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

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

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

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

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

A total of 1.600 trees and shrubs have been planted in an initiative launched in April in which a tree is planted in exchange for every EUR 300 or more that the public donates to Puttinu Cares in return for an investment of EUR 35.000 by Parks Malta

Over the weekend, migrant workers and activists took to the streets to protest against racial violence and abuses of power against ethnic minorities in the country

The iGaming sector contributed over €700 million to the country's economy in the first six months of this year and currently employs 10.000 people, Prime Minister Robert Abela said

Around 250 people wrote to the Minister of Transport in two days, asking the government to take action to decongest the roads and make them safer

Labour Party member Clyde Caruana announced that first-time buyers will receive EUR 10.000 over ten years to help repay their home loan; the measure was one of Labour's key election promises last year

According to a study conducted by Deloitte, Malta will need to attract 4,7 million tourists over the next six years to ensure that existing and planned hotel beds reach 2019 occupancy levels

An average of two deaths by suicide per month over the last 11 years has been recorded by the Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with Mental Disorders; the predominant age group of suicide victims is between 40 and 50 years, with 83% men