Новости за 23.08.2018

Six people were injured in a six-car collision by the roundabout of Tal-Erba' Mwieżeb in St Paul's Bay. An 11-year-old girl was among those hospitalised at Mater Dei following the incident. The 41-year-old woman accompanying her was also taken to hospital. The 45-year-old male driver of a Toyota, from St Venera, was not injured. The 69-year-old driver of a Hyundai and its three passengers were also taken to Mater Dei. The condition of those injured is not yet known. Police were informed of the incident... Читать дальше...

Hurricane Lane, threatening a direct hit as Hawaii's worst storm in a quarter century, on Thursday churned toward Oahu, the island with the largest population, as schools, government offices and business closed and residents stocked up on supplies. Packing sustained winds of up to 215 km per hour, Lane could dump 25-50 cm of rain, triggering flash floods and landslides, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. "Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion," the NWS Central... Читать дальше...

Nexia BT partner Karl Cini was spotted coming out of the police depot after reportedly facing hours of interrogations. The Malta Independent published footage of Mr Cini emerging from the depot accompanied by his lawyer Stephen Tonna Lowell late on Thursday. Mr Cini was being interrogated in relation to Egrant Inc., sources told The Malta Independent. The Nexia BT partner had been inside the depot from early afternoon and came out at around 6.30 pm, The Malta Independent reported. Nexia BT was at... Читать дальше...

MeDirect is rewarding its customers’ loyalty with a new asset transfer promotion. This will give customers a 0.5 per cent bonus on the value of investment securities transferred from local or foreign banks or brokers to MeDirect, by November 30, 2018. In addition, MeDirect will refund third-party transfer fees of up to 0.5 per cent of the value of investments transferred. Both the bonus and refund will be paid by December 31, 2018, making for a rewarding end-of-year gift. MeDirect is trusted by over 50,000 customers... Читать дальше...

The crisis in Turkey is unlikely to affect Malta, the Central Bank of Malta reassured, even though two of the Turkish banks here have balance sheets that represent 146 per cent of GDP. In Malta, there are three licensed banks, which are either partly owned by other European institutions and listed on Borsa Istanbul, or have a controlling shareholder who is of Turkish origin. One is licensed in Malta as a subsidiary – Yapi Kredi ­­– while two others are branches of Turkish ones. The two branches have... Читать дальше...

Britons living in the European Union could lose access to their UK bank accounts and businesses on the continent could be cut off from investment banks in London if there is a no-deal Brexit, the British government said on Thursday. In a document detailing contingency planning if Britain leaves the EU in March with no transition deal, the government said unilateral action on several fronts could only minimise disruption up to a point. Over a million Britons living abroad may not be able to access... Читать дальше...

A Catholic conference on family issues that Pope Francis is due to address this weekend heard a plea from a US priest on Thursday for the Church to welcome gay members, who he said had been made to feel like lepers. At the first major speech on the issue at the World Meeting of Families, which is organised by the Vatican every three years and is being held in Dublin this year, US Jesuit priest James Martin told delegates that excluding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Catholics violated the teachings of Jesus Christ. Читать дальше...

Britain could be barred from exporting some food to the European Union for months if it leaves the bloc without a deal, the National Farmers Union said on Thursday after the government published reports on that scenario. One government paper on the possible impact on organic food said British businesses would only be able to export to the EU if they were certified by an organic control body recognised and approved by the EU to operate in the UK. Applications cannot be made, however, until Britain... Читать дальше...

Artist and paediatric cardiologist Victor Grech has put together a number of his paintings to raise funds for Beating Heart Malta (BHM), an independent non-profit organisation for adults and children born with heart problems including congenital hearts defects (CHD). Prof. Grech’s paintings are exhibited and for sale at the Hilton and Westin in St Julian’s, and the Phoenicia Hotel in Valletta. Simultaneous exhibitions are being held in London, Brussels and Australia. An exhibition at the Mediterranean... Читать дальше...

The Swiss city of Zurich is inviting people to shed their inhibitions with a two-day city-wide festival that has been five years in the making. The event showcases 18 international artists who are performing naked in the street, at times interacting with the public. The Body and Freedom Festival aims to shatter societies' stigma on public nudity, with performances ranging from bare-breasted artists mixing with clothed crowds, to naked dancing and art on human bodies. "They will reveal the vulnerability... Читать дальше...

Premier League Clubs Exiles Elia Caterers, Neptunes Leo Vegas, Sirens Greentube and Sliema Frank Salt Real Estate would like to make reference to the Disciplinary Commissioner’s decision number DR 84-2018, published on August 21. This decision concerned a contested report issued by match referees after match held between San Giljan TUM Invest and Neptunes Leo Vegas on August 17 where officials noted that: “Paolo Obdradovic (San Giljan No 10) excluded with substitution for protesting. On the way out... Читать дальше...

It did not make sense to have outdoor bars and restaurants next to a main road, Gżira mayor Conrad Borg Manché said. The stretch of the Strand from Manoel Island bridge to the Ferries has already got 21 of these outdoor areas, over a dozen of which were given their permits last year. And with dozens more restaurants there, the potential for yet more to extend over the pavement to the road was worrying, he said. The mayor was speaking in the context of two developments which have brought the issue back to the fore... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump expressed sympathy for his former campaign manager Paul Manafort and said he would remain "uninvolved" after he attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the US Justice Department in an interview broadcast on Thursday. Trump intensified his criticism of the Justice Department in a Fox News interview taped on Wednesday as the White House grappled to respond to Tuesday's conviction of Manafort on multiple fraud counts and a plea deal struck by Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen that implicated the president. Читать дальше...

