timesofmalta.com newsletter - 9 Mar 2018

Copyright © 2018 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Friday, 9 Mar 2018 [Times of Malta]( [Delicata]( National - [Constitutional Court throws out hotelier's appeal]( The Constitutional Court has put an end to a breach of rights claim by construction magnate and hotelier Angelo Xuereb, throwing out an appeal to suspend criminal proceedings pending the termination of arbitration proceedings. A simple examination... - [Choice of PN speaker for public debate raises eyebrows]( A decision to send a general election candidate rather than an MP as the Opposition’s education representative for a public debate has raised eyebrows in Nationalist Party circles, Times of Malta has learnt. The issue cropped up two days ago on... - [Caruana Galizia's murder: 'Leave no stone unturned in hunt for assassins’]( Turkish politician Gülsün Bilgehan said on Thursday no stone should be left unturned to shed as much light as possible on Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination. She was speaking at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s... - [Court judgments can now 'be forgotten']( The Justice Ministry is allowing individuals to ask for court judgments to be removed from the public database available online. This emerged when Times of Malta further probed the case of two students who were granted a warrant to practise... - [Today's front pages - March 9, 2018]( The following are the top stories in Friday's newspapers. Times of Malta says the European Commission has announced it was opening infringement procedures against Malta, Cyprus and Greece for not levying the correct amount of VAT on yachts. In... World news - [Russian state TV presenter issues warning to 'traitors' in Britain]( A presenter on Russian state television has issued an apparent threat to "traitors" living in Britain. Kirill Kleymenov warned of the dangers of spying on Russia and advised those who betrayed their country: "Don't choose Britain as a place to... - [Trump agrees to meet Kim Jong Un in bombshell announcement]( Donald Trump has decided he will meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un "by May", South Korea's national security director has said. Chung Eui-yong said Mr Trump said "he would meet Kim Jong Un by May to achieve permanent denuclearisation" of the... - [UN tested with elusive Syria truce]( A ceasefire resolution for Syria has failed to take hold as Syrian forces, backed by Russia, make gains in Eastern Ghouta. The question is arising: What is the United Nations doing? French Ambassador Francois Delattre said the failure to stop the... - [France eyes Paris airport, lottery sell-off]( The French government signalled Thursday it intends to sell part of its stakes in the Paris airport operator and national lottery firm as business-friendly President Emmanuel Macron seeks to bring in cash to state coffers. But while the government... - [Turkish court jails 25 journalists over Gulen links]( An Istanbul court on Thursday sentenced 25 journalists to prison terms of up to seven-and-a-half years over links to the group blamed by Turkey for the 2016 failed coup, reports said. Twenty-three of the journalists were convicted of membership of... Opinion - [US regulatory scenario - John Consiglio]( On June 8 last year US President Donald Trump managed to get through the House of Representatives his so-called Financial Choice... - [Pharmacists, a rare species? - Mary Ann Sant Fournier]( The pharmacy degree is unique in its generalist nature. Our pharmacist graduates are versatile in that they can take up posts in various... - [Reflections on World Kidney Day - Emanuel Farrugia]( World Kidney Day is an awareness day that brings global attention to the importance of kidney health and held on the second Thursday of... - [Four signs of populism - Ranier Fsadni]( In 1994, US strategist Edward Luttwak predicted the flight of US working-class voters from both the Democrat and the Republican parties... - [Closing the gender gap - Natasha Azzopardi Muscat]( The campaign theme for this year’s women’s day is #PressforProgress. It is a rightly fitting reminder that although great strides have... Letters - [Two lives]( Surely Nils Muižnieks can do better. He would like to change the centuries-old certainty in Malta: that an unborn child is a human... - [Italian job]( There are many uncertainties emerging from the recent Italian elections and their President will certainly have quite a job to sort the... - [Maltese values]( Thank God and his parents, Nils Muiznieks is alive, able to travel and live his life. The gift of life that was not aborted. He is... - [Don’t shoot the messenger]( In reply to the letter ‘Anti-British’ (March 1) by Francis Formosa, it is sad to hear such narrow views about me and of history in... - [Story of heroism]( In his article ‘Betrayal at Dunkirk’ (February 24), Rodolfo Ragonesi fails to appreciate a couple of important points. Firstly, had the... Sport - [Lazio held at home by Dynamo Kyiv]( RB Leipzig beat Zenit St Petersburg 2-1 after second-half goals from Bruma and Timo Werner. However, Domenico Criscito brought Zenit... - [Watch: NBA roundup: Rockets keep rolling, top Bucks for 17th straight]( Chris Paul converted a spin move in the paint to help stave off a rally and the Houston Rockets extended their winning streak to 17 games... - [Arsenal give Wenger respite with victory in Milan]( Arsenal turned the form book upside down and gave manager Arsene Wenger much-needed respite with a shock 2-0 win away to AC Milan in the... - [Watch: Vettel sets track record in Barcelona testing]( Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel wrapped up the penultimate day of Formula One's pre-season testing in impressive style by setting an... - [Watch: Juventus hailed as the 'Lions of Wembley']( Juventus were hailed as "the lions of Wembley" by the Italian media on Thursday after the Serie A side's stunning fightback against... Business News - [Markets take break from global trade war]( A sense of calm returned to global markets yesterday, as traders took a break from worrying about a global trade war and focused instead... - [German industrial orders plunge in ‘horrible start’ to year]( Weaker foreign demand drove a bigger-than-expected drop in German industrial orders in January, suggesting that busy factories in... - [Emirates offers special fares to Far East]( Emirates, the Best Airline in the World 2017 according to TripAdvisor, is offering travellers in Malta special economy class fares to a... - [Amazon to quiet Alexa’s cackling]( Amazon has promised to keep virtual assistant Alexa from spontaneously cackling, giving people eerie feelings about what the artificial... - [Europe, China warn Trump of response if trade war erupts]( Europe and China warned President Donald Trump yesterday they would respond in the event of a trade war with the US, with one Brussels... Blogs - [The more you desecrate, the weaker you are]( Nobody can deny that only a few hundred turn up for any event commemorating Daphne Caruana Galizia. It’s truer still - and crueller -... - [Politicians, wake up and smell the coffee]( In this little, heavily fragmented island of ours, there is a unifying force that ties together local politicos of all colours and hues:... - [To the cowards who cleared Daphne’s memorial...]( The decision to sweep the Great Siege monument from any speck of reference to Daphne Caruana Galizia is not surprising. In a country... - [Pot calling the kettle black]( It was amusing this morning to read the front page headline of Times of Malta 10 years ago to date. It was days before the 2008 general... - [The PN's radical obsession with abortion]( I haven't really written about the (non) debate that is abortion in Malta, mostly because it's such a personal topic and everyone has... 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