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Many moons ago I was assigned to go and produce a travel feature about an island off Saudi Arabia, which meant a stop in Dubai. It was barely springtime yet but the temperature was already extremely stifling.
“Ah, this is nothing,” our guide told us. “In summer it keeps on soaring… although officially, it never goes beyond 49.9°C,” he said, looking shiftily around him to check if there was anyone who could be a tell-tale government aide.
Then he whispered: “The law states that if the temperature exceeds 50°C workers can stop,” wink, wink. Coincidentally, the temperature there never exceeds 50°C.
Michael Galea takes a look at life in Malta in 1892, as narrated by German teachers in a book published almost 130 years ago.
Front piece of Julius Rodenberg’s book Eine (Fruehlingsfahrt nach Malta mit Ausfluegen in Sicilien), published in Berlin in 1893.
Julius Rodenberg, together with Justine and Alice Rodenberg, set forth on a trip to Malta in the late 1890s. They sailed with the Italian steam ship Asia (Capt. G. B. Ruffo) from Genoa.
Julius described the highlights of that journey in a book entitled Eine Fruehlingsfahrt nach Malta mit Ausfluegen in Sicilien (A trip to Malta in spring with excursions in Sicily), which was published in Berlin in 1893.
Calamatta Cuschieri has announced the promotion of Stephen Borg to the role of Head of Private Clients. Borg shall be responsible for developing and nurturing the relationship with high-net-worth individuals and corporate clients in relation to their discretionary portfolios held with the company.
This is a new position within Calamatta Cuschieri, reflecting the company s strategic focus in continuing to build on the growth registered in this segment over the past few years.
Michael Galea, Chief Operating Officer of Calamatta Cuschieri said: “It is no secret that demand for discretionary portfolio management services is on the increase as investors seek to benefit from the value added that investment managers can bring to investors portfolios.
CareMalta has officially opened its library at Villa Messina in Rabat – as part of a joint initiative with Malta Libraries – in time to coincide wit