Новости за 09.09.2021

Mosta FC have brought in two new overseas players ahead of the Premier League restart this weekend after agreeing deals for goalkeeper Marko Jovicic and defender Mehdi Hetemaj. The Blues were forced to enter into the market to sign a goalkeeper after Health Authorities in Malta have stopped their regular goalkeeper Christopher Maffoumbi from returning to Malta after he was on international duty with his country Congo in the last fortnight. Jovicic is a familiar face in Maltese football as the... Читать дальше...

Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah is in Malta for talks with Prime Minister Robert Abela. The Libyan leader arrived on Thursday evening and will be meeting Abela at the Auberge de Castille on Friday morning. The two leaders last met in Tripoli in April.  Talks are expected to focus on the forthcoming elections in Libya and bilateral relations, including migration, trade and facilitation of travel between the two countries.  The Libyan PM is accompanied by the ministers for health, transport and finance. Читать дальше...

Police on Thursday searched the German finance and justice ministries in connection with an investigation into hushed-up reports of money laundering, in a potentially damaging case ahead of this month's election. The raids were part of a probe into the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), the anti-money laundering section of Germany's customs authority, prosecutors in the city of Osnabrueck said in a statement. The finance ministry is headed by Olaf Scholz, the centre-left Social Democrat (SPD)... Читать дальше...

Amputees stand to benefit from new “game-changing” equipment which will make casting a socket for a residual limb “as close to perfect as possible”. After lobbying for the machinery for three years, a jubilant Amy Camilleri Zahra, meningitis survivor, transplantee and co-founder of Amputees4Amputees, believes others like her will benefit greatly. “Having used it abroad, I fought tooth and nail for the Ottobock casting equipment to be available here too,” she said. “I kept up the fight because... Читать дальше...

France has granted citizenship to over 12,000 foreign-born health workers, security guards, checkout assistants and other frontline workers to thank them for their services during the Covid crisis, the government said Thursday. Marlene Schiappa, junior interior minister in charge of citizenship, said over 16,000 people had applied for a French passport over the past year under a special scheme allowing workers in essential services to apply for citizenship after just two years in France, instead of the usual five. Читать дальше...

The MSE Equity Price Index resurfaced above the 3,900 level as it rebounded by 0.34% to 3,905.002 points on the back of the gains in IHI and Lombard which outweighed the decline in BOV. Meanwhile, several other equities closed unchanged as overall trading activity improved to €0.28 million. In the retail banking sector, Lombard Bank Malta plc inched 1.1% higher to the €1.87 level as 17,300 shares changed hands whilst Bank of Valletta plc slipped by 1.1% to a 6-week low of €0.88 across heightened activity totalling 63,410 shares. Читать дальше...

Last updated 5.31pm A 55-year-old man from Naxxar was hospitalised after he was shot during an argument in Iklin on Thursday.   The incident took place shortly before 4pm on Triq il-Wied, the main road in the town. The police said an argument developed after a car crash and the victim was shot once in the right shoulder. He was found several metres down the road from where the two cars - a  Toyota Tercel and a Peugeot 208 - had collided. The alleged aggressor, a 24-year-old man from Iklin, has been arrested. Читать дальше...

A woman was remanded in custody on Thursday after pleading not guilty to slashing her partner’s chest with a kitchen knife after allegedly ignoring orders not to approach the man. A court heard that a tense argument allegedly broke out between the 46-year old cleaner and her partner late on Tuesday evening inside the couple’s Ħamrun residence. That was when the woman allegedly slashed the man’s chest with a kitchen knife having a 20 cm-long blade, prosecuting inspector Audrey Micallef said during Thursday’s arraignment. Читать дальше...

A man who allegedly injured his partner after discovering phone chats with other men was granted bail on Thursday after having been remanded in custody last month. The couple had been on a weekend break in Gozo when the incident happened. The 37-year old man from Balzan, whose name is being withheld to safeguard his alleged victim, had browsed through the woman’s mobile chats while she was having a shower. He came across some messages which she had exchanged with other men. The woman’s attempts... Читать дальше...

Britain and France locked horns on Thursday over reported plans by London to turn back boats carrying migrants across the Channel, triggering alarm and anger in Paris. At least 14,100 people have now crossed the Channel to the UK on small boats this year, according to Britain's domestic Press Association news agency -- some 6,000 more than for the whole of 2020. A record 828 people crossed over from France on a single day in late August, as traffickers took advantage of favourable late-summer weather. Читать дальше...

Updated 4.39pm - Some 200 passengers, including US citizens, left Kabul airport on Thursday, on the first flight carrying foreigners out of the Afghan capital since a US-led evacuation ended on August 30. The flight to Doha comes as the Taliban continue their transition from insurgents to governing power, less than a month after they marched into Kabul and ousted former president Ashraf Ghani. Thursday afternoon's Qatar Airways flight took some 200 people from Kabul's airport -- the first since a mammoth... Читать дальше...

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the critical importance that telecommunications infrastructure plays in keeping businesses, governments, and societies across the globe connected and running. More specifically, the economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic has deepened the reliance on services offered by such telecom-oriented businesses, whereby the security and resilience of electronic communication networks have played a key role in enabling the rapid transition of work from physical offices to digital platforms. Читать дальше...

The EU’s top court on Thursday boosted Champagne makers in their fight to get Spanish tapas bars to drop the term Champanillo by reenforcing legal protections on products from specific regions.  The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice ruled that the bloc’s so-called “protective designation of origins” rules extend to “both products and services”.  “The regulation thus establishes wide-ranging protection which is intended to extend to all uses which take advantage of the reputation enjoyed by products... Читать дальше...

