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Maltese visual effects company brings 15th century Florence to life in Rai Uno’s ‘I Medici’
Stargate Studios Malta: tell me about how it all began.The company started as ‘The Bigger Picture’ some 12 years ago, and it was founded by Matthew Pullicino and me as a production company. Over the years we produced high-end television commercials, short films and other audiovisual projects, predominantly for the ...
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Editorial: Malta’s terrible Grigal strikes again
So many things happened yesterday – Italy’s terrible earthquake, a quake near Malta and then an explosion in a Gudja field that echoed the explosion today week when the small plane crashed – that people would be justified to forget Saturday’s awful Grigal.Yesterday’s papers were full of pictures from the ...
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Skorupski heroics sees parent club Roma lose ground on Juve, win for Milan, defeat for Inter
Roma was thwarted time and time again by Empoli goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski, who is on loan from the capital club, as it was held 0-0 on Sunday and failed to keep pace with Serie A leader Juventus.Skorupski flew to fingertip Edin Dzeko's header out from under the crossbar in the ...
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Powerful quake spares lives, but strikes at Italy's identity
The third powerful earthquake to hit Italy in two months spared human life Sunday but struck at the nation's identity, destroying a Benedictine cathedral, a medieval tower and other beloved landmarks that had survived the earlier jolts across a mountainous region of small historic towns.Lost or severely damaged in the ...
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La précarisation des emplois en marche
Au cours de ces dernières années, le taux de chômage a sensiblement baissé pour atteindre aujourd’hui, selon les chiffres officiels, 9,9%. Mais entre le nombre et la qualité de ces emplois, la différence est de taille. La tendance est, en effet, à la précarisation. Il y a certes création d’emplois ...
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Turismo: Consorzio Altamura pronto a investire 200 mln in Calabria
(Teleborsa) - "L'incontro al Ministero per lo Sviluppo Economico con il sottosegretario Antonio Gentile è stato estremamente positivo e gli abbiamo ribadito la nostra intenzione di fare un...
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Editorial: Malta is the only EU country not in the anti-Isis coalition
A full, three-hour long debate in the House on Thursday about the Budget vote for the Foreign Ministry did not tackle, except fleetingly, the elephant in the Chamber: Malta is the only EU country not in the anti-Isis coalition.According to the US State Department, the participants in the coalition are ...
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Israel apologizes after deputy minister ties UNESCO vote to Italy earthquakes
The foreign ministry stated that they were apologizing alongside Kara.
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Acotel perfeziona la cessione di Noverca a Telecom Italia
(Teleborsa) - Acotel ha sottoscritto con Telecom Italia l'atto di cessione dell'intero capitale sociale di Noverca: unico Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator presente oggi nel mercato italiano. ...
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Perché la ripresa in Italia è così lenta?
(Teleborsa) - Nonostante nel 2015 il PIL reale della zona euro sia tornato al livello pre-crisi, risalente al 1° trimestre 2008, il ritardo della ripresa in Italia è evidente: il PIL...
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Piazza Affari maglia rosa in Europa. Cola a picco MPS
(Teleborsa) - Bilancio negativo per i listini azionari europei colpiti oggi da vendite diffuse. In questo panorama depresso spicca, invece, la borsa di Milano che chiude in cima al Vecchio...
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Prestazioni sanitarie, disciplina uniforme e tempi certi in tutta Italia
(Teleborsa) - La Sanità pubblica, inserita anche nella Legge di Bilancio 2017 diventa oggetto di un'interpellanza alla Camera dei Deputati. "Una ricerca del Censis...
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Wardens to employ 'education approach' on smoking ban in cars with children
Wardens will be employing an "education approach" when the new law banning smoking in cars with children as passengers comes into force on 1 January, warden service operator Kenneth De Martino said yesterday.In comments to The Malta Independent, he said enforcement on the ban on smoking in cars with children ...
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Brazil 1970 World Cup captain Carlos Alberto dies after heart attack
Carlos Alberto Torres, the captain of Brazil's World Cup-winning team in 1970 and scorer of one of the sport's most memorable goals, died on Tuesday.He was 72 and died of a heart attack at his home in Rio de Janeiro.A statement on Carlos Alberto's Facebook page confirmed the death."It is in deep sorrow ...
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Manovra, arrivata lettera con rilievi Ue
ROMA L'attesa lettera della Commissione europea sulla manovra è arrivata ieri sera al ministero dell'Economia. Ad annunciarlo è stato direttamente il ministro del'Economia...
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New agreements will see 10,000 Chinese visitors by 2018; 50,000 by 2020
The government has signed agreements with Bank of China and China International Travel Services through which 10,000 Chinese visitors will come to Malta by 2018 and 50,000 by 2020, the prime minister announced in parliament this evening. Dr Muscat was replying to the criticism of the budget made yesterday by Opposition ...
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Unilever, 50 anni di storia italiana nei marchi
Dal dado Knorr che nelle immagini più d'antan richiama un'Italia fatta ancora di casalinghe e contadini, alla rivoluzione dei consumi che ha accompagnato gli anni Sessanta e il boom...
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Infrastrutture, l'Italia è spaccata in due. Allarme sul gap dei trasporti
(Teleborsa) - Un'Italia "spezzata" e "a singhiozzo" per l'accessibilità alle infrastrutture e l'efficienza nei trasporti e nella logistica. Questa la fotografia scattata dal...
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Ban on smoking in cars with kids to carry lowest fines in Europe
The law to be introduced in January, banning smoking in cars with children, will carry the lowest fines in Europe for such an offence, Health Minister Chris Fearne said today.Malta will become the sixth country in Europe to introduce such a ban, and anyone caught smoking in a vehicle carrying ...
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Mediterranean death toll soars, 2016 is deadliest year yet
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Italy, Libya, WorldWith two months of 2016 still to go, at least 3,740 lives have been reported lost – just short of the total 3,771 deaths reported for the whole of 2015, according to UNHCR.This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR ...
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Smoking in cars with children to be banned as of January
Malta’s law against smoking in cars with children will be accompanied by the lowest fines in Europe when it comes into force in January, according to new details announced today. The country will become the sixth in Europe to introduce such a ban, announced in last week’s budget, which will subject ...