Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press: The Times says one in 10 children is facing mental problems, according to a survey. The Malta Independent leads with the rescue of 44 migrants, and with the MUT reaction to the draft...
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says one in 10 children is facing mental problems, according to a survey.
The Malta Independent leads with the rescue of 44 migrants, and with the MUT reaction to the draft minimum curriculum.
MaltaToday says the European Union has called for a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil by shipping, particularly in the Arctic. It also says that Transport Malta has borrowed €41 million to compensate bus owners.
In-Nazzjon says the Prime Minister had talks with the Danish PM on the Danish presidency priorities.It also reports how the cruise business achieved record results this year.
l-orizzont says it now appears that the Marsa power station will not be closed until 2013, when the interconnector is due to be commissioned. It also says that Claudio Grech will contest the general election. Grech resigned from his post as Mita chairman. He is expected to contest the first district, which used to be contested by Austin Gatt.
The overseas press:
According to the BBC, the President of the European Council, Herman von Rompuy has said that toughening the rules governing the countries using the single currency could be achieved within existing EU treaties. In a report for the EU summit beginning tomorrow, he offers a fast-track "fiscal compact" that does not need lengthy ratification by parliaments or national referenda. Mr Rompuy suggested this would remove many political complications.
The Times leads with British Prime Minister David Cameron’s warning that he would block plans for a new EU Treaty unless European leaders agreed to a list of British demands. He insisted that if eurozone countries wanted to use the “institutions of Europe” to rescue the single currency, they would have to back a number of “British safeguards” in return.
Kathimerini says the Greek Parliament has approved the 2012 austerity budget designed to tackle the country's huge debts that threaten the entire eurozone. The Bill, which includes further tax rises and spending cuts, passed after police again clashed with protesters in Athens.
Kommersant reports that police in central Moscow have clashed with demonstrators gathered for a second day of protests against alleged vote fraud in Sunday's parliamentary elections, which saw Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia win a majority in parliament despite a significant drop in support. Hundreds were arrested, including Liberal opposition party leader Boris Nemtsov. He was later released without charge.
Declaring the American middle class in jeopardy, President Barack Obama has outlined a populist economic vision that would drive his re-election bid. The New York Times says he insisted the United States must reclaim its standing as a country in which everyone could prosper if provided with "a fair shot and a fair share"
The Obama administration has announced that it would use the supply of aid and diplomacy as tools to improve gay and lesbian rights around the world. Tribune de Genève quotes US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton insisting that gay rights were equivalent to all other basic human rights.
France 24 say dozens of bodies were dumped in the streets of Syria’s third-largest city of Homs at the heart of the country’s nine-month-old uprising. The discovery came as the United States stepped up pressure on the regime of President Bashar Assad to end its crackdown on the anti-government protests. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in Geneva with Syrian opposition figures and Washington said it was sending its ambassador back to Damascus.
Israel’s former president, Moshe Katsav, begins serving a seven-year term for his conviction in a landmark rape case after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction. The Jerusalem Post says 66-year-old Katsav was convicted a year ago of raping a former employee while he was a Cabinet minister and sexually harassing two other women during his presidency from 2000 to 2007. Katsav has repeatedly professed his innocence.
Kabul Times reports Afghan President Hamid Karzai has cut short hi European tour and cancelled talks with UK Prime Minister David Cameron after a series of bombings in the country in the first serious resurgence of sectarian violence in a decade. Some 60 Shiite worshippers were killed by a suicide bomber at a mosque in the city while four more Shiites were killed in a second bombing.
The Independent leads with the news that 43 per cent of cancer cases in Britain could be prevented if people chose healthier lifestyles. The report from Cancer Research UK found that preventable factors such as smoking, alcohol and healthy diets and people being overweight were the cause of 140,000 cases.
