Mission Statement: to assist the integration of foreign residents living in Spain and this is never more accurate than when you establish yourself as a foreign resident in a new country Being able to quickly familiarise yourself with the culture and customs can help ease the transition during a challenging time This is why Euro Weekly News makes it our mission to provide you with a free news resource in English that covers both regional and national Spanish news – anything that we feel you will benefit from knowing as you integrate into your new community and live your best life in Spain you can forget about translating articles from Spanish into awkward English that probably don’t make much sense Let us be your convenient and essential guide to all things that will likely affect you as a foreign resident living in Spain a judge has handed down a suspended one-month prison sentence to a 28-year-old man The man was found guilty of disturbing his neighbours by repeatedly entering their properties to smell their shoes During the hearing at a Thessaloniki court, the man expressed his inability to explain his unusual behaviour which he admitted had caused him significant embarrassment He emphasised that he had no intention of breaking the law or causing harm and neighbours confirmed that he had never shown any aggression during his late-night intrusions The man was apprehended in the early hours of October 8 in the town of Sindos located approximately 15 kilometres (9 miles) from Thessaloniki His arrest followed a report from a neighbour who discovered him in their yard, sniffing shoes that had been left outside to air out The court was informed that there had been at least three similar incidents over the preceding six months despite neighbours having requested that the man’s family intervene to put an end to his behaviour the court mandated that he attend therapy sessions Subscribe to our Euro Weekly News alerts to get the latest stories into your inbox Euro Weekly 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the year Photos courtesy StudioWest/Brechtel Hospitality Group   [SlideDeck2 id=227928]   Brechtel Hospitali[...] New Orleans CityBusiness has selected its 2023 Leadership in Law class These homes represent the top sales for the week of June 18-24 The votes have been cast and the results are in from CityBusiness readers Port of South Louisiana officials held a ribbon cutting on Wednesday for its new $11.6 million headquarters bu[...] Get our free New Orleans e-alerts & breaking news notifications A surprise amendment to an insurance bill causes a rift among Louisiana Republicans but advances Gov Landry’s reform agend[...] Here's how the city spent it—and the opportunities critics say were missed Nationwide AmeriCorps cuts impact disaster recovery leaving nonprofits struggling to f[...] Seventeen states sue Donald Trump over his executive order halting wind energy projects citing economic and environmental ri[...] The Fed keeps rates unchanged as inflation cools despite pressure from 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copper from mining residues transported from Sometra The ambitious residue utilization project is code-named Project Sometra as the idea for this investment was conceived years ago at Sometra’s facilities in Romania If the experimental production from residues is confirmed under industrial production conditions the group plans to quickly scale up the method for large-scale implementation aiming to utilize old mining residues through the establishment of major metal recovery plants It should be noted that metals such as gold and even rare earth elements can be extracted from old residues Market experts believe the group is likely to focus on copper and ferronickel with the latter being particularly promising due to the significant residues left by LARCO if the group succeeds in achieving large-scale metal recovery it will gain a significant competitive advantage internationally along with substantial economic benefits due to the high global demand for metals as the removal of mining residues can drastically reduce environmental risks associated with them During the recent presentation of the major investment for gallium production and the increase in alumina production in Boeotia Metlen executives stated that the Project Sometra is in an advanced stage and has been internationally patented Chief Executive Director of Metallurgy at Metlen highlighted the great value offered by the Sometra project in Sindos which produced zinc and lead and over time accumulated residues from an old plant that ceased operations We took residues from there to attempt to extract what was inside—mainly copper and zinc This facility was created to enable the recovery of metals from old mining operations,” emphasized Mr Regarding the group’s major €295 million investment which includes expanding into gallium production with an annual target of 50 tons it is estimated that the group has achieved extremely competitive production costs Sources close to the company emphasize that launching an investment in gallium production requires securing highly competitive production costs They