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Iceland and Malta are poles apart. Or are they? – Alan Deidun


You may be forgiven for raising eyebrows at any attempt to draw parallels between the Maltese archipelago and Iceland. After all, despite joining us every two years within the Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE), mainly by virtue of its small population (circa 330,000) rather than its dimensions (roughly 103,000km2, or 300 times the extent of the Maltese archipelago), Iceland is considered to be poles apart from our own context.
And the perplexity is perfectly understandable, given the 4,000km which separate the two island nations, with Iceland lying just shy of the Arctic Circle while Malta is entrenched in the heart of the Mediterranean, adorning the two islands with diametrically-opposed climates. But despite these obvious peculiarities and Iceland’s pronounced volcanism and all the baggage this brings along (like geysers), there is a greater degree of juxtaposition between the planning policies of the two island nations than meet the eye a prima facie. ....

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