Europe Malta The Gozo Ministry announced the opening of the spring hunting season for quail today, with the national quota set at 2.400 quail and there will be no individual quotas for hunters
Europe Malta Environmental and heritage NGOs are on a mission to gather objections to the 'monstrosity' of a proposed development project for the 17th century Gozo Heritage building in Għajnsielem that envisages a six-storey block
Europe Malta Two out of five non-EU workers in Malta in 2021 were overqualified for their jobs, reports a Eurostat study
Europe Malta Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that 1,8 million guests stayed in hotels and other accommodation facilities in 2022
Europe Malta Annual Malta Drug Report released on 17 Feb 2023 reports 513 drug-related emergencies and 5 deaths in 2021; cocaine and synthetic cannabis were the main drugs leading to medical assistance for intoxication and 1.990 individuals were undergoing treatment
Europe Malta Malta's population is almost 90% Caucasian and 83% Catholic, according to new census data revealed by the National Statistics Office; this is the first time that Malta's ethnic and religious diversity has been formally captured in national statistics
Europe Malta Activists recalled the thousands of migrants who died while crossing the Mediterranean in an attempt to reach European shores, denouncing the "murderous policy" of the Maltese authorities
Europe Malta Valletta Soup Kitchen has fed over 30.000 guests in 2022, 86% of whom were Maltese, 220 children; over 91.000 plates and 27,000 packed lunches were prepared, costing the organisation approximately €710.100
Europe Malta Voice for Choice said it was concerned about the government's suggested changes to Bill 28, stressing that the law is already the bare minimum and should pass as is without further amendment
Europe Malta Several former employees of a taxi fleet claim that they have not been paid months’ worth of salaries, with some amounts running into thousands of euros; some of them have opened cases with the Department of Industrial and Employment Relations
Europe Malta Hundreds of presents donated by the public have been laid under a big Christmas tree in Castile Square; they will be distributed to children in need in the initiative “Give a Gift with love”, at its 3rd edition
Europe Malta Hourly wage costs in the third quarter of last year dicreased in Malta while they rose in the rest of the European Union, except Germany; on average, hourly labour costs rose by 2,9% in the euro area, Eurostat said