explain that although the current price of gallium approaches $1,000 per kilogram If someone proceeds with a production cost of $700 If the Chinese—who currently have a monopoly on gallium production—decide to open their borders Only those capable of competing at such levels can remain secure group executives stress that the gallium investment must be evaluated in conjunction with alumina and the significant increase in its production as their combination maximizes economic benefits for the group The investment will result in an annual production capacity of 2 million tons of bauxite and a substantial increase in alumina production capacity by approximately 50% reaching 1,265,000 tons from the current 865,000 tons The same sources underline that high alumina prices reflect strong demand and the gradual depletion of global bauxite reserves Metlen has “locked in” bauxite reserves in Ghana and recently acquired Imerys Bauxites ensuring long-term access to this valuable mineral sources reveal that the group is preparing two more initiatives in new metals Analysts believe that developing new methods for metal recovery could not only boost investor interest in Metlen but also broaden the investment profile of players involved with the group “A new innovation that significantly reduces production costs aligns well with Metlen’s strategy It is also important because it will contribute to reducing the leveraged cost of the units,” an analyst told Business Daily A 33-year-old railway worker was severely injured on Wednesday morning after attempting to board a moving train in the Sindos area at an unguarded level crossing near the third entrance of the Sindos Industrial Area The railway switchman reportedly attempted to climb onto the train but lost his grip causing him to be hit by a carriage and suffer serious injuries to his lower leg Emergency crews transported the man to Papageorgiou Hospital in Thessaloniki for treatment his lower leg could not be saved and had to be amputated at the ankle Enter your information below to receive our weekly newsletters with the latest insights opinion pieces and current events straight to your inbox The web app you have attempted to reach has blocked your access A shadowy South American crime figure directed a spot-fixing scheme that NSW Police allege wound in at least three A-League players whose arrests a week out from the game’s grand final has left soccer reeling Former Chelsea player and Macarthur FC captain Ulises Davila allegedly paid teammates Kearyn Baccus and Clayton Lewis up to $10,000 a yellow card in a betting plot that led to hundreds of thousands of dollars being paid out in overseas winnings Police allege the trio has “betrayed the trust of their supporters” Get the first look at the digital newspaper curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox Get the NewsletterBy continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.It is alleged that under direction from the South American gangster they dubbed the “controller” Davila successfully manipulated the number of yellow cards during two matches in November and December last year Assistant Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald said five search warrants were served across Sydney on Friday morning with police seeking a fourth Macarthur Rams player who was currently interstate and would be extradited if they did not return voluntarily in coming days Police from the NSW State Crime Command’s organised crime squad gaming unit swooped on Friday morning out of concern some of those involved would attempt to leave the country “We will allege that those players intentionally gave out yellow cards. for the purpose of a corrupt payment,” he said “Police have also charged the senior leader of that football criminal group with a further charge of engaging in conduct that corrupted a betting outcome for another game in November 2023.” No other football clubs were involved in the scheme which was detected after Strike Force Beaconview was established in December It’s alleged the players were involved in yellow card manipulation Credit: Paramount PlusDavila allegedly paid the other two players up to $10,000 for yellow cards in matches in November and December and attempted unsuccessfully to swing games on April 20 and May 4 we’re alleging that a senior player within a an elite team was in communication with a South American person offshore who we’re referring too as a controller “That person was requesting that senior member of an elite team to ensure that certain events occurred within games to permit illegal gambling on those events occurring.” Davila was the only player in the named trio to be handed a yellow card when Macarthur drew 1-1 with Melbourne Victory in round five at Campbelltown Stadium on Friday all three players were among five in the Macarthur side given yellow cards when they prevailed 2-0 over Sydney FC at Allianz Stadium on Saturday Macarthur FC expressed dismay at the arrests and said the “integrity of our game is a foundation pillar” “The club is shocked and aware of the arrests of three A-League players by NSW Police as a result of international law enforcement