Rogue ODZ developer in Mgarr ix-Xini plays the sheep farm card
A Gozitan who developed his Outside Development Zone land
The Shift Team
April 8, 2024 17:52
Corinthia company given €800,000 direct order to start work on Gozo airstrip
The Gozo Ministry, now also responsible for the Planning
The Shift Team
March 20, 2024 08:03
Illegal batching plants to continue without permits for at least 4 years
Tista taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. Illegal tarmac and concrete
The Shift Team
March 1, 2024 17:01
Finance Ministry €19,000 direct order split between husband and wife, avoiding tender
A job writing a report for the EU-funded Youth
The Shift Team
December 18, 2023 08:42
Bahrija ODZ villa development by tunnels contractor ‘non-starter’
The Planning Authority should not grant permission for an
The Shift Team
October 21, 2023 11:00
PAMA ‘garden’, underground extension ‘impossible’ unless rules change
An attempt to turn a large tract of ODZ
The Shift Team
September 22, 2023 08:31
ERA, Local Council, NGOs oppose Għajnsielem ODZ flats and retail centre
The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has labelled an
Sean Montebello
September 20, 2023 13:47
ERA objects to work done on private property during Nadur road project
The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has told the
The Shift Team
August 8, 2023 18:07
BirdLife objects to third apartment block next to Simar nature reserve
An application for a third apartment block adjacent to
Sean Montebello
July 7, 2023 12:06
‘Public will be forced to intervene’ as deckchairs placed on Comino garigue
The lack of enforcement against newly placed deckchairs on
Sean Montebello
June 22, 2023 11:15
Public urged to raise objections to ‘monstrous Comino village’ development
Environmental organisations are calling on the public to oppose
The Shift Team
January 12, 2023 10:36
€16 million EU-funded Bugibba ferry project threatens EU Natura 2000 site
A €16 million project entirely funded by the EU
David Lindsay
November 27, 2022 14:10
The ERA’s pricey RHIB: ‘They might have ordered expensive extras, but to triple the price is quite a feat’
A number of local marine service providers have expressed
The Shift Team
September 9, 2022 17:22
‘I have no plans to open a night club in Mistra’ – Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando
Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando has denied plans to push for
Julian Delia
July 2, 2022 17:30
Deferred: Planning Authority postpones hearing on Joseph Portelli’s ODZ swimming pool in Xaghra
The Planning Authority has deferred a board hearing which
Julian Delia
April 26, 2022 15:00
Malta Chamber of Geologists: ‘people are not protected by the current regulations’
The president of the recently formed Chamber of Geologists
Julian Delia
April 20, 2022 10:00
Gozo architect Alex Bigeni on livestock farm development spree
Architect Alex Bigeni, whose name is regularly associated with
Julian Delia
February 14, 2022 17:34
Environment, cultural heritage watchdogs object to Wied Ghasri ‘poultry farm’
Both the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) and the
Julian Delia
February 1, 2022 08:05
New road at the centre of a 3 week protest in Dingli opens door for development application
A plot of agricultural land near a hotly-contested area
The Shift Team
January 20, 2022 19:00
Application for tourism complex on site of former explosives factory in Dingli withdrawn
The controversial planning application aiming to convert an abandoned
The Shift Team
January 10, 2022 12:22
Indian business tycoon who bought 30,000sqm of Dwejra coastline becomes Maltese citizen
Vijay Kumar Berlia, an Indian business tycoon who had
The Shift Team
December 29, 2021 15:21
Objections mount against Joseph Portelli’s ODZ swimming pool in Gozo development project
Xagħra’s local council and six eNGOs have filed objections
Julian Delia
December 8, 2021 16:16
Bahrija gate blocking public access to coast still there; sanctioning process suspended at applicant’s request
An illegal gate that has been blocking public access
Julian Delia
August 30, 2021 15:19
‘Immediate action needs to be taken’ to safeguard Malta’s woodlands from climate change droughts
As Malta swelters under soaring temperatures far above the
Julian Delia
August 23, 2021 09:54
Jose’ Herrera turned property developer while environment minister
National Heritage Minister Jose’ Herrera was busy ripping up
The Shift Team
July 7, 2021 08:56
Graffitti’s stand-off in Dingli enters fourth day as three residents file judicial protest against activists
As a sit-in protest against the building of a
Gabriel Schembri
March 24, 2021 18:51
Some trees marked with spray paint will be removed for Central Link project
Infrastructure Malta has confirmed that the trees marked with
The Shift Team
January 21, 2020 18:27
Big fish in a small pond
The permit given by the Planning Authority to Azzopardi
Caroline Muscat
May 18, 2019 08:57
As country was engulfed in toxic cloud, Ministry spent €700,000 on advertising
During a year marked by a toxic dark cloud
Caroline Muscat
February 27, 2019 08:27
Government refuses to publish secret deal to transfer prime public land
The government should immediately publish the secret Memorandum of
The Shift Team
February 6, 2019 12:39

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