Another sizeable structure has appeared on The Strand in Sliema, this time outside the Carlo Stivala development at the corner of Triq il-Lunzjata. And residents are asking a very simple question: Who approved this? The structure extends over a substantial…
This summer should have been a wake-up call. St Julian’s, Paceville, Swieqi, Sliema and Gżira were bursting at the seams. Drunken behaviour, shouting in residential streets, public urination, fights, parties, drugs, vandalism and general anti-social behaviour became an almost routine…
Comino has been given an important — if temporary — reprieve. The Environment and Planning Review Tribunal (EPRT) has suspended the environmental permit that would have allowed preparatory works for the proposed Six Senses Comino development, including the removal and…
In Malta, freshly laid tarmac doesn’t come with a lifespan. It comes with a countdown. Four months ago, Triq Għajn Dwieli — the road linking Paola with Cottonera — received some fresh asphalt in the run-up to the general election.…
The calls for Planning Authority Executive Chairperson Johann Buttigieg to leave his post are no longer coming from one corner of civil society. MGW count: at least 37 distinct organisations, associations and political parties have now publicly called for Johann…
Thousands walked through Valletta on Wednesday demanding justice, accountability and an end to impunity. But when the march ended and the crowds began to leave, the story did not end with the numbers in the streets. What remained were the…
Some people collect stamps. Some collect watches. Some collect loyalty points. Mohamed Ali Ahmed Elmushraty — better known in Malta as Lilu King — appears to have accumulated something rather different over the years: an impressively long relationship with the…
Thousands of people filled Valletta on Wednesday evening in a powerful public call for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia, greater accountability and stronger, cleaner governance in Malta. The crowd gathered near Parliament before moving through the capital towards Great Siege…
The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association has every right to be angry. After years of hearing that Malta wants to move away from tourism based simply on numbers and towards a supposedly “higher-value, higher-quality and more respectful” visitor, the events…
The head of the World Travel & Tourism Council has said Malta does not have an overtourism problem — at least not yet. But with more than four million tourists arriving in a country of fewer than 600,000 residents, perhaps…
