A 10-year national cycling strategy aimed at making bicycles a safer and more practical means of everyday transport was launched on Wednesday. The National Cycling Strategy 2026-2036 includes plans for a nationwide network of cycling routes connecting residential areas, schools, workplaces and public transport hubs. It also proposes improved bicycle
The PA has deferred a decision on a rezoning application that Qrendi residents fear would make it possible to build a five-storey block behind the town’s school. In its decision to defer, the Planning Authority, among others, asked the developers to rethink their proposal's height in relation to the locality's school and church. The application – PC/00059/20
The least a minister still finding his feet can do is listen. If he must give a speech during some event, he can always read one prepared by people who know the brief. Malcolm Paul Agius Galea went to the Festival of Ideas and told the people whose work he is paid to understand that his first months among them had been “ traumatic ”. In a recording
The Malta Book Festival attracted a record 43,400 visitors this year, with schoolchildren using €380,000 worth of book vouchers during the five-day event. The festival, organised by the National Book Council, was held at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre in Ta’ Qali between November 4 and 8. Attendance was up on last year, when 40,000 people attended
