How not to kowtow to the hunting lobby

Don’t rock my boat
His Mediterranean cruise with a construction magnate brought out into the open the incestuous relationship of politics and business. Will PN secretary general Joe Saliba’s cost him a bout of sea sickness in the next election? Interview by James Debono>

Thumbs down for Ta’ Cenc villas from EU Commission
The Ta’ Cenc developers, already at odds with the Structure Plan, could face another insurmountable obstacle to their designs: the European Commission. The EC is calling on the Maltese authorities not to authorise further development in Ta’ Cenc which would risk the integrity of sites that should have been proposed as Special Protected Areas. News - James Debono

Bird Hunting
It’s not all bad news on the hunting front, with Malta recording its first ever breeding pair of Little Egrets this week. But illegal hunting still casts a long shadow over nature conservation. Bianca Caruana on the ongoing, unresolved hunting dispute... Feature - Bianca Caruana

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