co-ordination focused on betting corruption related to alleged yellow card manipulation in games,” the club said in a statement Ulises Davila and Kearyn Baccus in action for Macarthur FC Credit: Jeremy Ng/AAPIMAGEMexican star Davila having been drafted to the south-west Sydney club in 2021 on a three-year Lily Pacheco in May 2022 from a heart attack and has spoken publicly about the challenges of raising him alone is reportedly also on a mid-six figure salary The older brother of Soccerroo Keanu Baccus he was raised in western Sydney after the family emigrated when the brothers were both young children reportedly makes more than $450,000 a year and has been linked with Optus Sport commentator Narelle Sindos Her Instagram shows a photo of him proposing to her in Los Angeles last year All three of the players were arrested in dawn raids on Friday and charged at separate police stations later in the day They received police bail and will appear at separate courts later this month and in June All three of the players were arrested in dawn raids on Friday Credit: NSW PoliceSpeaking at NSW police headquarters in Parramatta Mr Fitzgerald said the charges had the potential to ruin the lives and careers of the players involved and that they had allegedly betrayed supporters “All sports fans understand that even one penalty can change the way a game flows and also the way the momentum of that game can be carried out,” he said “And whilst $10,000 may seem a lot of money to a young sportsperson we will advise that it is incredibly insignificant when you consider the damage that being charged with this offence will result in the damage to that young person’s reputation the damage to their club and their code’s reputation their livelihood and their future livelihood and the effect by being involved in these criminal acts it affects the confidence and trust that their supporters have in these young sportspeople that they will always play to their best of their ability “There’s a high level of temptation that criminals will try and request young players to engage in criminal activities “We are confident that the vast majority of young people engaged in sport are not undertaking criminal work for organised crime rings.” Narelle Sindos Optus Sport soccer presenter is the partner of Clayton Lewis Credit: InstagramPolice will now examine all the players financial dealings as part of a probe that includes the NSW Crime Commission “We’re going to go a step further now,” Mr Fitzgerald said “We’ve engaged the NSW Crime Commission in relation to looking at the finances of these people “I think it’s important to understand that this isn’t a matter of luck by the NSW Police stumbling onto it We have a squad that specifically looks at this stuff and we work closely with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (and) Sports Integrity Australia.” updatedA-League captain allegedly part of shock betting scandalFootball3 Min Read17 May 2024Sports Integrity Australia said it acted on information from a UK agency working with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission on their investigation. Police attached to Strike Force Beaconview, established by the organised crime squad’s gaming unit and assisted by the UK Gambling Commission, conducted the simultaneous raids across Sydney. Police are now examining all the players’ financial dealings as part of a probe that includes the NSW Crime Commission. Credit: NSW PoliceDavila was arrested at South Coogee and charged with two counts of engaging in conduct that corrupts a betting outcome of an event, facilitating conduct that corrupts the betting outcome of event, and participatuing in a criminal group. He was granted bail and will appear in Downing Centre Local Court on June 24. Baccus was arrested at West Hoxton and Lewis in Parramatta. Both were charged with engaging in conduct that corrupts the betting outcome of event, and participating in a criminal group. The pair was bailed and will appear in court in May and June respectively. Football Australia said it was aware of the allegations and was “fully co-operating” with police. “Football Australia will provide no further comments at this stage as the investigation is ongoing.” Latest EditionEdition Edition 5 May 20255 May 2025All-powerful Anthony Albanese says give me some R.E.S.P.E.C.T Closure of Idomeni sees families living in military-run accommodation blocks with no running water or electricity Read morePhotographic evidence and the first accounts from volunteers allowed inside some of the military-run accommodation blocks reveal a dire lack of amenities such as running water and filthy conditions in derelict warehouses that appear unfit for habitation taking the total transferred to the country this year to around 40,000 View image in fullscreenTents are pitched on filthy concrete floors at the warehous in Sindos the Italian coast guard announced it had coordinated 22 separate rescue operations that had saved more than 4,000 lives making it one of the busiest days of the Mediterranean migrant crisis Initial reports from inside the Greek camps have prompted calls for action reveal dirt-strewn warehouses