Potatoes are apparently far from being flavour of the month. Rejected by young people and “clean eaters”, sales are plummeting. But what has the potato done to deserve being treated so distastefully? Reports claim that millennials prefer rice and noodles, and think that potatoes will make them fat. According to The Grocer magazine potato sales have decreased by 5.4% in the last four years, while sales of rice and noodles have risen by 30%. But the potato has a proud history. One of the most common and versatile root vegetables... Читать дальше...

Bayer said the number of US lawsuits brought against newly acquired Monsanto has risen to about 8,000 from 5,200 previously, after Monsanto was ordered to pay damages for not warning of alleged cancer risks of glyphosate-based weedkillers. "The number of plaintiffs in both state and federal litigation is approximately 8,000 as of end-July. These numbers may rise or fall over time but our view is that the number is not indicative of the merits of the plaintiffs’ cases," chief executive Werner Baumann... Читать дальше...

The types of cruise ships with the highest emissions coming to Malta will almost double by the end of the year, according to BirdLife. The environmental NGO is warning that all cruise liners calling at Valletta are largely in the worst category based on emissions. Throughout 2017, 65 ships with this ranking visited Malta, while 58 cruise liners have already visited Malta so far this year. This will reach 112 port calls by the end of this year, according to the Valletta Cruise Port’s schedule, BirdLife said. Читать дальше...

People living under the Italian bridge that collapsed last week with the loss of 43 lives had known for years it was crumbling: pieces kept falling on their homes and cars. A month earlier, residents met officials in charge of maintaining the bridge in Genoa to find out what was being done. The 1.2km-long suspension bridge, part of a privately run motorway linking the port city with France, had been slowly eroding in the sea air for decades, requiring non-stop maintenance, but life had become intolerable for residents. Читать дальше...

There were no major surprises in the Malta provisional squad announced by coach Ray Farrugia ahead of the UEFA Nations Cup opening matches against Faroes Islands and Azerbaijan next month. Farrugia, the Malta coach, has named 26 players in his provisional list for the away trip to the Faroes Islands on September 7 and the home match against Azerbaijan at the National Stadium four days later. The Malta coach has reconfirmed the majority of the players that took part in the national team’s training camp in Austria last June. Читать дальше...

A man with psychiatric problems fatally stabbed his mother and sister in the Paris suburb of Trappes on Thursday and seriously wounded a third person, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said. The 36-year-old launched his attack in a street in broad daylight before taking refuge in a house. He was shot dead by police when he ran towards them in a threatening way, the minister said. "It appears the criminal had serious psychiatric problems," Collomb told reporters in Trappes. "He was known (to... Читать дальше...

The Cinema Bar by Citylights is today screening two John Hughes films. The Breakfast Club (1985) will be shown first at 8pm.  The film is about five high school students from different walks of life who endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. It stars Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez and Judd Nelson. Pretty in Pink (1986) will then be screened at 10pm. The story follows Andie (Molly Ringwald), a teenager who must choose between the affection of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy. Читать дальше...

The planned firing of the giant fireball known as 'The Shell of Shells' at Żurrieq on Friday will impact Natura 2000 sites, particularly Filfla, BirdLife Malta warned on Thursday. "Seabirds inhabiting Filfla which are currently during their nesting periods (namely Scopoli’s Shearwater and the Mediterranean Storm-petrel) are very sensitive to both light and noise pollution, to the point that even fireworks or light along the south-west coast of Malta already have an effect on this seabird haven," the NGO said. Читать дальше...

Moody’s ratings agency has affirmed its ‘A3 Positive’ rating for Malta, a decision welcomed by the Finance Ministry. Moody’s highlighted sustained progress by Malta on public sector debt reduction and the prospects for further fiscal consolidation on the back of a buoyant economic performance. It said it will upgrade the rating for Malta to A2 if the improvement in fiscal strength is sustained. In a commentary, it noted Malta's strong economic growth, rising per-capita income and high scores in terms of global competitiveness. Читать дальше...

Work is under way to repair the deteriorating Marsa-Ħamrun flyover in a €200,000 project which is expected to be completed by the end of the year. A spokesman for Infrastructure Malta told the Times of Malta that the work included the removal of loose concrete and the application of a protective treatment to the pillars’ rebar. This reinforcing steel would then be covered with a specialised repair product identified for the purpose through the studies carried out over the last few months. The bridge was built in the 1970s. Читать дальше...

More people are borrowing books from local libraries, despite a drop in new memberships, according to national data. Throughout 2017, more than 910,000 books were borrowed from all libraries - an increase of 8% over the previous year. The number of loans has seen a steady increase between 2015 and 2017, rising by more than 130,000 books over this period. At the same time, however, new library memberships dipped from 6,251 in 2015 to 5,119 last year. The most significant increases were registered in the South Eastern and the Northern districts... Читать дальше...

Waħx u Dlamijiet – Film Nights is this evening hosting a screening of the 1972 horror thriller film Sisters, directed by Brian de Palma. The film follows Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt), an inquisitive journalist who is horrified when she witnesses her neighbour, fashion model Danielle Breton (Margot Kidder), violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move... Читать дальше...