In 2015, the Government awarded a concession to Vitals Global Healthcare for the redevelopment, management, and operation of the Gozo General Hospital, Karin Grech Rehabilitation Hospital, and St Luke’s Hospital. After Vitals failed to meet its obligations and secure the necessary financing, the concession was transferred to Steward Health Care in early 2018. Steward likewise did not deliver the promised redevelopment works. In 2023, the Maltese courts annulled the concession

Claims that ministers awarded themselves larger pay rises are incorrect. The 2026 adjustments are part of the nationwide collective agreement, and in many cases, ordinary government employees received higher increases than Cabinet members.

Malta Budget 2026 tackles housing affordability with expanded deposit aid, buyer grants, and social leasing, but limited supply reforms risk fuelling prices instead of fixing the crisis.

Framed against a backdrop of slowing European growth, Malta’s budget for 2026 combined fiscal prudence with an unmistakable push towards helping families’ disposable incomes, pensioners, and small businesses. Finance Minister Clyde Caruana opened with confidence that Malta remains an “exceptional” case in Europe, maintaining growth and stability while still offering tangible relief to households. Malta’s 2026 Budget cuts family taxes, lifts pensions, and backs a €100m digital

Malta’s Budget 2026 goes all in on families, overhauling tax bands for parents and married couples. The reform leaves €160 million in households’ pockets and marks the government’s boldest bet yet to reverse the country’s record-low birth rate.

Malta’s 2026 Budget puts productivity at its core, shifting from labour-driven growth to a digital strategy built on skills, innovation, and efficiency.

Malta’s COLA for next year is projected at €4.66 per week. Based on a 2.03% moving inflation rate

Over the past 15 years Malta’s population has grown at an outstanding rate. Adjusting for the pandemic years, net migration has averaged...

A petition launched by an Italian student to make Italian an official language in Malta made headlines. The Times of Malta later revealed...

When Prime Minister Robert Abela stands at the United Nations General Assembly tonight to formally recognise the State of Palestine, he will be drawing a line under nearly five decades of consistent Maltese policy. For Malta, this is not a sudden shift but the logical end point of a long trajectory that began in the 1970s, when the island had only just become a republic.