lined with tents pitched on filthy concrete floors “There was no running water, no medical care, let alone translators, no provisions for infants, no environmental assessment, no evacuation plan,” said Phoebe Ramsay, a volunteer who has been helping refugees in northern Greece since the start of the year View image in fullscreenA row of tents installed to house refugees in an abandoned factory in Sindos Photograph: Phoebe Ramsay“The conditions in the new army camps are abysmal and range from depressing and sterile to actually unsafe and not fit for animals,” she said suggesting that conditions were even worse than at Idomeni who visited another camp set up in an old leather factory on the outskirts of Thessaloniki described atrocious conditions including piles of broken glass She said: “There was no running water or showers or electricity or firewood Mothers had no hot water for baby formula or to sanitise bottles She said that conditions deteriorated when the Greek military who were overseeing the evacuation of Idomeni ran out of water and began ordering volunteers who were providing food and water for refugees to feed the army first “The first day the army was providing limited water bottles for families,” said South “But on the second day there was absolutely no water left – even with new arrivals showing up some reporting that they were held for three hours without water at the camp.” rejected accusations that the camps lacked basic provisions “There is water and electricity everywhere One of the reasons why we chose ex-industrial buildings instead of open-air camps was for that very reason “Every time a new site is opened there are shortages in the beginning but then we add amenities and in due process we resolve them we want to improve them but there is absolutely no comparison between the new facilities and Idomeni At least now they have a roof over their head When it rains they don’t get wet and they’re not being forced to live in the mud He denied that thousands of refugees had gone missing after the Idomeni camp had been closed Other charities, including Médecins Sans Frontières have reported a number of tearful patients who had been asked to leave Idomeni without clear information on their destination On Friday the UN urged Greece to rapidly improve “substandard” conditions in what it described as poorly ventilated derelict warehouses and factories with insufficient food The International Rescue Committee has also expressed concerns It called for immediate action to improve standards Since the route north through the Balkans closed earlier this year an estimated 54,000 people have been stranded in overcrowded camps in Greece arrivals have fallen significantly since the European Union’s deal with Turkey came into effect two months ago Additional reporting by Helena Smith This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read May 30 is looming as a landmark day in New Zealand Rugby’s future as a threat to split the game dominates the lead-up to a special general meeting; NRL hissy fits at the Magic Round; and the A-League spot-fixing drama with the odd tweet from a Kiwi sports presenter The guns are drawn and this is not going to be pretty Rugby should be fearful of the Mexican stand-off it has created as the unholy governance war reaches a peak that now represents an existential threat to the game’s future in New Zealand It’s difficult to think of a greater divide in rugby’s history in this country than where we find ourselves following the New Zealand Rugby Players Association’s (NZRPA) threat to take over management of the professional game from New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and its provincial unions The Cavaliers saga was rugby against the public As I have written consistently for some time now, the $260 million Silver Lake private equity deal has both exposed how broken New Zealand’s rugby ecosystem has become during the professional era and added some further poison in along the way It was a dreadful strategic mistake by NZR to allow itself to be seduced by private equity and not just because the investment seems to have been squandered but also because the deal is blowing up in the faces of the provincial unions who helped the national body usher it through The greater damage was the public flushing-out of just how distrustful and dysfunctional the relationship between NZR and the players’ union (once the envy of other national rugby bodies and sports) had become Angered over being left out of the early Silver Lake negotiations and questioning the need for any sugar hit at all the NZRPA then exposed a naive NZR board and executive strategy and played a legal trump card around withholding player image rights The letter the association sent to the provincial unions was signed by some of the biggest names in the national game: Richie McCaw It is the same legal card it has played this time – only with a theatrical banging of the table and a menacing threat to the provincial unions about voting for their alternate governance model at NZR’s now-landmark special general meeting next Thursday The governance review at the heart of all of this was