Новости за 21.01.2021

During the course of 2020, Malta’s corporate bond market was naturally severely impacted by the pandemic. As I highlighted in some articles over the past few months, during the start of the pandemic in early March 2020, there were double-digit declines in the prices of various corporate bonds as a result of the understandable huge concern among retail investors about the unprecedented circumstances that were being experienced. However, following the sharp sell-off, investor sentiment somewhat improved... Читать дальше...

Obituaries AXIAK. On January 19, VINCENZA of Qormi, residing in San Ġwann, aged 82, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Joseph, her children Mario and his wife Doris and Veronika and her husband Emanuel Darmanin, her grandchildren Bernice and her husband Jeremy Grech, Denil and his fiancée Emma, and Gilbert, her brothers and sisters, in-laws, other relatives and friends. The funeral leaves St Vincent de Paul residence today, Thursday, January 21, at 2.15pm... Читать дальше...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday.  Times of Malta leads with President Joe Biden's inauguration, in what was described as a day of hope in the United States. The newspaper also reports how the prime minister tabled a report in parliament on the house collapse that caused the death of Miriam Pace. He pledged to stop ‘construction cowboys’.  The Malta Independent leads with the reshuffle of the Opposition front bench, saying Adrian Delia continued to refuse a role. Читать дальше...

Craftmanship is often a skill passed on from one generation to the next, cherished and nurtured as if it were a family treasure that children inherit from their parents and guard with enthusiasm for posterity. At the same time, however, there are others who are attracted to craftsmanship without having family roots in the sector yet embark on such an adventure with equal enthusiasm. The regenerated Ta’ Qali Artisan Village will be giving space to a unique combination of both. Malta Stone stands as... Читать дальше...

The APL Miami from Singapore/Colombo to Gioia Tauro (also John Ripard and Son Ltd), the CMA CGM Centaurus from Genoa to Beirut (both CMA CGM Malta Agency Ltd), the MV Eurocargo Venezia from Catania to Catania (Sullivan Maritime Ltd), the Marit Maersk from Rotterdam to Tanjung Pelepas (also John Ripard and Son Ltd), the Monte Cervantes from Antwerp to Piraeus (both Thomas Smith and Co. Ltd) and the Mayssan to La Spezia/Genoa (Bianchi and Co. Ltd) today. The Dina Trader from Napoli to El Dekheila,... Читать дальше...

Generous help for difficult mission I would like to thank the Mission Fund and all the Maltese benefactors who generously help us in our mission. Here in Jerusalem we are in a multicultural, national, religious social gathering of people. The pandemic has touched every family and people didn’t know where to turn to for help. The year 2020 has been exceptionally hard and difficult here in the Holy Land from all points of view. It has been marked by pain and fatigue, insecurity and instability for all. Читать дальше...

EU leaders will grapple Thursday with the threat of new coronavirus variants whose spread risks outpacing the hope that vaccines will put a quickish end to the pandemic in Europe. The chiefs will hold a summit -- by videolink to protect themselves from infection -- "to raise political awareness on the seriousness of the situation with the new variants," an EU official said. Virus mutations that emerged in Britain, South Africa and Brazil have alarmed EU authorities because of their increased infectivity... Читать дальше...

Health Minister Chris Fearne has confirmed he visited a furniture company while all non-essential shops were shut down during the first half of 2020 to help stop the spread of COVID-19.His confirmation came after a former employee of the furniture company exposed the visit on social media.Fearne’s comment that he did nothing wrong raised questions on Wednesday over whether he had actually found a loophole to do his shopping or whether this was standard practice at the time.According to a legal notice published on March 23... Читать дальше...

The feast of Saint John Bosco will be celebrated at the Don Bosco Oratory in Victoria between today and January 31. A special Mass for the aged will be celebrated by Mgr George Tabone on January 25 at 5pm and another Mass for children will be celebrated by Fr Michael Said on January 26 at 5pm. Fr Noel Saliba will celebrate Mass at the Don Bosco Oratory chapel between January 27 and 29 at 7pm. Peru missionary Fr Raymond Portelli will lead a prayer-meeting for youths, animated by singer Mario Caruana, on January 29 at 8pm. Читать дальше...

Some LESA community officers are illiterate or “only fit to carry out the most basic of tasks”, according to a National Audit Office report. A number of the officers do not possess basic soft skills, which led to a number of incidents and such officers have no interest in improving their behaviour, the Local Enforcement System Agency reported to the NAO. The NAO audit was presented to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anġlu Farrugia, by Auditor General Charles Deguara on Wednesday. The... Читать дальше...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday welcomed US President Joe Biden's decision to rejoin the Paris climate accord, but called on him to adopt an "ambitious" plan to fight global warming. "I warmly welcome President Biden's steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and join the growing coalition of governments, cities, states, businesses and people taking ambitious action to confront the climate crisis," Guterres said in a statement. "We look forward to the leadership... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump drew attention to one of the US president's most controversial powers with a final flurry of eyebrow-raising pardons, with the possibility raised that he might also pardon himself. Here are six things to know about this presidential prerogative. King of AmericaPardons date back to Anglo-Saxon England when boiling, burning and drowning in a quagmire were common sentences for crimes. America's founding fathers were divided on whether they should adopt the royal English precedent. Giving... Читать дальше...