Nadur and Valletta to work closer during convention [22/05/05]

Nadur's spontaneous carnival and the Valletta carnival characterised by colourful floats will come together this week for the silver jubilee convention of the Foundation of European Carnival Cities. Nadur and Valletta have co-participated in carnival for many years and will get the opportunity to work even closer together during this nine-day FECC Convention, during which 450 delegates from various European destinations will be experiencing the Nadur Carnival, Valletta Mayor Paul Borg Olivier said. Speaking during a press conference at the Cafe Premier in Valletta on Saturday he also added that the Valletta and Nadur councils would be signing a co-operation agreement ensuring better communication between the city and the village. Nadur Mayor Dr Chris Said explained that it was not easy for Nadur, a town of 5,000 people to take on such a project. He said he is confident that it will be a most successful event. Click here for details.

All set for Nadur to host FECC Convention [17/05/05]

Nadur, this year's World Carnival City, is ready to host the silver jubilee convention of the Federation of European Carnival Cities (FECC). The convention will be held between May 28th and June 5th. The week of events kicks off with Silver - the official FECC Convention Party - at La Grotta Complex in Xlendi. A collective art exhibition to mark the occasion is also being held at the Ministry for Gozo's Exhibition Hall in Victoria. The exhibition will remain open until Wednesday, June 8th. Click here for more.

'Nymphs' serve new wine [14/05/05]

The Marsovin Group has launched the first Gozitan Syrah, called Ulysses in honour of the hero of Greek mythology who symbolised determination, conviction and the will to reach predetermined objectives. The premium wine is a 2004 vintage produced from a yield of 15,224 kilos of handpicked Syrah grapes, harvested in seven selected family vineyards. The majority of the vineyards are found at Ramla Valley, situated between Nadur and Xaghra. They are overlooked by Calypso's Cave, in which the mythological hero was believed to have spent seven years with the nymph Calypso, according to Homer's Odyssey. The first vintage produced just 16,320 bottles.

Young Naduri elected KSU chief [08/05/05]

Naduri Anthony Fisher Camilleri is the new President of the University Students Council (KSU). He will start his one-year term on June 1st. Addressing the press at the council's launch, Anthony Fisher Camilleri said the student organisation has come a long way since 1901. "But this does not mean that its original scope and purpose have been lost in the process. Rather, the former has broadened, as KSU now represents over 9,000 members, while the latter has been strengthened by challenge after challenge."

LC against AFM erecting towers at San Blas [07/05/05]

The Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) has applied to erect a number of communication towers at its base in San Blas, Nadur. The Nadur Local Council believes there is no need for such towers as the apparatus to be placed on these towers can be installed on other already-existing towers in Gozo. In a meeting held this week with San Blas residents, the Nadur Local Council launched a petition to be presented to the relevant authorities. The Local Council will also appoint two experts to conduct a technical report showing that the erection of these towers could be put aside.

Alfred Sant talks of his walk in Nadur [07/05/05]

In his weekly column on The Times on Saturday, Labour leader Alfred Sant talked of a recent walk he enjoyed in a valley in Nadur. "It is breathtakingly beautiful," he wrote. "We walked down to its floor into a big range (by Maltese standards) of citrus orchards, all surrounded by lines of bamboo windbreaks, which somehow reminded me of scenes from Polanski's film classic Chinatown. Scores of trees still carried the lemons of the past season, even as others were bursting into white flower. Two families live here as full time cultivators; beyond the orange and lemon groves, they hold additional swathes of land where they grow vegetables."