Mużika Mużika is back with a BANG & here’s what you should expect

Apr 6 2022

After what has been a super busy few months and endless anticipation from the festival’s fanbase, Mużika Mużika – Festival Kanzunetta Maltija is finally back between the 21st and 23rd of April and we cannot wait.

The prestigious music festival, produced by Festivals Malta, brings together different genres of Maltese music in an annual competition and became a household name in the local music scene from the very first edition.

Celebrating local music, artists and Maltese language, the festival lends prestige to the country’s linguistic, cultural and artistic heritage and is home to local hits like Glen Vella’s Ħarsa Biss, AIDAN’s Naħseb Fik, Raquel Briffa Galdes’ Vizzju and many more from the past edition.

The festival will be held across three nights: The semifinal will be held on 21 April 2022 and the 21 contestants will compete against each other to secure themselves a spot in the final. The ever-iconic Classics Night will be held on 22nd April and will feature a selection of classic Maltese songs performed as a duet between the contestants and guest singers, with the finalists announced at the end of the show. Finally, the Final show will be held on 23rd April, where 12 contestants will compete against each other for the coveted first place spot.

The second edition of Mużika Mużika is reported to have some big surprises, with a spectacular stage built especially for this edition “which will cater for both the orchestra and the participants while incorporating the recognisable Muzika Muzika Icon.”

Presenting the show will be beloved local media personalities Keith Demicoli, Clare Agius and Moira Delia, with Festivals Malta to reveal more surprises in the coming weeks.

This year, the festival will be televised, on TVM and will also include a live audience. Tickets are selling fast and are available here.

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FC Barcelona players travel with Air Malta to Frankfurt

Apr 6 2022

Players and staff members of FC Barcelona chose to travel to Frankfurt, Germany with Malta’s very own national airline AirMalta.

The team will be playing against Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. tomorrow as part of the first leg of Europa League quarter finals.

Footage by FC Barcelona shows the players and staff exiting the plane bearing the AirMalta logo.

The plane was decorated with the team’s logo on the headrest of the seats, welcoming the world renowned players, ensuring they arrived safely at their destination.

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Meta employees have nicknamed Mark Zuckerberg ‘Eye of Sauron’

Apr 6 2022

Facebook and META CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that his employees have ‘lovingly’ nicknamed him the Eye of Sauron. Workplace nicknames are very common, but the one given to the tech billionaire has raised some eyebrows… or maybe, one giant flaming eyebrow.

Essentially, Zuckerberg is being compared to the biggest villain in The Lord of the Rings, but the CEO said that the nickname was a term of endearment. ‘Some of the folks I work with at the company – they say this lovingly – but I think they sometimes refer to my attention as the Eye of Sauron’ he said on The Tim Ferris Show.

It essentially has something to do with his attention, as the employees describe Zuckerberg having an unlimited amount of energy which he directs at groups and projects.

The CEO doesn’t seem to mind the comparison to the symbol of the literal dark lord himself. Zuckerberg admitted he doesn’t know how to chill out at work, which makes sense considering the massive business he runs. Zuckerberg does run quite an empire, albeit not a fiery Mordor filled with orcs. He is currently the 15th richest man in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $67.3 billion.

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New sanctions by EU to hit Russia’s coal imports and transport

Apr 6 2022

EU members will be discussing on Wednesday a new batch of proposed bans on Russian coal imports as well as the cutting off of transport links.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen proposed closing off all EU ports to Russian vessels and banning Russian, as well as Belarusian, road transport operators.

The new sanctions will be discussed on Wednesday, with Von der Leyen describing the bans as placing drastic limits for the Russian industry.

The coal import ban is one of the more significant sanctions due to Russia supplying about 70% of thermal coal to the EU last year. The US is also expected to announce its own set of bans on new investment in Russia, as well as on financial institutions, state-owned enterprises and government officials.

This follows calls by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Russian leaders to be brought to justice for committing war crimes, particularly in Bucha and Mariupol.

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