Новости за 18.04.2017

Enemalta has been ordered to pay over €3,500 in damages to a pharmacy owner after his medicinal stocks were damaged in a power cut. Mr Justice Anthony Ellul delivered the judgment after Enemalta appealed from the award to the Court of Appeal in its inferior jurisdiction. The court heard that Henry Camenzuli, the owner of Tat-Tarġa Pharmacy, had lodged a claim with his insurers Gasan Mamo Insurance Ltd after a power outage in the night between July 19 and 20, 2013. Mr Camenzuli claimed he had lost... Читать дальше...

A Serbian man's bid to join his wife and four-month old child in Malta was thwarted when he was remanded in custody today after being accused in court of having presented false travel documents. Danilo Beljanski, 33, was arrested by immigration officers after having allegedly submitted a false document to Identity Malta to obtain a residence permit. Before Magistrate Joseph Mifsud, the defence lawyer explained that Mr Beljanski had obtained the document from a third party and had no reason whatsoever to doubt its authenticity. Читать дальше...

Prime Minister Theresa May has called for an early election on June 8, saying the government had the right plan for negotiating the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union and that she needed political unity in London. Below is a reaction from a selection of experts on politics and financial markets: JOHN CURTICE, POLLING EXPERT AND PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE "There is no doubt that the Conservatives are in a strong position in the opinion polls..." "That clearly would be enough... Читать дальше...

A man battling a drug problem will join his brother in prison after the theft of a tablet computer landed him with an eight month effective jail term. Kaled Mukthar Ben Gamhur, 37, born in Libya and residing in Valletta, was charged with having stolen the gadget from a vehicle parked close to Castille Square, Valletta, on Sunday afternoon. The man was also charged with being a relapser and with having committed the offence during the operative period of a probation sentence delivered in August. After... Читать дальше...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has called a snap general election for June 8.  She announced the decision in a surprise announcement outside her office in Downing Street. "It is with strong conviction that I believe it is necessary to secure a strong and stable leadership this country needs," she said. To date her office had always denied she will call a vote before the next scheduled poll in 2020. The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act sets the general election date as the first Thursday in May every five years... Читать дальше...

Quick fixes such as CCTV cameras at key junctions could help authorities enforce traffic rules without forcing them to shift all their resources to enforcement, a road safety expert tells Times Talk.  In an interview to be uploaded tomorrow, Malta Road Safety Council executive manager Pierre Vella admits that some drivers' motoring habits are so deeply ingrained that they don't even bother with rules and confides that he and his colleagues sometimes wonder how there aren't more traffic accidents in Malta. Читать дальше...

Konnekt Search & Selection will be making a presentation at the sixth HR Network Series called Attraction & Retention Strategies. organised by salariesinmalta.com.On Friday 5th May  The event will be organised by salariesinmalta.com on Friday, May 5. This year's HR Network Series will focus on discussing strategies that help attract and retain talent within companies and will explore some of the challenges local organisations in Malta and other regions face, to attract and retain key talent. Читать дальше...

Real Madrid’s struggling defence will probably have to keep Bayern Munich’s deadly striker Robert Lewandowski at bay in the Bernabeu to reach the Champions League semi-finals. Real will be defending a 2-1 lead from the first leg of the quarter-final, which the Polish hitman missed with the shoulder injury that also kept him out of the German side’s 0-0 draw at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Saturday. However, Lewandowski trained on Sunday and is poised to return as Bayern look for goals tonight... Читать дальше...

Training disabled people “to be able to live independently while also promoting inclusion” will be the model upon which the government will operate service centres, Disability Parliamentary Secretary Justyne Caruana said earlier today. Speaking at the newly opened Skills Space, a centre run by Agenzija Sapport in Sliema (near Nazzarenu church), Dr Caruana said the government wanted to help get persons with disability out of their homes and mixing with others, while maintaining services in homes for those who needed it. Читать дальше...

Leicester City remain a surprise guest at the top table of European football but a place in the Champions League semi-finals beckons if they can overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit against Spanish heavyweights Atletico Madrid. The Premier League outfit have made a remarkable progression to the last eight and today they face a side who have thrived on adversity to compete in two Champions League finals in the last three years, having made it to four successive quarter-finals. Leicester were outclassed... Читать дальше...

Elderly residents with mobility problems in Sliema will have the chance to drive free electric scooters to do their chores as part of a pilot project by a voluntary organisation. Under the initiative, which kicks off in June, there will initially be a fleet of seven scooters which will be managed by Volunteer Sliema – a partnership between SOS Malta and the Corporate Citizenship for Responsible Enterprises (Core). Details on the project were announced this morning in a press conference at the St James Hospital in Sliema... Читать дальше...

Malta’s largest permanent installation artwork, commemorating six decades of electricity generation at Marsa, will be unveiled on Thursday at Belt il-Ħażna Road. The installation, by Mcast students, is made of components dismantled from its boilers and turbines. Its inauguration comes at a time when several quarters are urging the government to preserve the old power station as an example of Malta's industrial history. The inauguration event will be held in collaboration with the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (Mcast). Читать дальше...

The Mobile Blood Donation Unit has been out of service for three months because of an “indisposed” driver, who should be able to return to work in the coming days. In the meantime, the mobile team collected 122 fewer donations between January and mid-April, compared to last year. However, Director of the National Blood Transfusion Centre Alex Aquilina told this newspaper there has been “no significant change” in the total number of donations. Dr Aquilina was contacted following concerns raised by... Читать дальше...

