Malta – Page 2 – The Malting Pot

Have you heard of Environmental Migration?

·November 12, 2015
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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The Valletta Summit on Migration is currently underway in Malta, following the unprecedented rise of migrants and refugees making harrowing journeys across the Mediterranean to reach Europe. With the spotlight clearly focused on those people that are fleeing their home countries as a result of conflict, human rights violations, and…

Fat and Lazy: And then we wonder why traffic is an issue in Malta

·November 11, 2015
·Antoine Borg Micallef
·19 Comments

Traffic is everywhere in Malta during autumn, on the roads, on my newsfeed, on the newspapers, on the radio, in my daily conversations...literally everywhere. With each passing year, the situation becomes more troublesome and aggravating, yet how can we expect to solve this issue when Maltese people are too lazy…

Maybe Prince Charles will educate Malta about sustainability during the CHOGM?

·November 10, 2015
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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Malta is set to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting for the second time in late November this year. With Queen Elizabeth heading the CHOGM, and accompanied by her husband Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of…

Rare satellite-tagged eagle appears in Malta

·November 4, 2015
·Antoine Borg Micallef
·1 Comment

A rare Eastern Imperial Eagle has roosted in Malta last night in what constitutes the first ever record of the presence of this species on the Maltese Islands. Sporting a satellite tracking device, the massive bird is thought to originate from a conservation project in Austria. BirdLife Malta today announced…

BirdLife Malta calls on Karmenu Vella to take immediate action on illegal trapping season

·October 17, 2015
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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The Maltese government has (unsurprisingly) decided to open the bird trapping season next week despite calls from the European Commission, and a signed letter by 90 MEPs to ban the senseless practice. The following is a statement by BirdLife Malta in reaction to government's decision to open the 2015 autumn…

Hunters’ federation CEO engaged as government consultant on hunting and trapping

·October 8, 2015
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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Lino Farrugia has been paid €1,000 a month since January 2014 to advise the government's Environment ministry on matters relating to hunting and trapping. This information was made public following a parliamentary question by Opposition MP Kristy Debono on the issue of consultants to the government. This piece of information…

What is Environmental Governance?

·October 7, 2015
·Antoine Borg Micallef
·4 Comments

I recently came across a news article in which environment NGO Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) pointed to a lack of environmental governance in Malta. While I agree with the arguments that FAA put forward, the NGO did not fully explain the significance of this term. The following blog post…

Kont Taf Li? Maltese father and daughter team win Australian reality TV show

·October 7, 2015
·Antoine Borg Micallef
·4 Comments

Steve and Tiana Falzon have recently won an Australian home renovation reality show to have their home mortgage paid off. The father and daughter team managed to defeat five other teams to win the grand prize on Australia's Channel 7 show House Rules. Steve and Tiana Falzon were crowned the…

Maltese motorsport enthusiasts’ skewed logic – Paqpaqli ghall-Istrina incident shows we need proper motorsport facilities

·October 6, 2015
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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In the wake of the recent tragic incident at the annual Paqpaqli ghall-Istrina charity motorshow which left numerous onlookers injured, some motor enthusiasts are calling this a sign that Malta desperately needs professional motorsport facilities. Meanwhile, the rest of us non-motorsport enthusiasts are trying to make sense of this argument…

Let’s talk about suicide, please

·September 25, 2015
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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September is recognised as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in the United States by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Even though mental health organisation around the world have been making waves in increasing awareness about issues relating to mental illness, suicide is still largely regarding as a taboo subject…