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WEDNESDAY • 15 JANUARY 2025 • ISSUE 923 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
JAMES
DEBONO
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Vitals: Azzopardi
submits reports
he says were
withheld from
magisterial
inquiry
Former MP and lawyer
Jason Azzopardi claims
three due diligence
reports regarding
investors in the Vitals
hospital deal had been
withheld by Malta
Enterprise from the
magisterial inquiry into
the hospitals concession
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Maltese most dissatisfied
in Europe with state of the
environment in rural areas
Although 50% of Maltese rate the state of the environment and
landscape in rural areas positively, on this aspect they are the most
dissatisfied people in Europe, a Eurobarometer survey shows
A recent Eurobarometer survey reveals
that Maltese citizens are the most dissat-
isfied in the EU with the state of the envi-
ronment and the landscape in rural areas.
The survey, which focused on agricul-
ture and rural living, found that 49% of
respondents in Malta rated the state of
the environment in rural areas negative-
ly.
This dissatisfaction is starkly different
from the rest of the EU, where 85% of
respondents expressed a positive judge-
ment on the state of the environment
and landscape in rural areas.
Only 11% of Maltese respondents rated
the environment in rural areas as "very
good," while 39% considered it "fairly
good." However, 37% felt it was in a "fair-
ly bad" state, and 12% rated it "very bad."
This is in stark contrast to the EU-wide
trend, where an absolute majority in all
other 26 member states rated their rural
environments positively.
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Jason Azzopardi