The two main political parties are set to rally the crowds after an absence of months because of the pandemic, raising the political tempo for the forthcoming general election, which has not been announced yet but must be held by spring at the latest. Some reports have indicated that it could be held as early as this November.  Both parties are planning to hold large events around Independence Day, which falls on September 21.  The Labour Party will be rounding up a weekend of events with a rally... Читать дальше...

Ten monuments and buildings across Malta will undergo works after being selected as part of a restoration scheme run by the National Heritage Ministry. Those to be restored in the €500,000 scheme are: Lion's Column, Valletta; Round Water Tower, Ħamrun; Rabat Church Parvis; Chapel of the Birth of Mary, Lija; Saint Publius Statue, Floriana; Dejma Cross Qormi; Statue of Our Lady, Balzan; Msida's Għajn tal-Ħasselin; Chapel of Our Lady of Divine Grace, Marsa; and Oratory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus... Читать дальше...

British airline EasyJet on Thursday announced it had rejected a takeover approach, reportedly from rival Wizz Air, and revealed a $2.0 billion (€1.7bn) lifeline as the battered aviation sector looks to recover. No-frills carrier EasyJet said in a statement that the bid had undervalued the group, adding that the suitor was no longer considering an offer and that the airline would now sell new shares to raise around £1.2 billion (€1.4bn). Bloomberg reported that the bidder had been Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air. Читать дальше...

Moto GP championship leader Fabio Quartararo heads to a MotorLand track that has never been good to him as he seeks a victory at the Aragon GP that will move him one step closer to becoming the first Frenchman to take the crown.  The Yamaha rider already has five wins under his belt this season and now stands 65 points ahead of champion Joan Mir (Suzuki).  But Aragon is the home race for the Spanish riders, not least the six-time world champion Marc Marquez.  “Aragon is probably the worst track on the calendar... Читать дальше...

Two women and a man were injured in a collision involving three vehicles in Mġarr Road, Għajnsielem, on Thursday morning. The police said the crash, at about 8.30am, involved a 69-year-old man from Munxar who was driving a Leyland, a 52-year-old man from Għarb driving a Toyota Belta  and a Toyota Vitz driven by a 61-year-old woman from Sannat accompanied by an 81-year-old woman, also from Sannat. Both women as well as the Toyota driver were hospitalised. The man suffered slight injuries while the injuries suffered by the women were serious. Читать дальше...

Four French youths have been handed a suspended six-month jail term and a fine of €700 each after admitting in court to having damaged a former British services rock-cut gun post by lighting a fire while camping at the Majjistral Park on Tuesday night. Fanny Florence Marie Thubault, 21, Margaux Camille Averseng, 21, Lea Mathilde Pages, 22 and Sarah Jeanne Melody Morand-Schmitz, 20, were taken to court on Thursday morning and accused of damaging items of cultural heritage through negligence and wilfully damaging third party property... Читать дальше...

The German football team were stranded for hours in Edinburgh on Thursday after the plane carrying them home from a World Cup qualifier in Iceland was forced into an unexpected landing. Germany cruised to a 4-0 win in Reykjavik on Wednesday to go four-points clear at the top of their group, but their plane ran into difficulties during the night flight to Frankfurt. A spokesperson for Lithuanian charter airline KlasJet told AFP subsidiary SID that a possibly defective power generator on the plane led to the unplanned stopover on the flight. Читать дальше...

The body representing professional competitions in Europe, European Leagues, said on Thursday it was against FIFA’s proposal of staging a World Cup every two years. On Wednesday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the extensive shake-up would cut out “too many meaningless matches”. European Leagues, whose board of directors included members from La Liga, the Premier League, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A, met on Tuesday. Continue reading this article on Sports Desk. 

Child protection authorities have categorically denied allegations by a mother claiming to have witnessed the “forceful” removal of two of her children following a family court decision aimed at mending relations with the minors’ father.  Child Protection Services official Steve Libreri rebutted the allegations made by the mother last month in a judicial protest filed by her lawyer, describing how two of her four boys, a seven- and an 11-year old, were taken away from her by agency officials by means of “great force”. Читать дальше...

German 2014 World Cup winner Jerome Boateng appeared in court in Munich on Thursday to answer allegations he assaulted the mother of his twin daughters during an argument in 2018. Wearing a dark suit and white shirt, the 33-year-old walked into Munich regional court just before 1000 local time (0800GMT). Boateng denies claims he injured his ex-girlfriend, named as Sherin S., during a heated argument while the pair were on holiday with their daughters in July 2018. The incident happened in the weeks after the World Cup in Russia... Читать дальше...

The government has launched a public consultation on how it plans to spend some €971 million in funds allocated to Malta from the European Union. The funds have been allocated in a programme that plans to implement projects related to digitisation, the environment, transport, education, employment, health, tourism and urban development over the next seven years. It represents what Malta plans to do with the funding allocated to it from three principal EU funds - the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition... Читать дальше...

Fireworks debris was amongst the floating rubbish collected by kayakers on Wednesday morning as they paddled past a barge used to let off fireworks for the feast of Our Lady of Victories celebrated throughout the week in Senglea. Kayaker and photographer Arthrur Quintano picked up two garbage bags of polystyrene, plastic, wood and cardboard from the display.  “We like the fireworks and enjoyed watching them on Tuesday night," he said. But they should really clean up after each display.”  Arthur... Читать дальше...