Quail spring hunting season begins next Monday

Apr 6 2023

The Gozo Ministry has announced that the spring hunting season for quail will open next Monday 10th April.

A national quota has been set at 2,400 quails, with no individual quotas for hunters. Hunters will still have to immediately report every single quail killed as well as their hunting effort and will be allowed from two hours before sunrise until noon.

This comes after the government had a request for a prohibitory injunction in Court against it by BirdLife Malta. This was to prevent it from issuing the legal notice on hunting turtle doves, but, on Thursday, the government filed a reply to the warrant.

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University quadrangle comes to life during the annual KSU-PwC Malta Careers Expo

Apr 6 2023

As the University of Malta quadrangle was transformed to host several businesses at the annual KSU-PwC Malta Careers Expo, students had the possibility to visit each stand and have one-on-one chats with possible future employers.

PwC was also advising students on how to kickstart their careers whilst presenting a variety of opportunities available to students in Accounting, STEM, Commerce and Law.

Students had the opportunity to book interviews and get briefed on PwC’s various programmes, offering work exposure across the different teams in the firm. Such efforts ultimately contribute towards students’ studies, work lives and aspirations, offering career growth whilst aiding in creating in valuable experience.

If you’re a student and did not yet have to explore opportunities with PwC Malta, visit pwc.com/mt/careers to find out more.

Send this to a student who is searching for their dream job!

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FKNK appeals BirdLife Malta’s injunction on turtle dove spring hunt

Apr 6 2023

The Maltese Federation for Hunting and Conservation has filed an appeal against the recent prohibitory injunction by BirdLife Malta so as not to allow turtle dove hunting this spring.

The appeal presented by FKNK requests that the group be authorised to participate and/or be allowed to make submissions in the injunction mandate procedures which was brought against the government by BirdLife Malta on April 3rd 2023.

The FKNK ‘respectfully request’ that, due to it being Holy Week, the court authorise the opening of the court registry after legal hours so that the appeal could be presented.

BirdLife Malta filed a request for a prohibitory injunction in court agains Malta’s government to stop it from issuing the legal notice to open up the spring hunting season for turtle doves.

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Private jets might no longer land in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport

Apr 6 2023

Private jet owners might no longer be able to land in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, thanks to a new procedure aiming to outlaw the private aircrafts by 2025.

The airport, known for being notoriously busy, has suggested a series of measures which aim to reduce air traffic and create a ‘quieter, cleaner and better’ system.

The proposals the airport hopes to implement will come into effect by not later than 2025-26, and would see private jets no longer welcome at Schiphol.

The airport would also like to have no aircraft landing between midnight and 5am local time or taking off between midnight and 6am local time. This comes with the complete scrapping of plans for a new runway.

The targeting of private jets comes due to the aircraft causing a disproportionate amount of noise pollution and CO2 emissions per passenger. It was found that private jets produce up to 14 times more pollutants than commercial plans and 50 times more than trains.

These private jets are often heading towards vacation hot spots like Ibiza in Spain, Cannes in France, or Innsbruck when they leave Schiphol.

“Sufficient scheduled services are available to the most popular destinations flown to by private jets,” says Schiphol Airport in a statement.

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