Times Of Malta
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:15:00 +0100Msida flyovers project sparks concern over sustainability
A group of NGOs concerned about the sustainability of the Msida Creek project are calling for increased recreational space and facilities for cyclists and pedestrians.
The project, first announced in 2019, would see roads agency Inf...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:44:00 +0100Malta Tenpin Bowling legend Roy Swift dies, aged 86
The Malta Tenpin Bowling Association lost one of its oldest members following the death of Roy Swift, aged 86.
Swift was one of the legends in the game of tenpin bowling in Malta and started his passion for the sport in the sixties a...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:07:00 +0100Serena, Osaka off to flying starts as delayed Australian Open begins
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka wasted little time in breezing into the second round as the Australian Open began on Monday, three weeks later than originally scheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan’s Osaka, the third ...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:00:00 +0100Changing the tune: Serbian artist turns weapons into instruments
Every week, Serbian sculptor Nikola Macura wanders through a messy military junkyard in search of sounds.
Picking through discarded rifles, helmets and missiles, he taps, blows and raps his knuckles on the decommissioned weapons to f...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:54:00 +0100BOV Żejtun branch temporarily closed after staff member tests positive for COVID
Bank of Valletta's Żejtun branch will be temporarily closed after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
The bank said on Monday that the health authorities will contact those who might have been exposed.
Before visiting a ...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:27:00 +0100Life cycle retirement planning
One thing retirement is no longer about is age. Not anymore. Today there are new pension freedoms that provide more flexibility when one comes to deciding when and how to retire. But to get there in good financial shape takes some pl...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:26:00 +0100What happened on... February 8
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Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:24:00 +0100Brady’s magnificent seven as Bucs upset Chiefs in Super Bowl
Tom Brady sealed his place in the pantheon of America’s greatest sporting icons on Sunday, winning a record seventh Super Bowl as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers routed the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9.
The 43-year-old Brady - who became the o...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:14:00 +0100Today's front pages - February 8, 2021
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday.
Times of Malta reports that an internal Enemalta audit into the Montenegro wind farm scandal has found due diligence omissions and a lack of professional scepticism ...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:46:00 +0100Ageism: the forgotten discrimination - John Cassar White
Business and political leaders are becoming increasingly sensitive to some forms of discrimination. Modern societies rightly expect that equality in all spheres of life needs to be a reality and not just an aspiration or a political ...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:46:00 +0100Dozens of Paris protesters 'arbitrarily detained' - Amnesty International
A slate of detentions carried out on December 12 during a Paris protest by tens of thousands of people against France's controversial security bill were "arbitrary", Amnesty International France said on Monday.
Out of 142 people who ...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:45:00 +0100Ducati Monster hits 350,000 production milestone
Ducati’s famous Monster hit a production milestone today as the 350,000th example was delivered to its owner.
The Monster is the biggest selling Ducati of all time and is also the firm’s longest serving motorcycle in the range....
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:30:00 +0100Agricultural land being killed off to highest bidder, farmers call for price cap
Farmers are calling on the government to enforce a capping on prices of agricultural land, as budding growers are finding it impossible to acquire their own fields to till.
With one tumolo of land going for at least €40,000, and an...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:27:00 +0100Celebrating the Chinese New Year
Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta is showing a series of films this week to mark the Chinese New Year.
The first film being shown is Fist of Legend, which follows a Chinese martial arts student (Jet Li) who returns to Shanghai in 1937 to f...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:17:00 +0100Landlords’ rights, tenants’ distress
Most political administrations like to avoid handling the proverbial hot potatoes, hoping that they either cool down over time or that a future administration would have to deal with them instead.
One of the slow-burning issues whi...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:05:00 +0100Let’s shine a light on epilepsy – Janet Mifsud
What connects this diverse group of persons: Julius Caesar, Fyodor Dostoevsky, the singer Prince, Susan Boyle and US Chief Justice John Roberts? They have all experienced one of the most misunderstood, maligned and stigmatising medic...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:01:00 +0100This is why we are leaving Malta for the UK - nurses blame Identity Malta delays
Updated 9.30am with Identity Malta's reaction
Maxson Jose Joseph will celebrate his first birthday next week but he never met his three-year-old sister Miya. Their parents, Indian nurses working in Malta, could not travel to India to...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 06:52:00 +0100Your vote drives change - Graham Bencini
We need to work together to press the restart button for a fresh perspective of politics and the political decisions that are being made today, which are shaping our future and that of our children. It is with this intent that I have...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 06:34:00 +0100Announcements - February 8, 2021
Obituaries
RIZZO. VICTOR who passed away on February 7. He leaves to mourn his beloved wife Elsa née Gingell, his daughter Pamela and her husband Jan Hallén, his son Aaron and his partner Juan Carlos. He will also be mourned by his...
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 06:30:00 +0100Free online courses on how to write proposals for EU funding programmes
Following the instructions and guidelines that are available for each call for EU funds is a guaranteed way of producing a correctly written and structured proposal. However, when it comes to putting pen to paper, things can sometime...