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24 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2019 7 NIGHT NORWEGIAN FJORDS on ms Nieuw Statendam Visiting: Amsterdam – Flam – Scenic Cruising of Sognefjord – Stavanger – Kristiansand – Scenic Cruising of Oslofjord – Oslo – Amsterdam 2019: 5-May, 2-Jun, 28-Jul, 18-Aug Visiting: Amsterdam – Eidfjord & Scenic cruising Hardangerfjord – Bergen – Alesund – Trondheim – Honningsvag & Scenic Cruising North Cape – Hellesylt & Cruising Geirangerfjord – Flam & Scenic cruising Sognefjord – Haugesund – Amsterdam cruising Sognefjord – Haugesund – Amsterdam 14 NIGHT FJORDS & NORTH CAPE on ms Nieuw Statendam 7 NIGHT NORWEGIAN FJORDS on ms Nieuw Statendam Visiting: Amsterdam – Eidfjord – Scenic Cruising of Hardangerfjord– Skjolden/Geiranger – Scenic cruising of Sognefjord/Geirangerfjord – Alesund/Molde – Bergen – Amsterdam Double Inside Cabin from: per person incl. taxes 1,199 E Double Inside Cabin from: per person incl. taxes 1,199 E 2019: 7-Jul Double Inside Cabin from: per person incl. taxes 1,999 E Level 7, Airways House, High Street, Sliema. Tel: 21 222 999. Email: cruise@cruiseandtravel.com.mt Download a brochure at www.cruiseandtravel.com.mt MTA Licence: TRA/M02 Where will you be cruising to next? Visiting: Southampton – Stavanger – Olden & Nordfjord – Hellesylt – Geiranger & Geirangerfjord – Bergen – Southampton 7 NIGHT NORWEGIAN FJORDS on Sapphire Princess 2019: 18-May, 6-Jul, 10-Aug Double Inside Cabin from: 1,143 E per person incl. taxes Visiting: Southampton – Brussels/Bruges (Zeebrugge) – Copenhagen – Skagen – Oslo – Southampton 7 NIGHT SCANDINAVIA on Sapphire Princess 2019: 27-Apr, 29-Jun Double Inside Cabin from: 1,183 E per person incl. taxes 12 NIGHT BRITISH ISLES 2019: 13-May*, 25-May, 6-Jun, 30-Jun*, 24-Jul, 5-Aug*, 10-Sep Double Inside Cabin from: 1,754 E per person incl. taxes Visiting: Southampton – Guernsey - Cork (Cobh) – Dublin – Belfast – Liverpool OR Kirkwall, Orkney Islands* – Glasgow (Greenock) – Invergordon – Edinburgh (South Queensferry) – Paris (Le Havre) – Southampton on Crown Princess 30-Apr 775 E per person incl. taxes Double Outside Cabin from: 2019: Various May to September Double Outside Cabin from: 1,427 E per person incl. taxes 30-Apr Double Outside Cabin from: 9 NIGHT EASTER CRUISE on ms Koningsdam 2019: 20-Apr 2019: 10-May, 19-Jul, 21-Aug Visiting: Civitavecchia (Rome) – Katakolon (Olympia) – Overnight Piraeus (Athens) – Mykonos – Kusadasi – Rhodes – Thira (Santorini) – Naples – Civitavecchia (Rome) 11 NIGHT GREEK ISLES on ms Koningsdam 10 NIGHT WEST MED on ms Koningsdam Visiting: Civitavecchia (Rome) – Dubrovnik – Kotor – Split – Korcula – Kerkira (Corfu) – Catania – Civitavecchia (Rome) Double Inside Cabin from: per person incl. taxes 1,099 E Double Inside Cabin from: per person incl. taxes 1,349 E 2019: 29-Apr, 1-Jun, 10-Aug, 13-Sep Double Inside Cabin from: per person incl. taxes 1,499 E Visiting: Civitavecchia (Rome) – Cartagena – Gibraltar – Malaga – Barcelona – Marseille (Provence) – Monte Carlo – Livorno (Florence/Pisa) – Civitavecchia (Rome) 2019: 26-May, 23-Jun, 21-Jul, 8-Sep Visiting: Rome (Civitavecchia) – Salerno – Kotor, Montenegro – Corfu – Crete (Chania) – Mykonos – Athens (Piraeus) 7 NIGHT EAST MED on Emerald Princess 2019: 15-June, 6-Jul, 27-Jul, 17-Aug, 7-Sep Double Inside Cabin from: 855 E per person incl. taxes Visiting: Southampton – Vigo – Madeira (Funchal) – Santa Cruz De Tenerife – Gran Canaria (Las Palmas) – Lanzarote (Arrecife) – Southampton 11 NIGHT CANARY ISLANDS on Sapphire Princess 2019: 16-Apr, 8-Oct Double Inside Cabin from: 1,291 E per person incl. taxes 11 NIGHT SCANDINAVIA & RUSSIA Visiting: Copenhagen – Stockholm (Nynashamn) – Helsinki – St. Petersburg Overnight – Tallinn – Berlin (Warnemunde) – Oslo – Copenhagen on Regal Princess 2019: 10-May, 21-May, 1-Jun, 12-Jun, 23-Jun, 4-Jul, 15-Jul, 26-Jul, 6-Aug, 17-Aug, 28-Aug Double Inside Cabin from: 1,750 E per person incl. taxes KURT SANSONE IT will only be called a ġbejna if it is made of whole milk from 'Maltese' sheep, a proposal to offer EU pro- tection to the traditional delicacy suggests. The proposal to acquire the EU status of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) for the ġbejna (and its plural ġbejniet) was put for- ward by Xirka Produtturi Nagħaġ u Mogħoż last week. If successful, it will be the first Maltese foodstuff to acquire the prestigious EU mark. Any cheese product can only be called ġbejna if it satisfies set criteria that apply to the raw material and the finished product. Products such as Roquefort cheese from France, Parmigiano Reggiano from Italy and the Greek feta cheese, enjoy PDO status be- cause of the manner by which they are produced and the region where. The Maltese application describes the ġbejna as a fresh cheese pro- duced with "whole raw milk from sheep of the 'Maltese' breed and its crosses with the Friesian breed" that are registered in Malta, Gozo and Comino. The proposal designates three types of ġbejna: the ġbejna friska, which is sold fresh; the ġbejna niex- fa, which is air-dried; the ġbejna tal-bżar, which is pickled and pep- pered. It also details the traditional methods by which the ġbejna is produced and the physical and chemical characteristics of the in- dividual products and the raw ma- terial used. The milk for the ġbejna has to be produced in Malta by a type of Maltese sheep or cross breeds. The proposal even gives a description of the animals. The proposal has been put up for public consultation by the Malta Competition and Consumer Af- fairs Authority and will remain open until 15 April. Gbejna aims for EU protection mark Ġbejna friska: White and glossy, with a fresh and soft core, and its surface takes the shape of the motifs of the mould in which it is processed. It appears as a truncated cone of small dimen- sions… Total protein should range between 15% and 20%, while the total fat should range be- tween 15% and 20%. It should have an acidulous taste typical of sheep milk. Ġbejna niexfa: A firmer consistency and varies in colour from white to off white to very light straw colour; the yellowish taint increases, and the parameters vary, as the drying and storage period increases. It should weigh between 30g to 50g… The total solid content should range be- tween 40% and 56% while total fat should range between 25% and 40%. Ġbejna tal-bżar: Presents itself with a varying amount of fine to rough ground crushed black pepper attached to its surface. It should weigh between 30g to 50g… total solid content should range between 37% and 52% while total fat should range between 25% and 40%. Calling it a gbejna: the characteristics If successful, the gbejna will be the first Maltese foodstuff to acquire the prestigious EU status of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)