Tag: protest
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Marsaxlokk file official protest over controversial Floriana Title-Winning goal
Marsaxlokk F.C. have officially filed a protest with the Malta Football Association following their defeat to Floriana F.C. in Saturday’s Malta Premier League final. Floriana secured a dramatic 2-1 victory and claimed the league title thanks to a controversial stoppage-time goal that has since sparked major debate. The disputed goal, awarded in the 92nd minute…
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Women mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with protest in Valletta
Yesterday in Valletta, Moviment Graffitti and women’s groups held a protest in front of the Law Courts building in Valletta to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Protestors held posters and photos of victims of female victims of male violence including Bernice Cassar, Chantelle Chetcuti and Sion Grech. Momentum, who…
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Environmental activists warn planning reforms will “destroy our country” during mass protest
Environmental activists and civil society representatives took to the streets on Monday evening, voicing strong opposition to the government’s proposed planning reforms. The protest, held outside Parliament during the national budget speech, drew hundreds of demonstrators demanding that the government withdraw the bills and consult the public before proceeding. Ingram Bondin from the Ramblers Association…
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Budget Day overshadowed by protests and party rebellion
While Parliament convenes for the Finance Minister’s budget speech, demonstrators camping outside parliament will be protesting against the government’s proposed planning reforms, described by NGOs as the most corrupt planning reforms in history. The protest movement against the government’s proposed planning reforms is significantly more numerous than protest movements in the recent past, with many…
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More than a thousand protestors march in Valletta against planning bills: vow to return next week
More than a thousand people marched into Valletta today to protest the government’s plans to introduce new planning bills that would allow the Planning Authority to bypass many of Malta’s environmental and planning regulations enacted over the past decades. Environmental NGOs have described the proposed reforms as the most corrupt overhaul of planning laws in…
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Anti-immigration march draws up to 110,000 people in London
An anti-immigration march in London called “Unite the Kingdom”, organised by Tommy Robinson and his EDL associates, drew up to 110,000 people in London yesterday, according to Police reports. Press reports estimated the figure to be around 200,000 people. The protest started from Trafalgar Square and ended near Westminster. People from across the UK, joined…
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Malta follows the UK in announcing it will recognise the State of Palestine in September
Shortly after an announcement was made by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the recognition of the State of Palestine, Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela also announced that Malta will be recognising the State of Palestine at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in September. The decision was communicated to the ongoing UN Conference on…
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The Nationalist MPs that attended yesterday’s protest against the government’s planning reforms
Yesterday’s protest in front of parliament organised by environmental NGOs was very successful considering its short notice. Protesters also heckled the Prime Minister as he walked right outside the Parliament building and said that he will be consulting and meeting with NGOs soon. There was also a handful of PN MPs present, with Adrian Delia…
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Planning reform protest goes ahead despite government backtrack: ADPD demands public consultation
Despite a last-minute shift in government stance earlier this morning, ADPD-The Green Party joined, the Ramblers Association and Moviment Graffitti among other environmental NGOs outside Parliament this evening in protest against controversial planning reforms proposed in Bills 143 and 144. The protestors warned that the reforms threaten democratic oversight, sideline citizens, and favour developers over…
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Ukrainians defy airstrikes to protest against the law dismantling the independence of anti-Corruption institutions
Ukrainians have defied airstrikes in Kyiv as they continued to protest during the night against a bill approved in the Ukrainian parliament that will bring two anti-corruption institutions under the responsibility of the Attorney-General. The entities are the the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). Protesters held slogans…
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No whereabouts about brave Chinese national who made a lone protest in Tiananmen Square this year
Earlier this week, on the 2nd June, during the morning flag hoisting ceremony at Tiananmen Square, a very brave Chinese national conducted a lone protest by running towards the flagpole. Chinese security personnel quickly ran towards him and detained him. Tiananmen Square remained empty yesterday on the 36th anniversary of the massacre that ended the…
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Alex Borg keeps repeating the Labour Party’s rethoric
Here we have Adrian Delia’s proposed leader for the Nationalist Party, Alex Borg, with his return to his populist, and pro-Labour brand of politics, echoing the same rhetoric used by the Labour Party to delegitimise a protest against the dismantling of the rule of law through the revocation of citizens’ right to request a magisterial…
