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WEDNESDAY • 8 JANUARY 2025 • ISSUE 922 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
Applications
for planning
permits
increased by
12% in 2024
Number of applications
increases from 7,802 in
2023 to 8,717 in 2024 but
remains lower than pre-
pandemic peak
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25-year-old Alejandro Brincat (inset) from Mtarfa has been identified as the victim of
2025's first road fatality on Monday night. Preliminary investigations showed the victim,
who was driving a Mercedes car, lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a tree in
Attard. The vehicle was stopped by a steel strurture. (Photo: Malta Police)
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The first traffic fatality of 2025