The Times speaks to the rector of the University of Malta after security staff stopped students from staging a demonstration on campus wearing masks of Minister Ian Borg. The rector said security was not acting on university orders and said the censorship will not happen again.
Malta Today also follows the story and quotes Prime Minister Joseph Muscat who said that university students should not be censored, describing the act ‘stupid’. Muscat visited Freshers’ Week on Tuesday.
The Independent covers an address by Chief Justice Joseph Azzopardi at the start of the forensic year. He said that journalists cannot expect answers from members of the judiciary, taking aim at inappropriate questions and strict deadlines for replies.
L-Orizzont also quotes Chief Justice Azzopardi who said that the judiciary in Malta has a proud tradition, including during the colonial period. He encouraged young lawyers in their ambitions to join the judiciary.
In-Nazzjon features the PN pre-budget proposals related to the education sector. Party leader Adrian Delia said that human resource is the most important resource and that the link between education and work needs to be strengthened.
The Independent says that the St Julian’s Local Council wants Palazzo Spinola to be turned into a community centre for residents. The property has hosted the Parliamentary Assembly for the Mediterranean since 2007, but it is currently in the process of relocating.
The Times reports that a planning application to convert an ODZ site in Qala into a villa has been resubmitted with a reduced floorspace. ODZ Commission chair Elizabeth Ellul postponed the hearing for a second time, giving developers another 15 days to modify their plans.
Malta Today carries a story about the Qala development, too, and says that the Planning Authority’s planning directorate has now recommended the project for approval after initially raising objections.
L-Orizzont reveals that ministers and high representatives from seven southern EU states are in Malta to discuss Blockchain and DLT. The paper says the meeting follows on a commitment by the South EU members last year to cooperate on emerging technologies.
