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  • Investigations
    Development permit for controversial block of flats granted on land registered using wrong information
    17 March 2023
    Joseph Portelli and associates expand development incrementally over three years in Urban Conservation Area
    19 January 2023
    University of Malta report on femicide makes unconstitutional criminal law recommendations
    28 November 2022
    The Minister, the VR marker, the incomplete assets declaration, and the twin ‘farmhouses’ jutting through the development line
    3 November 2022
    No answer on low value given to land that was gotten from foundation set up to raise money for pious deeds
    20 October 2022
    Malta’s government continues its support of unsustainable tuna fattening industry that has distorted fisheries
    16 August 2022
    As multiple sources point to Libya and Malta over illegal tuna fishing, lack of transparency hampers journalistic investigation
    1 August 2022
    Stalled court proceedings contribute to impunity in lucrative Mediterranean tuna fishery
    27 July 2022
    Cattle farmer battles eviction from hay fields offered for sale for hundreds of thousands of euros
    11 June 2022
    Sannat mayor denies presence of PVC pipes in council-built rubble wall that adjoins grounds of Joseph Portelli’s flats
    12 May 2022
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  • Analysis
    As 300-year-old Knights-era battery set to serve as backdrop to “soulful music” festival, will the battery itself be saved?
    26 March 2023
    New horizon for Malta?
    26 February 2023
    The Prime Minister’s populist rhetoric blaming the judiciary is a sign of growing voter concern over lawlessness
    30 January 2023
    As disillusionment with the main traditional parties grows, is there an alternative home for orphaned voters?
    12 January 2023
    Two-party politics has spoiled constitutional reform introduced only two years ago
    8 January 2023
    What are these pills that women in Malta are taking to have an abortion at home?
    28 December 2022
    New bottle recycling system: any benefit for community and environment for the extra cost I have to bear?
    9 December 2022
    No spike in slaying of women by intimate partners in Malta despite two murders this year
    25 November 2022
    Twelve-point plan to protect agriculture land offers hope, enforcement of laws would be immediate solution
    30 October 2022
    Whether it is illegal hunting or domestic violence, police in Gozo are struggling
    11 October 2022
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  • Rule of Law
    Two-party politics has spoiled constitutional reform introduced only two years ago
    8 January 2023
    Comino loses its guard after 279 years
    23 November 2022
    No chief for the police’s beleaguered financial crimes department
    20 November 2022
    Planning tribunal falls way short of constitutional standards on independence and effective remedy
    15 November 2022
    Police’s financial crime department has lost a fifth of its officers in less than a year
    29 August 2022
    Wrong premise and disregard for court judgements blights Planning Authority’s decision on Joseph Portelli’s pool
    19 June 2022
    Malta golden visa The EU and OECD fear that Malta’s golden visas undermine global fight for financial transparency
    21 April 2022
    Political momentum is the main driver of the EU’s “creative” legal action against Malta’s passport sales
    13 April 2022
    As the government stalls on rule of law reforms in Malta, impunity remains and risks grow
    17 February 2022
    Despite unanimity in parliament, Maltese femicide law is destined for a withering showdown in constitutional courts
    16 February 2022
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  • Special Reportage
    Will heritage authority become weakest link after architects’ directive aimed at protecting Malta’s oldest Neolithic temple?
    21 February 2023
    Construction completed on Joseph Portelli’s 51 flats before appeal against planning permit decided
    18 November 2022
    Planning tribunal falls way short of constitutional standards on independence and effective remedy
    15 November 2022
    Tribunal suspends works on Joseph Portelli’s 54 flats near duckpond in valley
    15 November 2022
    Proposed flats near most popular windmill escalated to Planning Board as case officer recommends approval
    9 November 2022
    The ‘scheduled setting’ of Malta’s top windmill hit with fresh application for largest block of flats yet
    31 August 2022
    Heritage authority gives blessing to proposed building set to disfigure streetscape of Malta’s top windmill
    28 August 2022
    Heritage authority changes position on block of flats near Ggantija Temples
    26 August 2022
    Ggantija Streetscapes: Special Reportage Introduction
    3 April 2022
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Featured Article
26 March 2023

As 300-year-old Knights-era battery set to serve as backdrop to “soulful music” festival, will the battery itself be saved?

It is hard to decide where to start – or how to start – when reporting on the coastal battery…

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      Analysis
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      Gozo Land Grab
    • New horizon for Malta?
      Analysis
    • Will heritage authority become weakest link after architects’ directive aimed at protecting Malta’s oldest Neolithic temple?
      Ggantija Streetscapes
    • Joseph Portelli’s “dream”, the media blitz, the CEO, and the bizarre comparison with 184 pools
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26 March 2023

As 300-year-old Knights-era battery set to serve as backdrop to “soulful music” festival, will the battery itself be saved?

It is hard to decide where to start – or how to start – when reporting on the coastal battery…

The Prime Minister’s populist rhetoric blaming the judiciary is a sign of growing voter concern over lawlessness

30 January 2023

As disillusionment with the main traditional parties grows, is there an alternative home for orphaned voters?

12 January 2023

What are these pills that women in Malta are taking to have an abortion at home?

28 December 2022

New bottle recycling system: any benefit for community and environment for the extra cost I have to bear?

9 December 2022

Planning Emergency

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23 March 2023

After permitting large building against policies, the Planning Authority boasted of approving “significantly downsized project”

20 March 2023

67 horse stables have sprouted in Gozo’s countryside in the past 8 years

16 January 2023

As townscapes in Gozo are increasingly marred by higher blocks of flats, NGOs take fight to court

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Gozo Land Grab

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17 March 2023

Development permit for controversial block of flats granted on land registered using wrong information

15 January 2022

The church’s false narrative on Gozo land grab fueling attacks on investigative journalism

13 January 2022

Cosmana trusted archbishops more than her descendants but after 342 years all of that changed

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Special Coverage & Reportage

21 February 2023

Will heritage authority become weakest link after architects’ directive aimed at protecting Malta’s oldest Neolithic temple?

The Chamber of Architects has issued a directive to architects aimed at protecting the setting, or buffer zone, of Ggantija…

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18 November 2022

Construction completed on Joseph Portelli’s 51 flats before appeal against planning permit decided

Construction on a block of 51 flats and 35 garages situated 350 metres from the cliff’s edge at Ta Cenc…

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15 November 2022

Planning tribunal falls way short of constitutional standards on independence and effective remedy

Analytical PointsLaw: Environment and Planning Review Tribunal Act (Chapter 551)Entity: Environment and Planning Review TribunalComposed: Three members, two architects/planners and…

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7 February 2023

Joseph Portelli’s “dream”, the media blitz, the CEO, and the bizarre comparison with 184 pools

1 January 2023

Got any spare change left over? It could sustain Malta’s only self-generated investigative journalism

12 May 2022

Sannat’s mayor defends his five-storey building that juts over village skyline

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Rule of Law

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20 November 2022

No chief for the police’s beleaguered financial crimes department

13 April 2022

Political momentum is the main driver of the EU’s “creative” legal action against Malta’s passport sales

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Environment

3 January 2023

Does anyone care that Malta’s wonderful shearwaters are heading towards extinction?

4 October 2022

Marsaxlokk’s recreational fields take shape as the Planning Authority takes inconsistent decisions

Global Residence

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5 October 2022

Maltese government quietly changes rules and starts taxing digital nomads

14 June 2022

Malta among destinations as turmoil drives tens of thousands of millionaires to seek refuge abroad this year

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