secured by the NZRPA as one of the conditions for agreeing to a revised Silver Lake deal After initially (and predictably) using smoke and mirrors to soften the strong recommendations made by the review panel and then being wearied by the constant politics still out of its depth and seemingly controlled and influenced too much by senior executives – all reasons why The current directors now seem resigned to that fate and the real fight has become between the NZRPA and the 26 provincial unions effectively being asked to sign themselves into oblivion if they accept the review’s recommendations representing the interests of the professional players has only been around since 1999 while the provincial unions have controlled rugby in this country for more than a century Sports Insider has already heard claims that the NZRPA has overplayed its hand which is a minuscule percentage of Aotearoa’s playing base and that its leaders have become too ambitious the provincial unions’ rhetoric that they know best in the face of a track record that suggests otherwise and their dismal performance during the first Silver Lake negotiation For every argument about the sliver of the playing population the NZRPA represents there is the counter that the All Blacks create virtually all the money that powers the entire rugby ecosystem in New Zealand Not withstanding the argument over the NZRPA’s latest bombshell tactic the best and most pragmatic outcome would be for the provincial unions to run up the white flag and surrender to the inevitable That at least leaves the rugby public – the real owners of the game – with some hope that from the wreckage we can salvage a sensible way forward by adopting the Pilkington Review in full as David Pilkington and his fellow panellists including former All Blacks captain Graham Mourie pointed out this week this entire episode has lain bare the review’s salient point – that New Zealand rugby’s governance model is no longer fit for purpose But now the fear of losing power coupled with impending funding cuts in the Silver Lake deal’s failure to date to kickstart the All Blacks’ commercial programme has several powerful provincial unions fretting and some angry over the NZRPA’s tactics It perhaps leaves voting delegates in a mood silly enough to force a split in the game by sticking to their guns on May 30. Sir John Kirwan is right to express his fear about the future Wikipedia describes a “Mexican stand-off” as “a confrontation where no strategy exists that allows any party to achieve victory” and where “anyone initiating aggression might trigger their own demise” It’s hard to argue that we’re not at that point now and next Thursday stands as a day of reckoning the game has never before seen in this country The much-ballyhooed rails run being granted to Papua New Guinea to become the 18th franchise in Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) almost became spectacularly unstuck during the competition’s Magic Round in Brisbane NRL chairman Peter V’Landys used an opening Magic Round press conference last Friday to berate bureaucrats he believed were holding up A$600 million ($652m) in Australian Government financial support for the expansion team claiming he would walk away from the PNG bid unless those getting in the way came to heel But the Government’s Pacific Minister Pat Conroy charged with dispersing American aid money granted to Australia to invest in the South Pacific to see off Chinese expansion wasn’t wearing that bullying approach and bristled up as well I do it behind closed doors,” Conroy said before then announcing the Queensland Reds rugby union side would play matches in Tonga under a Government-funded PacificAus Sports programme He then testily added: “I’m announcing a deepening of our partnership with rugby union so it’s self-evident that the Australian Government has a number of options about who we partner with.” the reference to rugby union as another “option” for funding had V’Landys fuming during the Friday night double-header and he threw a world-class hissy fit The clash of egos reportedly settled down over the weekend as the rival parties thrashed out their differences and the bizarre pact for a Papua New Guinea side seems to be back on track now But Conroy’s threat made me wonder why rugby isn’t doing more to follow V’Landys’ lead – if not his behaviour – in seeking politically motivated funding for certain teams If even half the rumours about Moana Pasifika’s Super Rugby Pacific future hold water the Tana Umaga-coached franchise is fighting for survival But when they played their first “home” game in Tonga against the Highlanders this month Moana Pasifika excited scenes like those of the Fijian Drua playing in Suva Papua New Guinea isn’t the only South Pacific island nation where sport is a big deal (their Prime Minister leapt at the chance for an NRL team) Samoa and the Solomons are equally strategically important to warding off Chinese interests Moana Pasifika is currently funded by World Rugby and New Zealand Rugby with a little bit of Government money in there and some corporate support from Sky TV Why doesn’t the game think more laterally and