June 7, 2022

Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts, and Local Government Owen Bonnici presided over the signing a Memorandum of Understanding between Maltese heritage entities, forming the Malta National Node of European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS). E-RIHS consists of a partnership of 13 countries as founding members, including Malta, and involves over 100 heritage science institutions from all over Europe. The E-RIHS Malta National Node will consist of the Ministry for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government, the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, Heritage Malta, the Restoration Directorate, the National Archives, Malta Libraries, nine University of Malta departments

No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian national champion Kamila Valieva at this year’s Beijing Games. A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday by the International Skating Union in a 110-16 vote that will raise the minimum age to 17 before the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. “This is a very important decision,” ISU president Jan Dijkema said. “I would say a very historic decision.” The limit will be phased in with 15-year-olds continuing to be allowed to compete next

The stars of the new Saudi-funded golf league tried to fend off concerns on Tuesday about human rights abuses and signing up to accept hundreds of millions of dollars, despite the risk of being banned from long-standing events. After announcing he quit the PGA Tour to join the LIV Golf series, Dustin Johnson evaded questioning about the source of the $25 million prize fund for each event flowing from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The first LIV Golf Invitational is taking place outside London from Thursday. Another former major winner — Graeme McDowell — was left at a news conference