Coalition to Abolish Spring Hunting

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Hunting referendum to go ahead, CASH: 'Historic day for Malta' Constitutional Court approves spring hunting referendum • CASH: Historical day for Malta and clear win for democracy

The court's decision about the referendum will be about 9.30am tomorrow (Friday). Stay tuned.

Decision over hunting referendum tomorrow The Constitutional Court is tomorrow expected to announce its decision on whether a spring hunting referendum will be held this year. If the court approves the referendum, the President will then set a date no sooner than three months and no later than six from the decision, that is between April...

Seven more days until we hear the Court's decision about the referendum.

One week to go before Constitutional Court decides whether spring hunting referendum should be... The Constitutional Court is to decide whether a referendum on spring hunting takes place in a week's time, and a decision to give the referendum the go-ahead appears to be the most likely

Constitutional Court Decision on Spring Hunting Referendum to be given on 9 January - The Malta... Constitutional Court Decision on Spring Hunting Referendum to be given on 9 January Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 16:56 Last update: about 2 minutes ago

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Referendum looking set for the first half of 2015...

PN welcomes government decision for next year's council elections to go ahead; Elections will be... The government has decided that the 2015 local elections will go ahead as scheduled but the elections due in 2017 will be postponed to 2019, Justice and Local Government Minister Owen Bonnici announced this afternoon. The council elections next year will be held with the referendum on Spring...

Objections in - we are one more step closer to the referendum.

FKNK files objections to hunting referendum - says breaches EU treaty A referendum to abolish spring hunting cannot be held because it breaches Malta’s EU Treaty obligations, hunters have told the Constitutional Court. The hunting federation, FKNK, argued that the referendum sought to abolish a legal notice that implemented provisions of the Birds Directive, which...

A clear majority would vote 'YES' to abolish spring hunting and more than 50% say they would turn out to vote - the survey was done before the closure of the hunting season and the attacks on birdwatchers last week.

Surge in support for spring hunting ban • MaltaToday Survey See our interactive data sheet and how we mapped out growing support for a ban on spring hunting.