Local artists receive European Citizen’s Award for ‘Lockdown Festival’

Feb 22 2021

Local artists Vegard Flatoey, Zoe Camilleri, Niels Plotard and Keith Bonnici organised a successful festival comprised of various performers and artists.

👯‍♀️🔒 Elated to announce that Lockdown Festival, organised in #Malta when the pandemic upended our lives from March…

Posted by European Parliament in Malta / Il-Parlament Ewropew f'Malta on Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Despite the lockdown closing theatres and restricting crowds, the artists overcame the challenges posed to the performance communities in Malta and received a European Citizen’s Award in recognition of their work.

The festival, broadcasted through Facebook from the artists’ homes last March, received an audience of over sixty thousand spectators.

Their work has raised €3,000 and distributed to all those involved, garnered European acclaim and created a network for artists during such turbulent times.

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A possible return for Harry Potter films

Feb 22 2021

Potter fans might be in for a treat as Warner Bros. is negotiating with the original cast members for an as of yet unknown project. The crew has recently brought Fantastic Beasts to the big screen, keeping Hogwarts alive and well, but the future project might take fans on a new adventure.

Of many possible avenues, the most likely would be J.K. Rowling’s play ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ but fans will have to wait to see but in more recent news.

In light of this news, yesterday would have marked the 75th birthday of Severus Snape’s actor Alan Rickman.

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Iconic Ta’ Rita restaurant to be converted into larger guest house

Feb 22 2021

Planning case officer has approved the change of Għar Lapsi restaurant Ta’ Rita into a slightly larger guest house. The Planning Board will confirm decision of 4 March.

The restaurant with historical presence will have a first floor level, an underground parking, hall and marine leisure shop, making it relatively bulkier.

Cultural Heritage objected to the mass increase of the building, but the case officer claims this will be a modernisation of the building which will not affect the environmental and visual aspect of the surroundings.

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193 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 242 recoveries

67 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 323 recoveries

Feb 22 2021

Malta has registered 193 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,782 swab tests, while 242 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Sunday 21st February 2021, 64,419 vaccine doses were administered of which 18,309 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 21,085 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 18,309 have recovered, 305 died and 2,471 are still active.

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