Joseph Gatt The present view of La Borsa in Valletta, Malta, also known as the Exchange Building, presently hosting The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, and which in the 19th century had been home for both the Anglo-Maltese Bank and the Banco di Malta simultaneously. The impressive statue that in the 19th century had adorned the open balcony above the colonnades, is sadly gone.
Joseph Gatt "Luigi Maria Ugolini, the visionary pre-war Italian archaeologist who revolutionised everything we thought we knew about our megalithic culture." That's rather curious – I've never heard of this man. 🙄
Joseph Gatt Chun Wang propjament huwa Ċiniż li sar ċittadin Malti f'Awwissu tal-2023, permezz tal-iskema tal-passaporti tad-deheb. Huwa investitur tal-kripto-munita, u ntraprenditur. Fl-2013, Wang waqqaf, flimkien ma' oħrajn, l-kumpanija F2Pool, waħda mill-ewwel kumpaniji li bdit timmina il-Bitcoin fiċ-Ċina, u waħda mill-akbar fid-dinja.
Din is-sena Wang iffinanzjat privatament il-missjoni spazjali Fram2, li taret permezz tal-vettura spazjali Crew Dragon, ta' Space X. Din kienet l-ewwel titjira tal-bniedem li seħħet f'orbita polari f'rotazzjoni kontrarja għal tad-dinja. Din il-missjoni bdiet fil-31 ta' Marzu (1 ta' April UTC), damet 3.5 ijiem, u spiċċat fl-4 ta’ April 2025 fis-16:19:28 UTC (9:19:28 a.m. PDT, ħin lokali fis-sit tal-inżul), meta l-vettura spazjali Crew Dragon għall-ewwel darba fl-istorja tagħha splaxxjat ġo l-oċejan Paċifiku.
Wang ippjana li l-vjaġġ spazjali jkun l-1,000 titjira personali tiegħu. L-ekwipaġġ (Chun Wang, il-kaptan, flimkien ma' Jannicke Mikkelsen, Rabea Rogge u Eric Philips) wetqu 22 esperiment li jirrigwardaw is-saħħa tal-bniedem u t-teknoloġija tal-esplorazzjoni tal-ispazju, inkluż l-ewwel X-ray fl-ispazju. Kienet ukoll l-ewwel darba li persuni mhux Amerikani pparteċipaw fi titjira spazjali ċivili.
B'hekk Wang kien sar l-ewwel Ä‹ittadin Malti li vvjaÄ¡Ä¡a lejn l-ispazju. Madankollu, l-iskema Maltija tal-passaporti tad-deheb issa Ä¡iet iddikjarata mill-Qorti tal-Ä ustizzja tal-Unjoni Ewropeja bħala illegali (ara https://zafoid.com/post/view/11898). B'hekk irridu naraw jekk Wang ma jibqax Malti, u jekk iÄ‹-cittadinanza Maltija tiegħu qattx kienitx legalment valida.
Timmy Walsh The postcard that convalescent Bob sent to his parents is funny. 😄
Joseph Gatt I wonder in which 18th century parish did Dun Feliċ Demarco minister!
Joseph Gatt At least nobody on the ground was hit when the plane went down.
