A request filed by The Shift under Malta’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has been denied by the Lands Authority, blocking the release of critical details concerning a €1 million land expropriation in Victoria, Gozo. The funds — public money — were used to acquire approximately 1,300 square metres of land for what the government claims is a traffic management improvement. However, questions have arisen over whether the transaction was truly made in the public interest or for the benefit of private developers....

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