Alex Borg spent a total of €41,033.89 on his Nationalist Party leadership campaign, a full breakdown of the accounts published on Friday reveals. Borg had been under pressure from the Labour Party to publish the leadership campaign expenditure within the deadline he had set himself, which was “within a month” of his election on September 6. He said
Are you looking for the best spot to take your furry, four-pawed friend for their little ‘walkies’? We know just how happy these little walks make our canine buddies and, let’s face it, they expect nothing but the best. We have you covered! Here are five spots around Malta which provide a green, clean open space for your dogs! Maybe you’d like to take
Footage captured by the Malta Ranger Unit (MRU) shows the moment a truckload of construction waste was dumped and set alight close to protected trees and a bird sanctuary in the countryside between Wardija and Xemxija. The video shows a blue truck full to the brim with construction waste offloading the waste and driving off while the pile burns unattended,
After four days camping outside Parliament, activists from the Ġustizzja Għal Artna campaign have packed up their tents, but made one thing clear: they’re not backing down. The environmental camp, organised by a coalition of NGOs including Moviment Graffiti, Din l-Art Ħelwa, and Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, kicked off on Sunday just ahead of Monday’s
As a child, Jaydip Lakhankiya dreamed of travelling the world in luxury. Now an adult, his travel plans look quite different – he is choosing tents over comfortable hotels, and year-long walking journeys over quick plane rides. In January, the 25-year-old Indian national plans to embark on a 12,000-kilometre walk from Malta to India. Apart from taking
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana’s Budget 2026 speech was in many ways sober and pragmatic. But it said almost next to nothing when it comes to Malta’s chronic traffic problem. There was practically no attempt to curb car dependency, no fiscal incentive to push people towards sustainable transport and no sign of a medium to long-term plan to deal with
Malta’s ministers are to receive a salary bump next year, as revealed in the budget estimates published on Monday, in line with a collective agreement which gave all government workers a salary increase. In November 2024, shortly after last year’s budget, the government signed a €1.3 billion collective agreement granting 33,000 public service workers
Environmental activists who have camped outside parliament for four days announced that they will pack up their tents and sleeping bags, but insist that the fight against the government’s proposed planning reform will continue. The camp, organised by a group of NGOs calling their campaign Ġustizzja Għal Artna , set up camp on Sunday in front of parliament,
Two individuals have been acquitted of responsibility for the Barracuda Restaurant balcony collapse which grievously injured two diners in May 2016 . Walter Gualtiero Cassar and Denise Nicola Cachia were arraigned in their capacity as owner and director of the restaurant. They were accused of having caused grievous injuries to two clients through negligence
Around 70% of active companies in Malta do not declare any profits and don’t pay a cent in tax, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana told the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday. Caruana was speaking during a discussion about tax collection, spurred by a report on the topic by the auditor general. He argued that despite ongoing efforts to tighten tax
