timesofmalta.com newsletter - 20 Aug 2017

Copyright © 2017 timesofmalta.com Newsletter for Sunday, 20 Aug 2017 [Times of Malta]( [Times of Malta]( National - ['We want to have nothing to do with racist organisations,' Muscat says]( Prime Minister Joseph Muscat insisted this morning that Malta does not want to be associated in any way with organisations that are using immigration to further their racist agenda. Dr Muscat was referring to the government’s decision to ban entry... - [Today's front pages]( The following are the top stories in Malta’s newspapers today. The Sunday Times of Malta says the few Nationalist MPs who have declared their preferences are evenly split between party leadership candidates Chris Said and Adrian Delia, but there... - [Judge was annoyed by ‘attack’ on his impartiality]( A judge facing a challenge in a Panama Papers appeal expressed his annoyance at what he termed as an attack on his impartiality. Judge Antonio Mizzi was this week formally asked by the Opposition leader to recuse himself from a hearing to... - [Motorcyclist grievously injured in Qala crash]( A 52-year-old motorcyclist from Qala was grievously injured last night when he lost control of his Honda and fell off. The police said the incident happened at about 12.30am in Qala Road. Investigations are under way. - [Plans for Malta’s first Russian Orthodox church]( The Russian Orthodox community in Malta has applied to build a church, the first of its kind on the island, in Kappara, but will be facing opposition from local residents. The St Paul the Apostle Parish of the Russian Orthodox Church, a community... World news - [Death toll rises to 23 in massive India train collision](  Rescuers worked into the night searching for survivors after a passenger train derailed in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 23 people and injuring several others, officials said. At least eight carriages derailed in the... - [Police in Spain still looking for van attack driver]( Police in Spain are still searching for the driver of a van that killed 13 people when it ploughed into a crowd in Barcelona . They are also trying to determine whether two other suspected Islamist militants linked to the attack have died or are... - [Thousands march in Boston to protest hate speech]( Updated 9.40pm Thousands of people took to the streets of Boston today to protest hate speech a week after a woman was killed at a Virginia white-supremacist demonstration, and their shouts drowned out the "Free Speech" rally that sparked their... - [Finland knife attack suspect targeted women, police say]( Updated 7.15pm Finnish police said today that a man suspected of knife attacks that killed two people in the city of Turku appeared to have specifically targeted women. The 18-year-old Morcaan suspect arrested after being shot in the leg by... - [Many stabbed in Russian city, police shoot man dead]( Updated 4.50pm From seven to eight people were wounded in a knife attack in the Russian Siberian city of Surgut, local criminal investigators said today, adding that the attacker had been shot dead by police. The militant Islamic State group,... Opinion - [Eco-Comino rather than banker’s paradise]( Wayne Flask could not have nailed it better in his ex­cel­lent reply (‘A mastershaft for Comi­no’, August 16) to Antoine Attard’s... - [Imitation as flattery]( The Labour Party’s silence in the face of the Nationa­list Party’s leadership campaign gives the false impression that it is staying... - [Marooned in a hot town]( Right up to the feast of San Lawrenz we roasted like martyrs until the northwest wind brought relief. It was in a different city when... - [Epidemic of proportions]( Have you calculated your Body Mass Index (BMI) recently? I just did – there are BMI calculators online; BMI is what determines whether... - [Torpedoed by ashlar blocks]( The Planning Authority has just approved the development of a showroom, flats and garages (what else?) in a place aptly known as... Letters - [Undue delay in luggage delivery]( It is simply unacceptable that passengers travelling on Ryanair flight FR 3874 from Treviso last Tuesday had to wait an hour and a half... - [Pigeon problem]( Joe Grech of Santa Venera writes (August 13) in response to my article on the impact of pigeon droppings on the health of vulnerable... - [Protecting our precious treesÂ]( The appearance of a barricade of concrete blocks alongside a row of mature trees on the Pietà seafront led many people to think that the... - [Animals better off than humans]( What a noble idea it was to build shelters outside Mdina and in Valletta for those horses who work so hard for their masters and to serve... - [MPs’ loyalty to party, country]( I refer to the news item entitled ‘MP: Prima donnas hijacked PN’, (The Sunday Times of Malta, August 6) where apart from saying that... Sport - [Watch: Kyrgios to face Dimitrov in Cincinnati final]( Nick Kyrgios will face Grigor Dimitrov in the final of Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati after winning a hard-fought semi-final... - [Valletta make Mosta pay penalty]( VALLETTA 1Pani 45pen. MOSTA 0 Valletta got their Premier League campaign off to a winning start with a hard-earned victory over Mosta. A... - [Live: Football transfer news and rumours]( Welcome back for a whole new week of transfer news and coverage from the best leagues across Europe. 10.11pm That's it for today! Thank... - [Balzan off to a winning start]( BALZAN 2Kaljevic 42, Ljubomirac 58NAXXAR LIONS 0 Balzan got off to the perfect start thanks to two goals either side of half-time. The... - [Farrugia on the scoresheet as Chiasso wins]( Malta international forward Jean Paul Farrugia has grabbed the headlines once again as he helped FC Chiasso to earn a well-deserved 3-0... Business News - [10th branch for Atlas]( Atlas Insurance PCC Ltd has opened its 10th branch in Vjal il-Ħelsien, Å»ebbuÄ¡. Situated in one of the village’s main thoroughfares, the... - [New relaxation room for bank employees]( For a contact centre receiving over a million in-bound calls each year, the HSBC UK Contact Centre Malta (UKCC) has unveiled a dedicated... - [Social impact awards management, Takeoff join forces]( The second edition of the social impact awards will take place in November. This initiative aims to bring the private and not-for-profit... - [New appointment]( Michaela Tabone (pictured), a veteran in the letting industry, has been appointed regional assistant manager at Remax Malta’s lettings... - [Azure Watch project]( Spazju Kreattiv and Giuseppe Fanizza are inviting all Gozitans, artists and activists to engage in Azure Watch, a project to build and... Social - [Pharmacies open today]( Empire Pharmacy, 46, Melita Street, Valletta (2122 5785);Lister Pharmacy, 678, St Joseph High Road, Ħamrun (2124 5627);Evans Pharmacy,... - [The President’s engagements]( 7.30am The President meets Qormi mayor Jesmond Aquilina at San Anton Palace, Attard. 9am The President receives US Senator Rand Paul on a... - [Announcements]( MERCIECA. On August 19, at Mater Dei Hospital, ANTON, aged 88, a beloved husband and father, passed peacefully away comforted by the... - [Maltese Cross Corps delegation in Paderborn]( A delegation from the Maltese Cross Corps recently attended the Libori Fest held in Paderborn, Germany. The delegation, made up of... - [Second annual Malta Film Festival]( The second Malta Film Festival will be showcasing incredible talent from all areas of global filmmaking in a beautiful and vibrant... Blogs - [Whose public morals?]( Let me put it this way: could someone who understands the law and court sentencing explain to me why would a man who is found guilty of... - [We refuse to be part of the freak show]( Like other news organisations, we were sent the video of what looks like a severely disturbed woman jumping naked into a rubbish truck... - [Do you suffer from Trumpitis?]( I can’t deny that I am in rather a deranged state when I wake up in the middle of the night. Whether I break out in a sweat during a... - [When clicks are the most important thing]( The news cycle in Malta is a strange thing and when I say strange I really mean shameful. Same goes for the comments posted on social... - [Rewarding sexual predators]( I’m fed up of having to write these posts, seriously. Then again, the alternative is to just accept everything without a whisper,... 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