Seattle Times reports that US attorney's office is suing chiropractor David Silverstein and his wife Lyudmila Shimonova, accusing them of filing false claims and demanding that the couple pay back more than $135,000 in federal housing assistance since 2003. Prosecutors are also seeking tens of thousands of dollars in fines. Court papers showed the couple live in a $1.2 million waterfront home and have spent the past eight years flying to Moscow, Paris, Israel, Turkey, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. All the while, federal authorities say, the couple was collecting more than $100,000 in welfare.
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times
The Malta Independent
MaltaToday says the European Union has called for a ban on the use of heavy fuel oil by shipping, particularly in the Arctic. It also says that Transport Malta has borrowed €41 million to compensate bus owners.
In-Nazzjon says the Prime Minister had talks with the Danish PM on the Danish presidency priorities.
l-orizzont
The overseas press:
According to the BBC, the President of the European Council, Herman von Rompuy has said that toughening the rules governing the countries using the single currency could be achieved within existing EU treaties. In a report for the EU summit beginning tomorrow, he offers a fast-track "fiscal compact" that does not need lengthy ratification by parliaments or national referenda. Mr Rompuy suggested this would remove many political complications.
The Times leads with British Prime Minister David Cameron’s warning that he would block plans for a new EU Treaty unless European leaders agreed to a list of British demands. He insisted that if eurozone countries wanted to use the “institutions of Europe” to rescue the single currency, they would have to back a number of “British safeguards” in return.
Kathimerini says the Greek Parliament has approved the 2012 austerity budget designed to tackle the country's huge debts that threaten the entire eurozone. The Bill, which includes further tax rises and spending cuts, passed after police again clashed with protesters in Athens.
Kommersant reports that police in central Moscow have clashed with demonstrators gathered for a second day of protests against alleged vote fraud in Sunday's parliamentary elections, which saw Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia win a majority in parliament despite a significant drop in support. Hundreds were arrested, including Liberal opposition party leader Boris Nemtsov. He was later released without charge.
Declaring the American middle class in jeopardy, President Barack Obama has outlined a populist economic vision that would drive his re-election bid. The New York Times says he insisted the United States must reclaim its standing as a country in which everyone could prosper if provided with "a fair shot and a fair share"
The Obama administration has announced that it would use the supply of aid and diplomacy as tools to improve gay and lesbian rights around the world. Tribune de Genève quotes US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton insisting that gay rights were equivalent to all other basic human rights.
France 24 say dozens of bodies were dumped in the streets of Syria’s third-largest city of Homs at the heart of the country’s nine-month-old uprising. The discovery came as the United States stepped up pressure on the regime of President Bashar Assad to end its crackdown on the anti-government protests. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in Geneva with Syrian opposition figures and Washington said it was sending its ambassador back to Damascus.
Israel’s former president, Moshe Katsav, begins serving a seven-year term for his conviction in a landmark rape case after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction. The Jerusalem Post says 66-year-old Katsav was convicted a year ago of raping a former employee while he was a Cabinet minister and sexually harassing two other women during his presidency from 2000 to 2007. Katsav has repeatedly professed his innocence.
Kabul Times reports Afghan President Hamid Karzai has cut short hi European tour and cancelled talks with UK Prime Minister David Cameron after a series of bombings in the country in the first serious resurgence of sectarian violence in a decade. Some 60 Shiite worshippers were killed by a suicide bomber at a mosque in the city while four more Shiites were killed in a second bombing.
The Independent leads with the news that 43 per cent of cancer cases in Britain could be prevented if people chose healthier lifestyles. The report from Cancer Research UK found that preventable factors such as smoking, alcohol and healthy diets and people being overweight were the cause of 140,000 cases.
Seattle Times reports that US attorney's office is suing chiropractor David Silverstein and his wife Lyudmila Shimonova, accusing them of filing false claims and demanding that the couple pay back more than $135,000 in federal housing assistance since 2003. Prosecutors are also seeking tens of thousands of dollars in fines. Court papers showed the couple live in a $1.2 million waterfront home and have spent the past eight years flying to Moscow, Paris, Israel, Turkey, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. All the while, federal authorities say, the couple was collecting more than $100,000 in welfare.