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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 26 JUNE 2022 9 ALMANAC Nature Notebook 820. Collared Dove The list of birds that nest in Malta is embarrassingly short. Well, little wonder: a tiny arid spot of land, a sea of noisy people steadi- ly burying every scrap of countryside under concrete and tarmac, and ten thousand trigger-happy heroes. Not exactly bird paradise. So it's understandable that nature lovers celebrate a success story. One such story is the collared dove (M. gamiema tal-kullar), a species that just 20 years ago was a rarity here. But in 2003 a pair nested in Mellieħa and a small colony established itself there for a few years, then cautiously spread to other parts of the country. Here's hoping that the slender pink-grey dove with the red eye and lovely triple-note cooing is here to stay. Come join the weekly YEAH! Youth Hub and meet some fellow youth On Thursday, we will be having our YEAH Youth Hub Barbecue again! Do you want to hang out with other youngsters, chill, eat and learn more about this month's theme? Then swing by our place in Floriana on the 30th of June from 17:00-20:00 and let's have fun together! You can register through this link: https://foe- malta.org/yeahevent We look forward to seeing you this Thursday! Organised together with Generation Change - The YEAH Youth Hub benefits from a grant under the Active Citizens Fund from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, through the EEA Grants Victor Falzon, Aron Tanti www.birdlifemalta.org Green idea of the week 707: To sign up for the Youth Hub, follow this link https://foemalta.org/yeahevent Visit Friends of the Earth's website for more information about our work, as well as information about how to join us. You can also support us by sending us a donation – www.foemalta.org/donate Don't miss this Malta International Music Festival Running until: 14 July Place: Around Malta The European Foundation for Support of Culture (EUFSC) is presenting its annual Malta International Music Festival (MIMF), a celebration of world-class classical music performance taking place in a selection of prestigious venues in the Maltese archipelago, and featuring appearances by some of the most renowned soloists in the world today. The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra will serve as the event's resident orchestra, with the festival also inviting numerous other international orchestras to perform. Give nature a voice. Become a BirdLife member Malta International Food Festival Start date: 13 July Place: Around Valletta The Malta International Food Festival is a free street food festival with a focus on inclusivity, hosting a culinary of delicacies from all over the world during Malta's most popular food festival. Same place, different tastes. Taste the authentic Asian cuisines, the fresh Mediterranean delights, best of Europe and genuine Gozitan delicacies. Your perfect night to discover new tastes, brewery stands and special wines for a tasting experience, all rhythmed by a special set of live musicians right beneath the majestic Xewkija Parish church. Dessert lovers will also not be disappointed with an overwhelming choice of sweets and home-made ice creams, to name just a few, they are spoilt for choice. A GOOD WEEK Good Week/Bad Week A BAD WEEK Ed Sheeran and his Shape Of You co-songwriters have been awarded more than £900,000 in legal fees after winning their copyright trial over "baseless" claims about the hit earlier this year. They had been accused of plagiarising part of a track called Oh Why by Sami Chokri, a grime artist who performs as Sami Switch Elon Musk is being sued for $258bn (£209bn) over accusations he ran a pyramid scheme to promote a cryptocurrency called Dogecoin. In a little over four months, Dogecoin rallied from $0.004 to $0.73 - a gain of more than 18,000%. The world's richest man is accused of "promoting Dogecoin to profit from its trading" Legal proceedings were initially launched by Sheeran, his co- authors and their music companies in May 2018 Musk regularly tweeted about DOGE during this period, and on the day the coin began to fall, he described it as a "hustle"