timesofmalta.com newsletter - 13 Feb 2017

Copyright © 2017 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Monday, 13 Feb 2017 [Times of Malta]( [Musical Instruments of the Maltese Islands]( National - [One-lane traffic over Wied Għollieq bridge]( Valletta-bound traffic on the Wied Għollieqa bridge, in Kappara will be limited to one lane as from today as work is carried out on underlying structures. Transport Malta said yesterday the new arrangements on part of Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli... - [Academics land in Malta for non-existent conference]( International scientists turned up in Malta for a non-existent conference co-organised by the Civil Liberties Ministry after the event was relocated from Valletta to New York without prior notice. At least 11 foreign academics, from as far afield... - [Nationalist MP Bezzina withdraws ODZ bid after press report]( Opposition MP Toni Bezzina was yesterday forced to withdraw a planning application outside a development zone in Rabat, in the wake of the backlash caused by a story published that same day in Labour’s newspaper Kullħadd. Located a short distance... - [What's on today's newspapers]( These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers. The Times of Malta leads with details about yesterday morning's murder in Marsa, with PN leader Simon Busuttil's calls for a protest in favour of democracy also getting prominence. The... - [Watch: No one-way traffic for this Sunday driver in Attard]( Attard's Triq iż-Å»agħfran has been a one-way road since time immemorial, but one driver this morning either did not know or did not care about the street's traffic rules. In dash cam footage captured this morning and sent to the Times of Malta, a... World news - [Artful students foil theft of Picasso and Rembrandt works]( Three students chased and detained a man who police believe tried to steal five paintings from a Boston art gallery, including etchings by Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt. Boston University student Mackenzie Thompson said she and two other students... - [Stolen Nobel prize replica recovered by Indian police]( Idia's 2014 Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi has expressed his relief and gratitude to police for recovering a replica of his prize medal that was stolen last week from his home in the capital New Delhi. Police confirmed that they had... - [German airport shut after substance found in security check area]( Updated 9.19pm German authorities today briefly closed the airport in the northern city of Hamburg after a discharge of a corrosive substance caused eye irritation and breathing difficulties among 50 people in a security check area, a police... - [White House official attacks court after legal setbacks on immigration]( A White House official has criticised a US court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration as a "judicial usurpation of power" and said the administration is considering a range of options, including a new... - [UN air strikes in Central African Republic kill several - militia]( A top militant and three others were killed in Central African Republic when a UN helicopter fired on fighters advancing towards the town of Bambari, a rebel group said today. The UN's mission known as MINUSCA shot at fighters from the Popular... Opinion - [Hitler did nothing wrong]( This is the sort of statement a moral relativist must accept, which is to say that many so-called progressives (whose foundations are... - [Meaningful political education]( Politics is a thorny subject. In Malta, it undoubtedly un­leashes mixed feelings. Scandal, mudslinging, patronage and intense... - [Tusk to manage Muscat]( Endangered by a degraded society which abandons the person to the stratagems of money spinning, the mind must defend itself at all costs... - [Muscat’s pyrrhic victory]( Francis Fukayama, a political scientist of global influence is comparing Trump’s presidency to an experiment on whether the United States... - [Buying back our freedom]( Make no mistake about it. Resorting for the first time ever to file precautionary warrants on the bank assets of a journalist, when there... Letters - [Imperial Hotel renovation]( Allow me to air my preoccupation on developments happening in our beloved Sliema. I have reservations as to the wisdom of converting the... - [Down the drain]( When the government was asked to provide a list of projects/investments sec-ured through the good offices of Sai Mizzi, the wife of the... - [Shipwreck date]( Fallacies, if repeated often enough, will eventually sound like gospel truth. The question, or analysis, of St Paul’s shipwreck on the... - [Transport Malta please note]( I would like to put two simple questions to Transport Malta. If I am not mistaken, buses are to stop adjacent to pavements at bus stops... - [Amoris Laetitia – the controversy]( Celebrating my 50 years of priesthood, with all the pastoral experience I humbly acquired, I strongly believe that Pope Francis’s... Sport - [Sports round-up]( Tennis: The United States Tennis Association has apologised after a version of Germany’s historic national anthem associated with the... - [Host of 2017 bests and a wedding present at Millrose]( Olympic women’s pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi got back on track, while Rio gold medallist Shaunae Miller celebrated her nuptials... - [Lopez kicks France to win against Scotland]( France relied on the boot of Camille Lopez as they laboured to a 22-16 home win against Scotland in the Six Nations yesterday. Fly-half... - [Local results]( BOV Division Two: Marsaxlokk vs Gudja 1-2; Swieqi vs Mellieħa 4-0; San Ä wann vs Å»abbar 1-0; BirżebbuÄ¡a St Peter’s vs Attard 1-0; MÄ¡arr... - [September and Nico Oland steal the limelight at Marsa]( September and Nico Oland won yesterday’s major events at the Marsa Racetrack, two top races reserved for Premier Class trotters only and... Business News - [­­­Shipping movements]( These ships are expected in Malta: The MV Eurocargo Malta from Genoa to Genoa, the MV Euroferry Malta from Catania to Salerno (both... - [Traditional politics on brink of crisis]( European social democratic and Christian democratic parties in Europe have shaped the way we live today in the decades after World War II. - [Customs barriers threaten end of seamless UK-EU supply chains]( In a small factory in a suburb of Birmingham in central England, family-owned Brandauer manufactures a tiny metal component used in the... - [Switching on positive energy]( Over the years Lidl has adopted a structured and rational approach towards the usage of energy, thus showing a proactive strategy to... - [Banif’s cards go 3D Secure]( Banif has rolled out 3D Secure on all its Visa debit and credit cards. This means that all cardholders will benefit from an additional... Social - [80s night]( A flashdance 1980s night featuring DJ Alex (Reflex) Grech is being held to raise funds for the Sliema Aquatic Sports Club this... - [Leonello Spada’s Historia at the Grand Master’s Palace]( The Department of History of Art within the University of Malta and the History of Art and Fine Arts Student Association are organising a... - [First heritage tour for 2017]( Din l-Art Ħelwa’s first tour for 2017 is taking place on Saturday and will be taking in Għallis Tower at Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq and Wignacourt... - [A new art space in the city]( Inspirasi, a new pop-up gallery in Valletta, is currently hosting a line-up of Indonesian artists, a collaboration between Iniala and... - [Announcements]( AGIUS. On February 12, at Mater Dei Hospital, Rev. Canon MARIO AGIUS of Paola, aged 82, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of... Blogs - [Fake news]( ● Ann Fenech is a snob and does not think pastizzi from Is-Serkin are suitable for prime ministers.● Ann Fenech likes to slum it and... - [Tacit Genocides and the curse of a punitive morality]( While they take delight in using any opportunity to attack each other, our MPs have kept their peace over what is being planned by... - [Right-wingers, grow a pair]( I don't usually resort to this sort of crassness, but the time for kid gloves clearly has gone. Where are your balls? I direct this... - [We’re going to make it after all]( Way back when I was just over a decade old, a woman would walk down the streets of Minneapolis week after week and fling her hat in the air. - [KISSing the Affaire Lowenbrau]( Given the awesome level of prevarication and obfuscation to which Premier Joseph's minions, now including yet another legal luminary in... 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