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SUNDAY • 5 NOVEMBER 2023 • ISSUE 1253 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
Videos of young people
fighting each other in
the streets of the capital
flare up on social media
PAGE 5
Underground
car park in
Sliema back
on the cards
PAGE 6
Maltese football
looking to its
ladies to make
history
PAGE 13
Gangs of Valletta Trailblazers Ferries
Malta's GDP
MATTHEW VELLA
MALTA'S finance minister, Clyde
Caruana, has had no qualms this week
in standing by his description of cer-
tain Maltese oligopolies – the domi-
nance of particular industries by ma-
jor, long-standing players – as cartels.
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PAGE 2 BUDGET 2024: ANALYSIS, CURIOSITIES AND EXPLAINERS PAGES 15 - 23
'Cartel'
dig irks
importers
worried
about
inflation
headache
A budget that targets
disgruntled Labour voters
• A MaltaToday survey conducted last month revealed that the cost of living is the primary
concern for non-voters, especially among those aged 36 to 55, a demographic that
includes struggling families with children. Will the Labour Party be able to win back
these voters by keeping them af loat in turbulent times? Analysis by JAMES DEBONO.
• Cuts for breakfast club and afterschool services by Kurt Sansone
• Energy and fuel subsidies: Can they last forever? Analysis by Nicole Meilak
• Clyde Caruana interviewed by Matthew Vella
Economist JP Fabri
says it's time to
shift from today's
domestic demand
to export growth
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Prime Minister Robert Abela (centre), addressing the press after the Budget speech, flanked by Deputy PM Chris Fearne (left) and Finance Minister Clyde Caruana
