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TRUTH IS OF NO COLOUR WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY • 28 AUGUST 2022 • ISSUE 1191 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday Power's in the union Six months on from the Russian invasion, Putin's war goes off-track PAGES 10-11 A vlogger puts hidden Malta on the map with his online adventures PAGE 8 Urbex glory UKRAINE KURT SANSONE DECORATIVE façade light- ing on public buildings and monuments will be switched off late at night as government moves to contain energy costs, MaltaToday is informed. Also, public sector offices, excluding hospitals, are to keep air conditioning at a min- imum of 24° Celsius in cooling mode, and 21° Celsius or lower in heating mode. The energy saving measures form part of guidelines issued to public sector workers by the Energy Ministry and the Office of the Principal Perma- nent Secretary last week. The move comes in the wake of Europe's energy crisis as a re- sult of the Ukraine war and EU sanctions against Russia. But while European consum- ers are being urged to cut down on consumption by their gov- ernments, in Malta the energy saving measures have so far been limited to the public sec- tor. PAGE 3 Interview with GWU boss Josef Bugeja MT2 INTV 8-9 Facades of public buildings to go dark as energy crisis reality starts to bite MATTHEW VELLA THE Nationalist Party was heading for a real election for its deputy leader back in July, when a party candidate decided she would take up the challenge to run for the coveted post of sec- ond-in-command by Bernard Grech's side. It was former PN councillor for Birkirkara, Josianne Cardona Gatt (pictured) who collected a nomination form from the par- ty's electoral commission to put her name forward for the PN's deputy leadership, heading into an election with Alex Perici Ca- lascione. But the lawyer, a regular elec- tion candidate for the PN, was dissuaded from filing the nom- ination at the eleventh hour, as she entered into the PN head- quarters in Pietà. MaltaToday understands that Cardona Gatt was "spoken to" by a trusted PN employee, who advised her on the sensitivity of the PN's deputy leadership election. Cardona Gatt's interest for the PN role was kept under wraps, after she humbly accepted to park her political ambitions so that Grech could have former 2017 leadership contender Peri- ci Calascione, by his side for the coming years. €1.95 ENERGY SAVINGS Government moves to contain energy costs and reduce air- conditioning as well as heating intensity to save on rising price of gas, with public sector guidelines to 'switch off at night' Energy minister Miriam Dalli (right) with European Commissioner Frans Timmermans, who in summer called for a Europe-wide energy saving campaign PN had second deputy leader contender...