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WEDNESDAY • 26 NOVEMBER 2025 • ISSUE 968 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
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Naxxar Nationalist mayor defends council decision to pedestrianise narrow road next to the
playing field despite opposition from two PN councillors
Birkirkara FC narrowly avoid transfer scam
involving fake German football club official
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JAMES
DEBONO
jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt
Pedestrianisation plan approved by Naxxar council
THE Naxxar local council has
approved plans to pedestrianise
a residential road fronting a
playing field in the town centre.
The proposal to pedestrianise
Triq Kalċidon Agius was made
by developer Emmanuel Farru-
gia. The road is currently closed
due to ongoing works.
Farrugia already has a permit
to build a commercial com-
plex consisting of five shops
and 28 overlying apartments in
the area. This application fol-
lowed a zoning request by the
same developer that increased
the developable area by chang-
ing the building alignment—a
move previously opposed by the
council.
Now, the developer is asking
for the short road to be closed
off to cars, a proposal support-
ed by Naxxar Mayor Chris De-
guara.
Deguara described the propos-
al as an opportunity to improve
safety for people using the play-
ing field, while creating a space
for cultural and social activities.
KARL
AZZOPARDI
kazzopardi@mediatoday.com.mt
BIRKIRKARA FC has confirmed
it narrowly avoided falling vic-
tim to an elaborate international
football scam after receiving what
appeared to be a record transfer
offer for one of its Maltese inter-
national players.
In a statement issued on
Wednesday, the club said the pro-
posal had been made by an indi-
vidual falsely impersonating the
sporting director of a German sec-
ond-division side. The player was
also contacted directly and pre-
sented with terms that "seemed
difficult to refuse," according to
the club.
Birkirkara FC narrowly avoided losing thousands of euros after a fraudulent transfer offer, made by an individual posing as a German club official, was exposed as
part of a wider international football scam (Photo: James Bianchi/MaltaToday)
