Huge tornado sighted near Nadur [14/11/04]

A huge tornado was sighted close to Nadur on Saturday, November 13, at around 1030 CET. Architect Edward Scerri shot the photo shown on the left. There were no reports of injured persons or damage to property. Mark Vella Gera of the Malta Weather Services said the tornado was caused by rather unstable weather which made its way to the central Mediterranean on Saturday morning. The maximum temperature in Nadur at that time was 21.3 degrees Celsius. For full weather reports and forecasts visit www.gozoweather.com. (source: MaltaMedia)

Nadur celebrates St Coronato's feast [14/11/04]

Nadur celebrated its second feast, St Coronato's, on Sunday. Archpriest Saviour Muscat led the High Mass, while Fr Carmel Curmi delivered this year's feast sermon.  All celebrations were aired live on the internet via Radju Luminaria, Nadur's community radio station streaming live all day long. The relics of Roman martyr St Coronato, which were brought over from Rome, are conserved at Nadur's Basilica. Click here for a set of file photos.

Nadur Local Council turns eleven [10/11/04]

The Nadur Local Council will soon be marking its eleventh anniversary. The first Nadur Local Council was set up on November 20th, 1993. Since then Nadur was headed by three different Mayors: Joe Tabone, Eucharist Camilleri and Dr Chris Said. A special week of events to mark the anniversary includes an art and photo exhibition, a public debate, a sports day, a mini-council session, a street party, an outing for the elderly and a special show at the MBC Theatre. The Gieh in-Nadur award will this year be handed to Michael Grima, who donated his maritime museum to Nadur's Parish Church. Visit the regularly-updated Local Council website for further details.

The Naduri who does art with passion [08/11/04]

When you are an artist and have a passion for art flowing through your veins, being self-critical about your work is the only way to improve your art. And if you want to meet a classic example of this adage, all you have to do is meet Fr Charles Vella, a Naduri who lives in St Ursula Street, Valletta. Fr Vella studied art restoration in Italy and restored a number of important paintings found in private collections as well as large works located in churches. But besides being a restorer and an artist, Fr Vella has recently started experimenting with terracotta figures, making pasturi, crib figures, but instead of sticking to the old Maltese traditional style, he began making them in the Neapolitan way, making heads, legs and arms from special clay, hollowing out the clay and then baking them. Click here to read more. (source: The Times of Malta)