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Marsa councillors made suggestions on ways to stop the exploitation of migrants and ease pressures on their hometown when they met members of the parliamentary Social Affairs Committee and Family Affairs Committee on Wednesday. The committees were discussing the 'ghettoisation' of migrants in Marsa. Marsa Deputy Mayor Josef Azzopardi said that many of those who congregated in Marsa in the mornings did not hold Maltese work permits. Rather, they would have come to Malta from other countries such as Italy and Greece... Читать дальше...

A stunning strike by Romarinho gave local side Al Jazira a 1-0 win over Oceania champions Auckland City in their Club World Cup preliminary match on Wednesday despite being outplayed by the New Zealanders. The Brazilian, who was in the Corinthians squad which won the tournament in 2012, struck with a low 25-metre shot in the 38th minute, his side's first of the evening, to earn Al Jazira a quarter-final against Asian champions Urawa Red Diamonds. The winners of that tie will face runaway favourites Real Madrid in the semi-finals. Читать дальше...

Wizards 106, Trail Blazers 92 Bradley Beal scored a career-high 51 points as the Washington Wizards trounced the Portland Trail Blazers 106-92 Tuesday night. Beal made 21 of 37 shots from the field, hitting 5 of 12 3-pointers while surpassing his previous career high of 42. Beal's scoring made up for the absence of John Wall, who missed his sixth straight game with a knee injury. Thanks largely to Beal, the Wizards atoned for a 116-69 loss at Utah on Monday night. Damian Lillard collected 30 points... Читать дальше...

Daphne Caruana Galizia was not investigating any of the ten suspects who were arrested last Monday as part of investigations into her murder, her sister Corrine Vella said in a statement this evening in reaction to media claims. Three of the arrested men were arraigned on Tuesday and accused of the murder. However it was not clear whether they had been commissioned by somebody else.  An Italian newspaper which listed all 10 suspects said on Wednesday that Daphne Caruana Galizia wrote frequently about one of them, Adrian Agius. Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that it will move its embassy to the holy city. In doing so, Trump is breaking with longtime US policy and potentially threatening regional stability, despite warnings from Western and Arab allies. Why has President Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and why does he plan to move the embassy there? There has long been pressure from pro-Israel politicians in the United... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump reversed decades of US policy on Wednesday and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite warnings from around the world that the gesture further drives a wedge between Israel and the Palestinians. In a speech at the White House, Trump said his administration would also begin a process of moving the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which is expected to take years. The status of Jerusalem -- home to sites holy to the Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions --... Читать дальше...

A register of developers working in Malta will soon be set up, and the construction lobby wants to manage it. Malta Developers’ Association president Sandro Chetcuti said work was under way on the finalisation of a register of “approved” developers and contractors, and that this would most likely be overseen by the MDA. “We have been working with the authorities on this for a while now, and the idea is that all those who want to work in this industry should be registered to avoid cowboys giving everyone else a bad name,” Mr Chetcuti said. Читать дальше...

The parliamentary secretary responsible for local councils, Silvio Parnis, was unable to say in parliament this evening whether the new Roads Authority would take over responsibility for residential roads from local councils. The minister was asked to clarify the point in repeated questions by Nationalist MPs Chris Said and Robert Cutajar in reaction to recent comments by Roads Minister Ian Borg. Mr Parnis said it was best to ask Dr Borg, but he could promise that the government would not burden the local councils with new debts. Читать дальше...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have backed a call by the Caruana Galizia family for an independent investigation into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The international group, in a statement following the arrest of suspects in the murder, noted the family's astonishment that the arrests were announced by the prime minister and not by the police, as should be the case in this kind of investigation. The family had also observed that the names of the suspects were released and that the magistrate... Читать дальше...

A new survey from Ipsos Mori reveals that the public in 38 countries have deeply inaccurate views about crime, terrorism and many other important social issues. And this is not just the result of random guessing – there is a systematic pattern to our errors. We tend to think things are worse than they are, and they’re going downhill fast. The Perils of Perception study found that only 7% of people think the murder rate is lower in their country than it was in 2000 – but it is actually significantly down in most countries... Читать дальше...

The MSE Equity Price Index on Wednesday extended Tuesday's gains by a further 0.46% to 4,423.973 points as the gains in four equities including BOV and Farsons outweighed the declines in RS2 (-2.5%) and Tigne’ Mall (-0.5%). Trading volumes remained subdued as only €0.16 million worth of shares changed hands on Wednesday. Bank of Valletta plc rebounded by 1.7% from its near three-year low of €1.74 to the €1.77 level across 16,689 shares. Eligible shareholders had until today to participate in the... Читать дальше...

Denise Grech, a Maltese airline pilot, has landed a Boeing B757 airliner on a blue ice runway in Novolazarevskaya, a Russian station in Antarctica. The station is used to ferry scientists from 11 countries throughout the Antarctic region known as the Dronning Maud Land. The aircraft, registered in Malta, is operated by JetMagic Ltd, a Sliema-based company which claims on its website to operate a fleet of aircraft for VIPs and heads of state.

A 40-year-old woman who had been taken from her mother at birth in Argentina has been reunited with relatives. The woman, Adriana, and her relatives were reunited by the human rights organisation Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. She is the 126th child found by the grandmothers, who campaign for victims of the Dirty War. She was identified after she took a DNA test, and her results matched those of relatives of her parents, who disappeared under Argentina's military rule. Adriana told a news conference... Читать дальше...

