WATCH: TikTok shows entire process of creating ground fireworks

Aug 24 2022

A TikTok video shows the entire process, and immense work that goes into building and finally lighting up ground fireworks.

Known as ‘giggifogu’ in Maltese, the land based pyrotechnics take a very long and arduous determination by all the professionals involved. The video shows the initial digital version of the construct being designed.

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It is later assembled on roofs of the expert builders to be later taken to the fields to amaze loves of Maltese feasts and tradition with the spectacle.

Malta is very much known for its firework displays, a major feature of the summer village feasts which occur on a yearly basis. What many may not see is the hard work which goes into creating them for all to bask at.

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Person reportedly run over by bus in Mriehel bypass

Person reportedly run over in Mriehel bypass

Aug 24 2022

A person has been reportedly been run over in the Mriehel bypass by a Tallinja bus. Traffic is currently being redirected as police and Transport Malta officials convene on site.

It is currently unknown what the status of the victim is and how the incident occurred. Drivers are being encouraged to avoid the area for the time being.

More information as it emerges.

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WATCH: Massive cloud of smoke as fire breaks out in Mriehel

Aug 24 2022

A thick black plume of smoke has emerged in Mrieħel as what seems to be a fire broke out in a building in one of Malta’s central industrial areas.

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It is unclear what caused the fire and whether or not anyone was injured. More on this story as it develops.

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Price of interconnector energy increases by 500% since 2020

Aug 24 2022

The price of interconnector energy has increased by nearly 500% since 2020. The massive increase is due to the multiple global crises that the world has seen since 2020, whether it be the covid-19 pandemic or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that has ultimately affected all of Europe in one way or another.

According to a map of EU energy purchases published this week, Malta paid around €591 per megawatt for power from the European grid on Monday.

By comparison, before 2020 Malta used to pay around €100 per megawatt for power from the interconnector.

The prices will reportedly increase even more in the coming years. They will increase to approximately €700 per megawatt, according to industry experts.

Even though a severe rise in cost in energy for households and businesses has been a common occurrence around the EU, prices in Malta have not changed a lot. Enemalta are still selling energy to consumers at 2014 prices albeit the rise in cost.

Last April the government committed €200 million to protect consumers from rising energy prices. They did not confirm how long this money would cover the costs.

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