Sliema Local Council has cancelled this year’s edition of the Sliema Arts Festival, saying the Cultural Fund for Local Government events and activities was being issued too late. "Having been chasing the Department for Local Government since last November, the scheme for funding is to be issued this month, making it impossible to plan such a festival which usually needs a minimum of six months of preparations, including coordination with local and foreign artists. "This is very unfortunate, given... Читать дальше...

To say that Quantitative Easing in the Eurozone did not have its desired effect would not be a fair statement. True, it has taken a while to infiltrate into the wider economy, but over the past six months or so we are finally beginning to witness a more robust economic recovery in the single-currency region. Economic data has been resilient. Unemployment data has been creeping lower and has recently fallen to its lowest in almost eight years. Inflationary data has also been slowly ticking upwards... Читать дальше...

Working as a surgeon in sub-Saharan Africa, Dr Sherry Wren could not help but wonder why so many more men than women sought her care. Her curiosity led her to ask Doctors Without Borders for data on surgeries conducted in its humanitarian projects in 12 war-torn countries in Africa and the Middle East. Between 2008 and 2014, the nonprofit organization performed the majority - 69 percent - of its nearly 50,000 operations in those countries on men, Wren and her colleagues found. “Working in low-income countries... Читать дальше...

The state of Arkansas has moved forward with its attempt to begin a series of double executions despite rulings in state and federal courts that the inmates are entitled to additional appeals.  The attorney general and governor are vowing to pursue a series of executions scheduled over the next two weeks even after the state's Supreme Court halted the first two lethal injections hours before they were to take place. The state's lawyers pressed the eighth US Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the executions to begin... Читать дальше...

More than a million attempts to access online sites, including X-rated and social media pages, were made from within the Parliament building over three months, official data shows. One of the attempts – unsuccessful because the government’s IT agency, Mita, blocked access – was to access a site featuring explicit images of 19-year-old actress Maisie Williams, best known as Arya Stark in the fantasy television series Game of Thrones. In the site, her face was superimposed on a porn star’s body as she was engaged in a graphic sex act. Читать дальше...

China’s economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter as higher government infrastructure spending and a gravity-defying property boom helped boost industrial output by the most in over two years. Growth of 6.9 per cent was the fastest in six quarters, with forecast-beating March investment, retail sales and exports all suggesting the economy may carry solid momentum into spring. But most analysts say the first quarter may be as good as it gets for China this year, and worry Beijing... Читать дальше...

It was a landmark milestone for cricket in Malta last week as the Malta Cricket Academy played their first ever representative matches against the David Byas Cricket Academy from Yorkshire, UK. Byas is a former captain and coach of Yorkshire County Cricket Club while the local juniors themselves were guided by former Kent professional Darren Scott. The series saw the local side victorious in both games. Malta Cricket said in a statement that it is looking to build on this success by promoting international... Читать дальше...

HYZLER. On February 14, at Mater Dei Hospital, to Jennifer née Steege and Steven, God’s precious gift of a second-born son – GEORGE HENRY. Deo gratias et Mariæ. Special thanks to all the maternity staff. Obituaries CARUANA. On April 15, at Mater Dei Hospital, MARY, née Pettett, widow of John, aged 92, passed away peacefully. She leaves to mourn her loss her sons Alfred and his wife Antoinette, and Edward and his wife Rita, her nephew Michael and her niece Barbara, their families, other relatives and friends. Читать дальше...

On April 3, the terrorist explosion in St Petersburg’s underground train station claimed 13 lives. Russia’s anti-terrorist authorities soon found that this indiscriminate massacre was a suicide attack, executed by a 22-year-old Russian (of Kyrgyz background) named Akbar Jalilov. Seeing such events unfold live, following Europe’s latest jihadist atrocities, this provoked me to profile some categorical and specific insights to explain suicide bombings, and attackers like Jalilov himself. Jalilov’s... Читать дальше...

Yiannos Michaelides, who recently stepped down as GO chief executive officer, has been made a non-executive director at HSBC Bank Malta, replacing Philip Farrugia Randon who has been on the board since 2004. At the bank’s recent annual general meeting, Sonny Portelli was reappointed as chairman, with Andrew Beane, Christopher Davies, Andrew Muscat, Alison Hewitt and Mr Michaelides appointed by the majority shareholder. Since only three persons were nominated for election, John Bonello, Gordon Cordina... Читать дальше...

On April 7, I was almost asked to disembark an Air Malta flight from Brussels because I refused to sit separately from my two underage daughters travelling with me. I had checked-in online and was allocated three seats spread across the plane. At the airport, I pointed this out to the check-in desk and was told to speak to the cabin crew. Once boarding was completed, the crew tried to persuade passengers to change seats. Few wanted to do so and I was told the best the airline could offer me were... Читать дальше...

Deeply rooted in Malta’s history, the feast of San Girgor has been a popular traditional event since the 1500s. The event, which according to popular belief is related to a general vow by the public on their deliverance from the plague, goes back to 1543 but may have started as early as 1519. This popular day is celebrated on the first Wednesday after Easter Sunday and originally consisted of a pilgrimage by confraternities from all Maltese parishes starting from Mdina and ending with a religious ceremony at the Żejtun parish church. Читать дальше...