Europe Malta The National Blood Transfusion Service is planning to implement a comprehensive blood, tissue and cell donor management system that will allow doctors to keep track of 20.000 donations
Europe Malta The Malta Film Commission will give an individual filmmaker a grant of €100.000 for the development of a 15-minute professional film within the Malta Create short film fund, launched as part of Mediterrane Film Festival to bolster Maltese film industry
Europe Malta Called 'Nina u Ninu', a new app helps children learn Maltese by introducing new games on various themes every month
Europe Malta The Bank of Valletta reported a pre-tax profit of €46,5m in the first quarter of this year, which represents an increase of €24m compared to the same quarter last year
Europe Malta Finance Minister Clyde Caruana stated that Air Malta will not hire new workers, refusing to give details and citing ongoing negotiations with the European Commission
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