the new season with a 3-2 victory in a pulsating Clasico friendly, yesterday in Miami. The historic rivals will meet again twice in August in the Spanish Super Cup and this International Champions Cup match set the entertainment bar high, with Gerard Pique's strike settling a fiercely contested clash. Madrid were missing Cristiano Ronaldo, still on holiday, but both teams were close to full strength. Ernesto Valverde, getting a taste of Clasico... Читать дальше...

The EU recently published the 2017 edition of the Consumer Conditions Scoreboard. This scoreboard monitors and tracks progress on the EU Digital Single Market from a consumer’s perspective, showing a dramatic increase of EU consumer trust in online shopping, especially cross border shopping within the EU. While the scoreboard marked an increase in trust of 12.4 percentage points for online purchases from retailers within the same country, amounting to 72.4 per cent of EU consumers, an impressive... Читать дальше...

Dani Alves had a dream competitive debut as Paris St Germain beat Monaco 2-1 to win French football's Trophee des Champions curtain-raiser for the fifth successive year. The former Barcelona veteran joined PSG this summer after a one-season stop at Juventus and showed he remains a match-winner at the age of 34. PSG trailed to Djibril Sidibe's smooth finish on the half-hour mark when Alves changed the course of the contest inside the space of 12 second-half minutes.First he stepped up after 51 minutes... Читать дальше...