After historic national victory, Malta’s football team looks to away match against Slovenia

After historic national victory Malta's football looks to away match against Slovenia

Sep 2 2021

Malta’s national football team ended last night’s match on a high with a momentous 3-0 victory over Cyprus within the World Cup qualification group H.

Malta 3-0 Cyprus.

✅ First ever World Cup qualifier win on home soil.
✅ 1 point away from the record of 5 points in a qualification round for a major tournament.
✅ Devis Mangia's 9th positive result in 14 matches.

Dare to dream against Slovenia.@MaltaFA1900 @FIFAWorldCup

— Gianluca Lia (@gianlia96) September 1, 2021

With two earth-shattering goals from Cain Attard and another magnificent goal from Joseph Mbong, Malta managed to win its first-ever World Cup qualifier win. Sports journalist Gianuca Lia went on to highlight that Malta is now ‘1 point away from the record of 5 points in a qualification round for a major tournament’.

Malta is currently tied with Russia for most goals in Group H as the nation expressed its pride towards the national team as they head into their away game against Slovenia on Saturday.

♥️ A BIG THANK YOU goes to @south_end_core 💪👏 THANKS for the coreography and the CONSTANT cheering 👐✔️ THANKS for…

Posted by Malta Football Association – 1900 on Wednesday, 1 September 2021

The Malta Football Association went on to thank Malta’s very own South End Core for their choreography and constant cheering, marking the first time that fans returned to Ta’ Qali Stadium since the beginning of the pandemic.

National football team coach Devis Mangia’s approach and dedication, together with having Maltese fans return to the ground for the first-time since the beginning of the pandemic, created a recipe for success for the national team.

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Election will be dictated by national interest says Prime Minister

Despite being pressed for an answer, the prime minister remained mum on the information as rumours have made rounds that one as early as November might be called.

Sep 1 2021

Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, Prime Minister Robert Abela was asked multiple times whether an early election will be called. Despite being pressed for an answer, the prime minister remained mum on the information as rumours have made rounds that one as early as November might be called.

Abela pointed out that were he to act according to the spreading rumours, an early election would have been called months ago. Instead, the government was said to be all hands on deck on creating the budget for next year. Abela said he is determined for that budget to be announced and implemented.

He also pointed out, after being asked yet again, that the date of the election will be revealed when the national interest dictates. The budget will be presented in parliament on the 11th of October and the debates and approval could take at least two weeks since its presentation.

The latest that a general election can be held is September of 2022, but the Prime Minister can call an election at any point in time beforehand. The shortest period between an election and its announcement being 33 days, any election this year would have to be held in December’s first weekend.

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Photo Source: Pressconnects, Robert Abela FB

Here’s how Kanye West’s new album connects to Malta

Sep 1 2021

Kanye West has made a massive hit with his latest album release ‘DONDA’. The highly anticipated album was released last Sunday and runs for nearly two whole hours. However, the super-star rapper happened to sale a popular YouTube meme which acquired millions of views three years ago called ‘Globglogabgalab’. West’s meme sample was particularly special as it was a mash-up remix created by Grandayy, a Maltese YouTuber who boasts millions of subscribers.

fun fact: the globgogabgalab sample at the end of remote control on donda is actually specifically from a grandayy mashup of globgogabgalab and gucci gang that’s just been thrown through an AI stem splitter. you can tell because you can hear the lil pump track’s drums as well lol

— elle  (@KrashHash) August 29, 2021

Grandayy shared the Twitter post which pointed this out, stating that it’s ‘time to sue Kanye West.’ Grandayy’s edit has amassed well over 45 million views and its absolutely bizarre to think of a Maltese meme rising up to such worldwide fame that Kanye West himself sampled it. DONDA was streamed over 60 million times in the US in the first full day of release, with West being the usual controversial figure he is known to be.

Time to sue Kanye West https://t.co/g9kNMi5O5a

— Dr Grandayy (@grandayy) August 29, 2021

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Photo Source: BBC, @grandayy Twitter

Paris sets 30 kph speed limit in bid to reduce pollution

Sep 1 2021

Authorities in the French capital Paris are forcing drivers to slow down whilst driving as they set a speed limit on almost all of the city’s roads at 30 kilometres per hour. This was done in a bid to reduce pollution but questions were immediately raised as to whether this will work. Some critics actually point out that it will worsen the city’s rush hour traffic jams and thus increase greenhouse gas emissions.

Authorities are also getting rid of 60,000 of Paris’ 144,000 parking spaces on public roads to ‘make them more accessible to everyone’ but also dissuade drivers from taking vehicles into the city. With sidewalks being widened and cycle lans to be installed, 59% of the city’s resident were in favour of the new limit which are into effect on Monday.

Opposition to the limit was however much higher in the wider Île-de-France region at 61%. Delivery drivers were most annoyed with the limit, as time was of the essence for them and thus a 30kph limit affects their work directly. Parisian Deputy Mayor David Belliard told BFMTV that the hope for the limit was to put more people off driving altogether and encourage more walking, public transport and bike usage.

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Photo Source: Tip Savvvy, CNN