pursue some of US President Joe Biden’s spend instead thereby securing the future of a struggling but important cog in Super Rugby Pacific’s ecosystem Sounds like one of the first jobs the new Super Rugby Pacific commissioner should be on to Narelle Sindos is most recognisable as an Auckland-based sports reporter and presenter for Newshub She is also engaged to All White Clayton Lewis, who is one of three players arrested and charged by New South Wales police last Friday over a spot-fixing scandal in football’s A-League Lewis and two Macarthur FC teammates are alleged to have deliberately picked up yellow cards in order to manipulate betting markets in a move co-ordinated out of South America It has been alleged that Lewis received A$10,000 for his role All of this now emerging adds an intriguing element to a social media post Sindos made on May 10 – six days before Lewis’ arrest “Betting on red cards is the best way to make money atm,” she wrote Sindos appears to be referencing the A-League semifinal between Sydney FC and the Central Coast Mariners featured a 98th-minute red card to a Sydney FC player It’s surely just unfortunate timing that Sindos posted what would otherwise be a humorous comment about sports betting and player ill-discipline almost a week before her fiancee’s arrest Curiously (as at time of writing) she hasn’t deleted the tweet Newshub is of course winding up next month and Sindos has secured a Sydney-based co-presenter role with Australian pay TV network Optus Sport for its upcoming coverage of the 2024 Euro Championships She had previously worked for Optus during the New Zealand leg of last year’s Fifa women’s World Cup tournament The Herald sought comment from Optus over whether her tweet would impact on her employment for the popular tournament Head of Optus Sport Howard Rees replied via email: “We are supporting Narelle during this time and we are looking forward to her co-hosting our upcoming broadcast of Uefa Euro 2024.” There are already many dissecting this latest spot-fixing controversy with growing commentary that the A-League has an unbalanced approach to paying its players forcing some from lower levels to look for other revenue sources to boost their income the financially troubled competition is overpaying its star players relative to the worth of its television broadcast contracts compared to rivals like the NRL and AFL “There is a model that is sustainable if people stop paying ridiculous wages that aren’t supported by the current financial model of the league,” Peil said Our corporate sponsorship dollars are much less which is more than what [Penrith NRL star] Nathan Cleary is on “We are simply paying the players at the top end way too much for the league to be sustainable.” Taharoa: The sleepy Waikato village near the west coast on the way to surfing mecca Raglan has a population of little more than 200 but produced three star performers in the NRL’s Magic Round Te Maire Martin had his best game yet for the Warriors while the other standout in the upset of mighty premiers Penrith was rookie fullback Taine Tuaupiki Add in a storming performance off the bench for the Brisbane Broncos by giant forward Xavier Willison in their Magic Round win All three hail from Taharoa – the little town that could Scotty McLaughlin: Recorded the fastest-ever qualifying lap time in Indy 500 history and now has the chance to drink from the same milk bottle as fellow Kiwi Scott Dixon at the Brickyard when the real deal goes down on Monday morning Eliza McCartney: The Olympic bronze medalist’s call-out of the overly harsh Games qualification conditions imposed on aspiring Kiwi track and field athletes was poignant and compelling It is unfairly crushing the dreams of those within touching distance of greatness if people believed in them Auckland FC's 14-game unbeaten streak is over the Greek subsidiary of the Carlsberg Group is planning for investments of 20 million euros in 2023-24 The focus of the investments is the Sindos plant a development that makes the factory a production and export hub for the Danish group one of the world’s leading players in the beer category tells Kathimerini the company does not rule out an expansion in the distribution of alcoholic beverages is now escaping the narrow confines of beer and soft drinks he argues that it was the only way for the company’s viability Olympic Brewery is not expected to proceed with reductions in the price lists which is widely happening in the beer category Olympic Brewery improved not only its sales in 2022 and an ever better financial year is projected for 2023 is about to make its first journey on the Greek public rail network Greek-Austrian consortium Rail Cargo Logistic Goldair is active only in cargo transport and its first outing using its own carriages will serve the Sindos-Idomeni route in northern Greece Although the services will only be twice a week to start with the aim is to make them daily and connect the logistics installations of Greek group Goldair Cargo at Sindos with the Greek borders and then via the Austrian company’s network to Central and Western Europe The official launch of the company’s operations