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Robert Abela announced a forthcoming green investment, while Alex Borg pressed for housing assistance that better reflects the prices facing prospective buyers.
Why it mattersThe prime minister said a green investment would be inaugurated on 28 October, two days after the Budget, alongside further pension support and tax reductions.
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Why it mattersThe poll of 835 respondents, conducted between 22 September and 2 October, gives small parties 3.8% and implies turnout of 76%.
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Why it mattersPrime Minister Robert Abela told Parliament he would not support creating a specific offence of mafia-style association, arguing that it would wrongly label Malta a mafia state.
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Why it mattersClosing Labour’s general conference, Prime Minister Robert Abela said the 26 October budget would be responsible and intended to provide stability.
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Why it mattersThe Nationalist Party accused government of using parliamentary procedure to prevent debate on its Omnibus Bill implementing recommendations from the Daphne Caruana Galizia public inquiry.
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Why it mattersPolice questioned Alex Agius Saliba on Friday afternoon over a 2020 contract awarded to Red Agency Limited for services to his MEP office.
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Why it mattersThe Nationalist Party announced plans to present ten legislative proposals intended to implement recommendations from the public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination.
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Why it mattersParliament’s Standards Committee adopted a report concluding that Minister Chris Bonett breached the Code of Ethics through the use of the Department of Information.
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Why it mattersPN economy spokesman Darren Carabott called for productivity, skills and innovation to replace labour-force expansion as Malta’s principal growth engine.
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Why it mattersThe Nationalist Party raised questions about a €12.8 million two-year agreement between the Public Works Department and local councils.
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Why it mattersThe Nationalist Party said electricity-distribution problems persisted, citing recent outages affecting several localities and an elderly-care home in Gżira that it said lacked power for…
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Why it mattersThe Nationalist Party called for a long-term plan for schools and educators and argued that education funding had not matched Malta’s economic expansion.
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Why it mattersThe Nationalist Party said families and businesses affected by prolonged July power cuts had still not received compensation and could not yet apply because forms had not been published.
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The Labour MEP denied wrongdoing in a magisterial inquiry examining a marketing contract exceeding €60,000; nobody named in the report has been charged.
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