A man who for the past five years faced proceedings over his alleged involvement in a 4.6kg cannabis haul back in 2010, will be a free man after the Attorney General declared that there were insufficient reasons for the accused to be placed under a bill of indictment. Carmel Debono, a now 54-year old driver from Fgura, had been arraigned in 2012 alongside Clayton Azzopardi, 34, from Tarxien, in connection with a drug cache made two years previously in Msida. The 4.6kg cannabis haul had been discovered... Читать дальше...

One in three sub-Saharan Africans who were stopped by the Maltese police reported disrespectful treatment, according to a survey by the EU’s agency for fundamental rights (FRA). Still, this minority group in Malta is among those with the highest levels of trust in the police, the Europe-wide data shows. The findings of FRA’s second minorities and discrimination survey since 2008 underline the need for stronger measures to provide legal protection against discrimination, coupled with effective sanctions. Читать дальше...

A British man posted a picture of four-year-old Prince George and the address of his London school as part of a series of possible targets for Islamist militants, a court heard on Wednesday. Husnain Rashid, 31, is accused of posting information on the Telegram messaging service to encourage jihadis to carry out attacks along with information to help them with possible targets such as stadia. Prosecutor Rebecca Mundy told London's Westminster Magistrates Court that this included posting a picture of Prince George... Читать дальше...

Police investigators have seized a boat which they believe was the site from which one of Daphne Caruana Galizia's murderers sent the SMS that triggered the car bomb that killed her. Sources told the Times of Malta that the car bomb that blew up Daphne Caruana Galizia was triggered by an SMS sent from a cabin cruiser out at sea.Investigators said George Degiorgio, known as Ic-Ciniz, is believed to have sent the fatal SMS after allegedly being given the go-ahead from his brother Alfred, known as il-Fulu... Читать дальше...

The euro seems to have far more of an impact on the Maltese psyche than it does across the eurozone as a whole, with 43% saying it makes them feel more European, compared to only 27% across the 19 member states. And the feeling is getting stronger, not weaken, as time passes. The rate has gone up by three percentage places since 2016, according to a Eurobarometer survey conducted in October and released on Wednesday. Around two of every three Maltese feel that the euro was a good thing for the country... Читать дальше...

The euro seems to have far more of an impact on the Maltese psyche than it does across the eurozone as a whole, with 43% saying it makes them feel more European, compared to only 27% across the 19 member states. And the feeling is getting stronger, not weaken, as time passes. The rate has gone up by three percentage places since 2016, according to a Eurobarometer survey conducted in October and released on Wednesday. Around two of every three Maltese feel that the euro was a good thing for the country... Читать дальше...

Juan Cuadrado and Federico Bernardeschi were on target as Juventus beat Olympiacos 2-0 to reach the last 16 of the Champions League. Here, Press Association Sport identifies five things we learned from Juventus' victory. Don't write Juve off Juventus have struggled to hit the heights of last season, making hard work of Champions League qualification and being a couple of points off the pace in Serie A. But only the foolhardy would disregard the Old Lady, with shrewd coach Massimiliano Allegri in charge of a squad which bristles with quality. Читать дальше...

A Magistrates’ Court has declared that Patrick Spiteri, the disbarred lawyer facing criminal proceedings for misappropriation, fraud and falsification of documents, is to remain under preventive arrest. The former lawyer, currently at the centre of an ongoing court cases revolving around allegations of fraud running into some €7.4 million, had been sent back to Malta by British authorities last May on the strength of a European Arrest Warrant. During his arraignment on May 31, before Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera... Читать дальше...

The European Commission is setting out a roadmap for deepening the Economic and Monetary Union, including concrete steps to be taken over the next 18 months. A number of initiatives were also presented as part of this package. The overall aim is to enhance the unity, efficiency and democratic accountability of Europe's Economic and Monetary Union by 2025. Deepening the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is a means to an end: more jobs, growth, investment, social fairness and macroeconomic stability. Читать дальше...

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a package of legislative and non-binding measures to reform the eurozone and make it more resilient to future crises. Below are the main proposals: EUROPEAN MONETARY FUND The eurozone bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) should be transformed into a European Monetary Fund (EMF) with more responsibilities. In addition to providing loans to member states in financial trouble, the EMF would be a backstop for the eurozone's lender-funded bank resolution fund, the Single Resolution Fund. Читать дальше...

What does a warm buttery rum cocktail have in common with an ice-cold candy cane concoction or a creamy rye-infused eggnog? All three made the cut for this year’s top 10 best Christmas cocktails across the world. The list, which includes creations such as Spiced Apple Crumble and Mulled Margarita, has been released by Diageo World Class, the group that annually crowns the World’s Best Bartender of the Year. Important criteria for the drinks that excelled are that they can easily be prepared at home. Читать дальше...

Enemalta will be demolishing the last two concrete chimneys of the Marsa Power Station on Thursday. The demolition will begin early in the morning, weather permitting.  Roads leading to the power station site will be temporarily closed and no one will be allowed to get close to the power station site. As a precaution, Transport Malta has advised mariners to keep their vessels away from Bridge Wharf and Church Wharf along the inner Grand Harbour shoreline, close to the location of one of the chimneys. Читать дальше...