timesofmalta.com newsletter - 26 Nov 2017

Copyright © 2017 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Sunday, 26 Nov 2017 [Times of Malta]( [SMS Group]( National - [Knife attack victim dies in hospital]( A man died after he was knifed during an argument in Birkirkara last night. The attack took place in Triq il-Bwieraq at 2.30am close to a garage used for Muslim prayers. The victim, who has not yet been identified, was stabbed during an argument... - [MAM disagrees with construction of new outpatients department]( The Medical Association of Malta said this morning it disagreed with the construction of a new outpatients department at Mater Dei Hospital. “This is unnecessary and sends mixed messages about afternoon sessions. Funds should be used to recruit... - [Today's front pages]( The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. The Sunday Times of Malta says the government secretly extended a €360 million State loan guarantee for the new power station on the eve of the general election. In another story, it... - [€360 million power plant loan guarantee extended before election]( The government secretly extended a €360 million State loan guarantee for the new power station on the eve of the general election, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt. No public announcement about the decision to extend what the government had in... - [Messenger jailed after saying Silvio Parnis sent him to buy goods without paying]( Updated 6.30pm with court details A 28-year-old ministry messenger racked up an unpaid bill of €5,000 at an Iklin outlet with the excuse that he was being sent by Parliamentary Secretary Silvio Parnis.  Keith Felice was jailed for three years... World news - [Bali volcano disrupts flights after erupting for second time in a week](   A volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali erupted for the second time in a week, disrupting international flights even as authorities said the island remained safe. The ash column from Mount Agung rose 4,900 feet following an... - [Britain warned to get ready for long period of cold as frost appears across country]( There were frosty scenes across the country on Saturday as temperatures plunged overnight, with Brits warned to brace themselves for a long period of cold weather. The mercury fell well below zero in parts of the country overnight, with Topcliffe... - [Putin signs new law to put pressure on foreign media]( Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law on Saturday new measures allowing authorities to list foreign media outlets as "foreign agents" in response to what Moscow says is unacceptable US pressure on Russian media. The new law has been... - [Merkel points to grand coalition with Social Democrats]( Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday welcomed the prospect of talks on a "grand coalition" with her Social Democrat (SPD) rivals and defended the record of the previous such government, saying it had worked well. Merkel's fourth term was cast into... - [31 migrants die as they desperately tried to swim back to shore]( At least 31 migrants died after their boat sank off Libya's western coast on Saturday and some 200 others were picked up by the coastguard to be brought back to port in Tripoli, officials said. The migrants were on two boats off the coast near... Opinion - [YIMBY, rather than NIMBY - Alan Deidun]( The pejorative ‘Not In My Backyard’ (NIMBY) acronym, putatively coined in the 1950s, is commonly used in today’s narrative to refer to... - [‘Clean Hands’ - Manuel Delia]( Today week, Antonio di Pietro is due to speak at a civil society demonstration. The significance of that is not that the Civil Society... - [The Republic of Light (Part 1) - John Vassallo]( In my last article (The Sunday Times of Malta, October 22, 29) I looked forward to a root and branch correction of Maltese society, of... - [Set Navarro free - Mark Anthony Falzon]( The Scapegoat is a wonderful painting by William Holman Hunt. It shows a goat, red garland draped over its horns, looking quite lost and... - [Not a happy bunny - Michela Spiteri]( I probably should make it clear that the bunny is me and only me. I have always regarded the word as a term of endearment, which... Letters - [Is the EU picking on Malta, yet again?]( In France, the live-capturing (trapping) of Ortolan Buntings (small song birds), although illegal, since the practice is undertaken... - [New way of doing things at European Commission?]( I really like the way the European Commission ‘works’. First you get a Commissioner (in this case the tax-obsessed Pierre Moscovici)... - [Cutting colour from career]( One of the most difficult decisions I have had to make was when I was asked to contest the general election on behalf of the Democratic... - [Anything goes]( Upon reading Kristina Chetcuti’s column ‘The great detachment’ (The Sunday Times of Malta, November 5), my mind went back 80 years to my... - [Use of antibiotics]( The article on the overuse of antibiotics in hospitals and households (‘Antibiotics: too much of a good thing’, The Sunday Times of... Sport - [Icardi double steers into to top of Serie A]( Inter moved to the top of the Serie A table with a hard-fought 3-1 victory against a resurgent Cagliari on Saturday night. Buoyed since... - [Bayern Munich suffer shock loss]( Leaders Bayern Munich suffered a shock 2-1 loss at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday on a day of high drama in the Bundesliga after... - [Derby delight for tenacious Naxxar Lions]( Naxxar 2; Mosta 0 Naxxar scored two second-half goals to send arch-rivals Mosta reeling. Naxxar’s Bastos was agonisingly close with a... - [Sliema beat Gżira in the 90th minute]( SLIEMA WANDERERS 2; GÅ»IRA UNITED 1 Sliema came from behind to turn tables on their rivals Gzira United. Fortunes swayed first one way... - [Balzan go top after narrow win]( Balzan 1; Senglea 0 Bojan Kaljevic was the hero for Balzan as they registered a narrow win over Senglea Athletic to move temporarily on... Business News - [92% of European businesses are unprepared for GDPR]( Businesses across Europe are unprepared for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into law in May 2018,... - [More Maltese achieve top Chartered Banker MBA status]( Marie Louise Vella and Andre Catania are the latest Maltese financial services professionals to achieve the coveted Chartered Banker MBA... - [Fimbank receives Deutsche Bank Excellence Award]( Fimbank has been awarded the prestigious Deutsche Bank Excellence Award in recognition of the exceptional quality of its payments. The... - [MIFID II and trustees]( When trustees are vested with the ownership of assets to be held under trust for the benefit of the beneficiaries identified by the... - [McDonald’s licencee Premier Capital holds largest ever meeting in Greece]( Premier Capital plc, the Maltese-owned developmental licencee for McDonald’s in six European markets, has held its largest ever annual... Social - [Jean Borg Bartolo]( Grace Ann Cachia, Sliema, writes: Aunt Jean is now resting in the eternal comfort of her Maker – this being a fitting reward for her... - [60th school-leaving reunion]( Former students of St Louis Grammar School, Sliema, celebrated their 60th anniversary with a thanksgiving Mass at St Patrick’s church,... - [Lidl donates €15,000 to MCCF Foundation and sponsors ninth President’s Solidarity Fun Run]( Lidl Malta sponsored the ninth edition of the President’s Solidarity Fun Run with a donation of €15,000 in aid of the Malta Community... - [The President’s engagements]( 10am The President attends the opening ceremony of the 17th session of the general conference of the United Nations Industrial... - [Palumbo supports L-Istrina]( President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca’s eyes shone as she toured the workshops and docks of the Palumbo Malta Shipyard with CEO Antonio... Blogs - [Calling out the sophists]( I don’t know about you, but I really do not appreciate being taken for a ride. And the stance of the new leader of the opposition... - [And yet the attacks continue]( It’s been a month since an act of horror happened. The whole world looks on and feels the horror that has gripped this land. Yet, the... - [The television post-mortem]( Yesterday evening our public broadcaster held a supposed ‘post-mortem’ of the European Parliament debate on rule of law in Malta. It... - [Saints, villains and shysters]( They deserve each other. In their perverse and often cruel triangulation, they have been holding politics hostage for many decades. I am... - [From Luther to Lenin]( It’s been a month of anniversaries. Amongst other, we marked five centuries of Lutheran Reformation, and the Great October Revolution... 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