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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 11 MARCH 2015 2 News Two Virtù Ferries tickets to be won with our photo competition! Two Virtù Ferries tickets to be won with our photo competition! This weeks winner is Stephanie Deguara from Gharghur with her photograph of an open air barbers with the magical backdrop of dreamy Hampi, India 2015. WILL YOU BE OUR NEXT WINNER? This week's theme: Travel SEND US PHOTOS FROM YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY SEND US PHOTOS FROM YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY MaltaToday and Virtù Ferries have teamed up to take one lucky winner and a companion every week to Sicily, with two tickets to be won every week in our photography competition. Already been on holiday? Good: we're sending you back if your best photograph from your holidays and travels makes the cut. That's right: send us a good quality image of your holidays and we'll send the best one to the gateway of Italy with Virtù Ferries. Themes may change from one week to the other Malta - Sicily Express Ferries For more information visit www.virtuferries.com or contact by telephone 23491000 RULES OF THE COMPETITION Photos should be a hi-res image (one per individual entry) with a sentence or two about what inspired you to take your photo. Entrants are kindly reminded not to send in personal family pictures that might be unrelated to theme subjects unless expressly requested. Send the photo via email on info@mediatoday.com.mt [SUBJECT HEADING: MaltaToday photo competition] by next Friday at 9am. If sending a photo by post, address it to: 'MaltaToday photo competition', Mediatoday, Vjal ir-Rihan, San Gwann, SGN9016 Please supply your daytime telephone number, your name, your home address and an email address. maltatoday Conditions apply: 1. Tickets for each week's competition can only be won by one person who submits one entry of a high-res image with description. Entrants with more than one entry WILL NOT be considered. Entrants must send a description of photo. 2. Winners will be informed before the end of the week, and then announced on maltatoday.com.mt and MaltaToday on Sunday. 3. By entering this offer, entrants consent to their photos being published and owned by Mediatoday Co Ltd. 4. The entrant with the best photograph will be awarded two (2) return tickets, valid for travel to any Virtù Ferries destination. Mediatoday's decision is final. 5. Tickets are issued free of charge, excluding port charges, and in accordance with Virtù Ferries' rules and regulations. All taxes and charges are to be paid accordingly by the winning entrant upon the issuance of tickets. 6. This offer is closed to employees and contributors of Mediatoday Co. Ltd and Virtù Ferries, or their family members. Turkey slams claims it shipped weapons to Libya via Malta TIM DIACONO TURKEY'S foreign minister has strongly denied claims that Istan- bul supplied weapons to the Islamist government in Tripoli via Malta. "We never deliver weapons to Libya," Mevlut Çavuşoğlu said when asked by MaltaToday at a news con- ference. "These libellous claims are coming from Egypt and the UAE, two countries that have provided weapons to Libya." According to news station Al- Jazeera, pro-Libya Dawn journalist Muhammad Anwar cited a UN re- port that said that Istanbul was de- livering weapons to Libya via Malta. Çavuşoğlu said that Turkey was in favour of an immediate ceasefire in Libya and that it fully supports UN efforts to quickly find a political so- lution to the Libyan conf lict, rather than a military-based one. "We must take the necessary steps as soon as possible to combat these radical terrorist groups that threat- en our European fundamental val- ues," he said. "European values are threatened by both terrorism and racism, the two feeding into each other." He was speaking following the signing of a memorandum of un- derstanding between Maltese and Turkish diplomatic academies, the reason for his visit to Malta. Çavuşoğlu also praised Malta for supporting Turkey's bid for EU ac- cession. "We want full and equal EU mem- bership and we're willing to negoti- ate all the necessary chapters for accession," he said. "Turkey already contributes heavily to Europe's stability and foreign policy and its membership will enrich European values." Foreign Affairs Minister George Vella said that Malta and Turkey have agreed to set up a joint eco- nomic and trade commission that will oversee commercial relations between the two countries. He added that Turkish Airlines' deci- sion to increase its f lights to Malta, as of this summer, as well as Malta's decision to be more liberal in hand- ing out visas to Turkish citizens will further improve commerce. The two ministers also discussed the threats posed by Islamic State militants in Syria, Iraq and Libya, the Libyan and Ukrainian crises, and Turkey's potential future as an EU member. Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Çavusoglu (left) with George Vella Spring hunting season should open, Ornis Committee recommends THE Ornis Committee has recommended the open- ing of this year's spring hunting season. The recommendation to the government was made after a vote was taken, ending with three votes in fa- vour, one against, and two abstentions. The decision comes just a month before the elector- ate decides whether spring hunting should be abol- ished altogether. The abrogative referendum takes place on 11 April. The Ornis Committee is the consultative body on hunting regulations. Last year's spring hunting sea- son ran between 12 and 30 April, both days includ- ed. Conservationists want spring hunting abolished be- cause the hunters' prey then are birds on their way to their breeding grounds in Europe. Every bird killed in spring, the argument goes, is one nest less, making spring hunting unsustainable to the species.