A long standing arrangement governing beach kiosks at Għadira Bay has resurfaced in national debate, drawing attention to how public land concessions have been granted and managed over the past decade. The issue centres on 15 year encroachment agreements concluded in the months preceding Malta’s 2013 general elections, when the Nationalist Party was still in government....
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