Kurt Sansone

1 week ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

Kurt Sansone / Jaelle Borg 1 min read 🔴 LIVE The trial by jury of four men accused of involvement in the murders of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017 and lawyer Carmel Chircop in 2015 continues on Thursday. Brothers Robert and Adrian Agius, known as Tal-Maksar, Jamie Vella, and George Degiorgio, known as Iċ-Ċiniż, stand charged with complicity in the two killings.

1 week ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

The prime minister is mulling over a series of changes within his cabinet, prompted by Byron Camilleri’s insistence to relinquish the Home Affairs Ministry, MaltaToday has learnt. Camilleri is understood to have been requesting a change in portfolio ever since the theft of cannabis from an Armed Forces of Malta compound. An inquiry exonerated Camilleri from any responsibility but the case caused major embarrassment to the government.

1 week ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

Malta has confirmed it will be among the countries ratifying the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty—also known as the High Seas Treaty—next month. The ratification will happen at the third UN Ocean Conference that is taking place in Nice, France. The High Seas Treaty addresses a long-standing gap in ocean protection by providing a legal framework for conserving and sustainably using marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

1 week ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

A parliamentary petition calling for Manoel Island to be turned into a national heritage park closed on Sunday with an impressive 29,041 signatures. Campaigners said the signatures, which amount to more than 5% of the population, delivered a “strong mandate for action.” The petition calls on government to return Manoel Island back into public ownership and turn it into a national park. The island was part of a concession that also included Tigné Point, granted to MIDI plc in 2000.

2 weeks ago | maltatoday.com.mt | Kurt Sansone

The sleepy village of Għargħur is nuzzled between Naxxar, San Ġwann and Ibraġġ on one of the highest places in Malta. Indeed, the area along the Victoria Lines, where many young lovers go on night-time escapades, is affectionately and bombastically known as Top of the World. The locality, with a population of 3,741, is characterised by sharp contrasts between the old and the new; the traditional and the contemporary.