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Newspaper post YOUR FIRST READ AND FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT maltatoday SUNDAY • 5 JULY 2015 • ISSUE 817 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Pastor's church fails to submit accounts three years running 'Greek pensioners support their jobless children on €400 a month' TIM DIACONO NO accounts have been filed since 2011 by tele-evangelist Gordon John Manché's 'Nations for Christ' with the Commissioner for NGOs rais- ing questions on its financing model of requesting tithes from followers. Montekristo trade fair refused police permit But defiant organisers say MEPA objection will not deter 230-exhibitor fair from taking place: 'We have removed all illegalities from site' MATTHEW VELLA THE police have withheld a permit for the holding of the Fiera l-Kbira trade fair at Mon- tekristo Estates, after the Malta Environment and Planning Authority objected to a permit being given, because of enforcement orders on the site at Hal-Farrug. The objection puts at risk the trade fair, which would host over 230 exhibitors, but its organ- isers have told MaltaToday they intend going ahead with the 9 July opening date. MEPA and the police are said to be sticking to their guns on their refusal. MEPA has said that the trade fair can take place only on the land where there are no plan- ning illegalities, which leaves out a large open space where the fair has to be sited. But Polidano Bros. chief executive officer Jean Paul Sammut told MaltaToday that the area has been cleared of all illegal structures. "Since November 2013, Charles Polidano has removed, at his own expense, all illegalities out- lined by MEPA chief executive officer Johann Buttigieg, in full cooperation with the law." But the enforcement notices on the area in question still stand, among several slapped on the construction tycoon at the flagship Mon- tekristo estates, which also included an illegal car park over a huge tract of land. PAGE 6 PAGE 4 Expats call for an end to their country's humiliation PAGE 13 WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? EXPLAINING THE GREEK DEBT CRISIS €1.40 Ambassador Theodoros Daskarolis INTERVIEW PGS 14-15 River Of Love teacher says adherents can volunteer 10% 'tithe' on salaries for pastor July 2015 - Issue 67 www.vida.com.mt THE VALLETTA FILM FESTIVAL SUN SALT & SEA Fashion must-haves for the beach season HIDDEN VEGGIES Fun food ideas to get the kids to eat their veggies FREE WITH MALTATODAY PAGES 16-17 Lights out for Fiera l-Kbira? A MEPA objection has meant police are refusing the permit