was attended by figures including Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis and the chairman of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) which could also benefit from the firm’s operation This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time It wasn’t that surprising the Archibald judges awarded Australian art’s most famed gong to a (relatively safe) portrait of novelist Tim Winton we’re shocked this is the first time the patron saint of literary Australiana has been a finalist for the $100,000 prize at Friday evening’s opening ceremony at the Art Gallery of NSW a night of nights for the local creative establishment it was a state politician who briefly stole the show But NSW Arts Minister John Graham recently enlisted former Triple J funnyman Tom Tilley as a speechwriter and those watching his public outings have noticed an added dose of elder Millennial humour of late Graham drew plenty of laughs from the crowd with a special shoutout to Australia’s richest person and newly revealed art aficionado Gina Rinehart “Not since The Picture of Dorian Gray has there been so much talk about portraiture,” the minister said during a ceremony where departing Art Gallery of NSW president and Sydney business supremo David Gonski delivered the prizes to the Archibald Once the formalities were out of the way and the drinks started flowing CBD spotted several prominent “sitters” from among this year’s finalists Socceroo turned human rights campaigner Craig Foster journalist Cheng Lei who spent three years in a Chinese prison the academic imprisoned on false espionage charges by the Iranian regime Among the other notables in attendance were actor Hugo Weaving the ABC’s outspoken Laura Tingle and Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young with her lobbyist partner Ben Oquist While Channel Seven’s Spotlight show continues to wallow in the gutter one of the program’s high-profile contributors Gold Walkley winner and dear friend to this column Ross Coulthart searching for those elusive lights in the sky while Ross has been talking to his fellow believers at the conference Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies in Huntsville Alabama (aka “Rocket City”) – that’s the big league of alien believers – the veteran journalist hasn’t forgotten about his old mates at CBD Coulthart told the room that he had been subjected to “ridicule and derision” in the Australian media in the wake of the former Four Corners and 60 Minutes man receiving the Australian Skeptics’ Bent Spoon awarded to what the doubters dub “the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of pseudoscientific or paranormal piffle” Ross Coulthard wants to believe.Credit: John Shakespeare Ross reckons the Skeptics failed to put in the required research effort before bestowing the dubious honour in December last year and the journalist let his US audience know it But who could he have been referring to when calling out a “low-brow Australian newspaper” which “tagged me as a UFO truther” …“just a wee hint there that I’m a UFO nutter” but we have never referred to Ross as a nutter Young presenter Narelle Sindos was meant to land a dream gig in Optus Sport’s broadcast team for the European Football Championships But Sindos was quietly absent from the full Euros line-up Optus Sport released on Wednesday Kiwi international footballer Clayton Lewis was one of four Macarthur Bulls players charged over their alleged roles in a betting corruption scandal which rocked the A-League bang in the middle of the finals series British football presenter Betty Glover was hastily flown in from the UK instead there’s always a badly aged social media post Just a week before the Macarthur betting scandal broke Sindos posted on X that “Betting on red cards is the best way to make money atm” during an A-League finals game Key to the case against the Bulls four were allegations that they’d deliberately conceded yellow cards to manipulate offshore betting markets A spokesperson for Optus Sport told CBD the decision to remove Sindos from the broadcaster’s Euros line-up was a mutual one “In the interest of delivering a broadcast where the focus can be entirely on the game we have agreed that she will step back from her hosting duties for the upcoming coverage out of respect for current personal circumstances,” they said “We are committed to supporting Narelle during this period.” