Новости за 01.06.2021

Maltese photojournalist Darrin Zammit Lupi has won the prestigious Yannis Behrakis International Photojournalism Award for 2021 with a series of moving images chronicling the life of his daughter, who died in January.  Describing the award for his photo essay as an “impossibly huge honour”, he said it was “deeply moving” and “extremely bitter-sweet”.   Zammit Lupi’s emotional story in pictures titled ‘The first photo I ever took of my daughter, and the last’, was recently published by Reuters. Читать дальше...

Carlo Ancelotti will return to Real Madrid as coach for the next three seasons, the Spanish club said Tuesday following last week’s resignation of Zinedine Zidane. The 61-year-old Italian, who won the Champions League for Real Madrid during his first spell at the club between 2013 and 2015, will sign his new deal and be presented to the media on Wednesday, the club said in a statement. Ancelotti joined Everton in December 2019 and thanked the English club ands its fans “for the tremendous support they have all given me”. Читать дальше...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana does not have a ministerial car, while energy and sustainable development minister Miriam Dalli has an electric car, a series of parliamentary questions showed on Tuesday. Caruana was appointed minister late last year, succeeding Edward Scicluna and is known to frequently drive himself to work and official functions. Miriam Dalli, who was appointed at the same time as Caruana, was previously an MEP who made a name for herself by moving legislation to phase out polluting cars across the EU. Читать дальше...

The city of Rome on Tuesday dedicated a square beside the River Tiber to a late Italian president, but spoilt the inauguration by misspelling one of his first names.  A marble street sign honouring Carlo Azeglio Ciampi was left veiled during an inauguration ceremony even as the misspelled "Azelio" was still visible through a drape of purple and gold, the official colours of the ancient city. The blunder happened under the gaze of Italy's current president Sergio Mattarella and other dignitaries including Ciampi's two adult children... Читать дальше...

Britain on Tuesday reported zero daily deaths from Covid-19 for the first time since  July 30 last year despite a recent rise in cases linked to the Delta variant. According to the latest government figures, 127,782 people in the UK have died within 28 days of a positive test since the start of the pandemic --  the worst death toll in any European country.  The UK has had 4.49 million cases in total. Tuesday's zero daily deaths came after the government reported just one Covid death across the UK on Monday, a public holiday. Читать дальше...

The national trust Din l-Art Ħelwa is setting up a Gozo branch aimed at protecting the island from overdevelopment gains momentum. Din l-Art Ħelwa Għawdex will seek to safeguard Gozo’s unique cultural and architectural heritage and its natural environment for future generations. This is in line with its parent NGO’s mission for the Maltese islands. Besides holding historical properties in trust, Din l-Art Ħelwa acts as a watchdog and lobbyist for the protection of the islands’ environment and architectural legacy. Читать дальше...

A man who stole cash and cigarettes in an armed hold-up at a mini-market eight months ago has been jailed for 18 months and ordered to reimburse the shopowner €900. Gabriele Moccia, a 39-year old Italian national,  admitted to having committed the crime at the store in Triq il-Halel, St Paul’s Bay last October 7 at 6.45pm. The police had reported how a masked and hooded man stepped into the mini market, demanding cash whilst holding up the female assistant at knifepoint. He grabbed the cash, along... Читать дальше...

Timmy Vassallo has secured overall victory at the Ragusa Kinder Cup Regatta. Competing in the Optimist division, the Malta Young Sailors Club sailor was in control of the competition right from the outset as he managed a consistent top-three placing in all nine regattas held in Italy. In fact on the final day of the regatta Vassallo managed two first-placings and finished second in the other race to seal top spot with 12 points. Vassallo finished ahead of Italian duo Yusei Castroni (Societa Cannottieri Marsala)... Читать дальше...

Morgan has applied a series of changes to its Plus Four and Plus Six models.  Marking the start of a cyclical update strategy for Morgan vehicles, the updates bring a variety of changes and additions to the pair.  A new hood arrives as one of the most notable changes, which Morgan says is ‘designed to improve usability, weather protection and refinement’. The revised hood structure now eliminates the need for rail fasteners, while the seal around the door and side screen has been improved for better weather protection. Читать дальше...

A bus service from Ċirkewwa to the University, the Junior College and Valletta has been shifted to operate from Valletta to service the fast ferries from Gozo, Transport Minister Ian Borg has said in Parliament. He was reacting to media reports that the service, known as Route X300, had been discontinued just a few months after it was introduced with much fanfare. The minister said it no longer made sense to take the buses all the way up to Cirkewwa now that the fast ferries between Mgarr and Valletta had been introduced. Читать дальше...

The Malta national team will end their training camp in Austria two days earlier following the cancellation of Monday’s friendly against Kazakhstan, the Malta FA announced. Malta were due to face the Kazakhs on Monday but the friendly was called off on Monday after the Kazakhstan FA informed the Malta FA that they will be unable to make the trip to Austria due to visa problems. Kazakhstan’s withdrawal from Monday’s friendly has forced the Malta FA to change their schedule in Austria with the result... Читать дальше...

British singer-songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man and French neofolk musician Woodkid are headlining this year's Montreux Jazz Festival, downsized and to be held mostly outdoors due to the pandemic, organisers said Tuesday. French-Lebanese trumpeter and composer Ibrahim Maalouf and British singer-songwriter Arlo Parks, who was named best breakthrough artist at this year's Brit Awards, are also in the line-up.  "Small is beautiful," is the informal slogan for the 55th edition of the festival, which was... Читать дальше...

A man who allegedly injured his partner, was granted bail after the visibly scarred woman on Tuesday expressed her wish to forgive him but not to share her home. The 38-year-old Luqa man pleaded not guilty to grievously injuring his partner, threatening and insulting her beyond the limits of provocation in the incident that allegedly took place on Sunday afternoon. Prosecuting inspector Eman Hayman explained that the woman had turned up at the police station with facial injuries that were later certified as grievous. Читать дальше...

Amending the constitution is the best way to introduce a contentious reform that would allow public entities to impose much larger fines, rule of law experts from the Council of Europe have said.   In an urgent opinion, published on Tuesday, the Venice Commission said that the best route to change the way fines are handed out, is through an amendment to the constitution and not to another existing law.  Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis wrote to the political body in April, asking its opinion on a pending reform... Читать дальше...

The tourism season officially reopened on Tuesday, but arrivals were sparse.   Scheduled flights had only a fraction of the passengers they normally carry as confidence to travel takes time to build up after COVID-19. Some 1,500 passengers were expected to arrive at Malta International Airport today, according to a spokesperson - an 86% drop on an average pre-COVID day in June 2019. But it's a large increase on numbers in the previous months: there were 481 arrivals in March and 689 in April. No statistics were available for May. Читать дальше...

Alison Mizzi has been appointed president of the Malta Business Bureau - the  EU-business advisory office of The Malta Chamber and the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association. Mizzi is a director at EMCS, leading its funding consultancy services arm to provide support to private, public, private and voluntary organisations in sourcing  EU and local funding streams. Before joining EMCS, Mizzi worked in the public administration for 14 years, mostly worked within the Managing Authority for Cohesion Policy. Читать дальше...