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

25 individuals applied for amnesty for a total of 96 dangerous animals, Animal Rights Minister said; in February, government announced that owners who kept dangerous animals illegally would receive an amnesty registering their exotic pets within 90 days

A restoration of an 18th-century house in Naxxar is shortlisted as one of five finalists in Architecture+Stone category of the 2025 Architizer A+ Awards against Mexico, China and USA projects; the public will decide the winner with an online voting system

The move to curb migrant workers could lead to a slowdown in Malta’s economic growth according to the chief economist of the Central Bank speaking at the presentation of the 2024 annual report, which reviewed Malta’s economic performance in the past year

Singer Miriana Conte will take to the next Eurovision Song Contest a different song as the one previously chosen featured a word in the refrain of the original version that sounds very similar to a vulgar word in the English vocabulary