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s frontbenchers are making a few critical tinkerings to their key staff Treasurer Jim Chalmers has lost senior spinner Fergus Maguire who’s headed to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade after a second stint on the Hill working for a federal treasurer – he also worked for Wayne Swan during Labor’s last stint in government it’s a bit of a game of musical chairs in the ministerial wing Energy Minister Chris Bowen’s head of communications Eliza Mitchell is taking a break from the Canberra Game with Suze Metherell from the Prime Minister’s Office taking her place Former ABC journalist turned Tony Burke spinner Jamie Travers is headed to the PMO Get a weekly wrap of views that will challenge, champion and inform your own. Sign up for our Opinion newsletter It wasn\\u2019t that surprising the Archibald judges awarded Australian art\\u2019s most famed gong to a (relatively safe) portrait of novelist Tim Winton we\\u2019re shocked this is the first time the patron saint of literary Australiana has been a finalist for the $100,000 prize at Friday evening\\u2019s opening ceremony at the Art Gallery of NSW Graham drew plenty of laughs from the crowd with a special shoutout to Australia\\u2019s richest person and newly revealed art aficionado Gina Rinehart \\u201CNot since The Picture of Dorian Gray has there been so much talk about portraiture,\\u201D the minister said CBD spotted several prominent \\u201Csitters\\u201D from among this year\\u2019s finalists the ABC\\u2019s outspoken Laura Tingle and Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young with her lobbyist partner Ben Oquist While Channel Seven\\u2019s Spotlight show continues to wallow in the gutter one of the program\\u2019s high-profile contributors while Ross has been talking to his fellow believers at the conference Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies in Huntsville Alabama (aka \\u201CRocket City\\u201D) \\u2013 that\\u2019s the big league of alien believers \\u2013 the veteran journalist hasn\\u2019t forgotten about his old mates at CBD Coulthart told the room that he had been subjected to \\u201Cridicule and derision\\u201D in the Australian media in the wake of the former Four Corners and 60 Minutes man the Australian Skeptics\\u2019 Bent Spoon awarded to what the doubters dub \\u201Cthe perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of pseudoscientific or paranormal piffle\\u201D But who could he have been referring to when calling out a \\u201Clow-brow Australian newspaper\\u201D which \\u201Ctagged me as a UFO truther\\u201D \\u2026\\u201Cjust a wee hint there that I\\u2019m a UFO nutter\\u201D Young presenter Narelle Sindos was meant to land a dream gig in Optus Sport\\u2019s broadcast team for the European Football Championships there\\u2019s always a badly aged social media post Sindos posted on X that \\u201CBetting on red cards is the best way to make money atm\\u201D during an A-League finals game Key to the case against the Bulls four were allegations that they\\u2019d deliberately conceded yellow cards to manipulate offshore betting markets A spokesperson for Optus Sport told CBD the decision to remove Sindos from the broadcaster\\u2019s Euros line-up was a mutual one \\u201CIn the interest of delivering a broadcast where the focus can be entirely on the game we have agreed that she will step back from her hosting duties for the upcoming coverage out of respect for current personal circumstances,\\u201D they said \\u201CWe are committed to supporting Narelle during this period.\\u201D Prime Minister Anthony Albanese\\u2019s frontbenchers are making a few critical tinkerings to their key staff who\\u2019s headed to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade after a second stint on the Hill working for a federal treasurer \\u2013 he also worked for Wayne Swan during Labor\\u2019s last stint in government it\\u2019s a bit of a game of musical chairs in the ministerial wing Energy Minister Chris Bowen\\u2019s head of communications Eliza Mitchell is taking a break from the Canberra Game with Suze Metherell from the Prime Minister\\u2019s Office taking her place Get a weekly wrap of views that will challenge CHECK OUT: Education is Your Right! Don’t Let Social Norms Hold You Back. Learn Online with TUKO. Enroll Now! A sombre atmosphere enveloped Moi Girls Sindo as students gathered to bid a final farewell to their beloved classmate The Form 4 student's untimely demise has left the school community in deep mourning An emotional scene unfolded at the burial site as heart-wrenching cries filled the air PAY ATTENTION: TUKO is in WhatsApp Channels now! Subscribe and read news in favourite messenger. In a heartbreaking video shared by Moistyles TV, several students were overcome with grief, collapsing beside her grave. Read also Trans Nzoia: Grief as Grade 2 pupil dies while fishing in seasonal river The images were a testament to the fact that Sphy's death sent shockwaves through the school, leaving many struggling to come to terms with the loss. During the burial ceremony, students of Moi Girls Sindo formed a solemn procession for their departed colleague. Dressed in their school uniforms, the girls were inconsolable, their cries piercing the air as the coffin was lowered into the ground. Many students broke down, wailing uncontrollably, while others fell to the ground, overwhelmed by the intensity of their emotions. The students’ visible anguish was a reflection of the deep bond they shared with their deceased classmate. TUKO.co.ke is working towards ascertaining the cause of the young girl’s death, but it is clear the tragedy has sent shockwaves through the school. In an almost similar story, emotions ran high as pre-primary pupils gathered at the home of Njoroge Gitau to pay their last respects. 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