The Ninth Edition of The Valletta Baroque Festival is here and happening, despite the extraordinary circumstances that we find ourselves in globally. The original programme for the 2021 edition of the festival was postponed to 2022, opting instead for …
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THE MINISTRY FOR THE NATIONAL HERITAGE, THE ARTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: UNESCO recognises the culinary art and culture of ‘Il-Ftira Maltija’
Malta has the first element inscribed on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This is Il-Ftira: the culinary art and culture of flattened sourdough bread in Malta. The approval for inscription took place du…
Read moreNext Year’s Academy Awards Ceremony May be Postponed Due to Pandemic – Report
Next year’s Academy Awards telecast may be postponed because of the disruption to theatrical releases caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A story published Tuesday in the entertainment magazine Variety quotes an anonymous […]
Read morePRESS RELEASE BY THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIAT FOR AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND ANIMAL RIGHTS Rubble walls are an important element against soil erosion
During the meeting of European Agriculture Ministers in Finland, the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights Clint Camilleri insisted on the importance of sustaining a high level quality of rubble walls in our country in or…
Read moreBotswana Issues Elephant Hunting Licenses, First Since 2014
GABARONE, BOTSWANA – For the first time in five years, elephant hunting will be legal in Botswana, with authorities planning to issue nearly 160 hunting licenses in coming weeks. The southern African country says the elephant population has gotten too…
Read moreBurkina Faso Leader Laments ‘Dark Stain’ After Attack Kills 24 Soldiers
OUAGADOUGOU – Gunmen killed 24 soldiers in an attack on an army unit in Burkina Faso, the deadliest yet in the West African nation’s fight against Islamist militants, which the president on Tuesday called a “dark stain” on the country’s history. Seven …
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