On this day, Maltese television became the stage for one of the most emblematic episodes of the Nationalist Party’s internal crisis during the final years of the Gonzi administration. A live discussion on Bondiplus , hosted by Lou Bondi, featured PN backbencher Franco Debono at a time when the government’s one-seat parliamentary majority had rendered every dissenting voice politically consequential. The context was already charged. The background was a government operating wi

William Savona, first president of the Labour Party, shaped Malta’s early workers’ movement, linking military service, social reform, & labour politics in the 1920s.

Tessie Camilleri was Malta’s first female university graduate. Born in 1901, her life marks a turning point in women’s access to higher education in Malta.

On 5 January 1902, a Maltese courtroom became the unlikely stage for a constitutional confrontation between colonial authority and cultural nationalism. However one would expect that the debucle would be over a legislation or taxation. No, this debate was about a song. More precisely, a newly composed Innu Malti that the British administration feared would turn a night at the theatre into a political act.

On 4 January 1927, a trademark linked to The Coca-Cola Company was registered in Malta. The mark, later catalogued as TM1915, covered mineral water, aerated water, soft drinks, and ginger beer. Nearly a century later, it remains valid.

Ġużepp Cauchi, known in Għarb as Ta’ Neriku, was born on 3 January 1910. He would later become one of the lesser-known Gozitan names tied to the Second World War, not through the bombing of Malta itself, but through a grim chain of events that took him from Gozo to Australia, then to Greece, and finally to a Nazi camp outside Berlin. Cauchi left Gozo as a teenager, emigrating to Australia in 1926, part of a broader pattern of Maltese and Gozitan migration in search of work a

At midnight on 1 January 2008 , the Maltese lira officially ceased to be the country’s currency, replaced by the euro after more than three decades as the unit of an independent state. The moment was marked by a simple withdrawal of the first euro banknotes from an ATM in Valletta. Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech and Central Bank Governor Michael C. Bonello were among those present as Malta crossed the threshold into the euro area. The three were

The disappearance of slavery in Malta is often attributed to a single moment in 1798, when Napoleon abolished the practice after capturing the islands. The reality is more complex. The end of slavery in Malta was not a sudden reform driven by enlightened ideals. It was the product of decades of negotiation, foreign intervention, financial incentives, and geopolitical shifts that gradually eroded a system that had shaped Maltese society for centuries. By the late eighteenth ce

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

Introduction Malta’s post-independence economic history (1960s–1990s) is a remarkable case of successful structural transition in the...

When the Order of Saint John was forced out of Rhodes in 1522 and later offered Malta by Charles V in 1530, it did not arrive to the...

Uncover the forgotten role of women and children in Malta’s Great Siege of 1565. Beyond the Knights, civilians defended their island with courage, ingenuity, and resilience that changed the course of history.

The Great Siege of 1565 is usually told as a tale of knights, cannons, and heroism. But what did the Maltese themselves think and feel...

Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici remains one of the most debated figures in Malta’s post-independence history. A lawyer by profession and an unlikely politician by temperament, his years at the helm of the Labour Party and as Prime Minister between 1984 and 1987 were marked by turbulence, reform, and controversy.

The Language Question in Malta (1880–1939) was a struggle over identity, culture, and power. Torn between Italian tradition, British rule, and the rise of Maltese, the debate shaped politics, education, and national identity well into independence.

Discover the story of Malta’s 1961 Interdett, when Archbishop Gonzi clashed with Dom Mintoff’s Labour Party. Learn how the Church declared supporting Labour a mortal sin, its impact on Maltese society, and how the conflict shaped politics until reconciliation in 1969.

In 1956 Malta voted for integration with the United Kingdom, but the plan collapsed over costs, Church opposition, and shifting British defence priorities. Discover why Malta never joined the UK and instead chose independence in 1964.

The Malta Inquisition fought heresy, banned books, and terrified sinners. But when it came to swearing, it lost. The Tribunal’s endless cases of Maltese blasphemy show not only the creativity of local speech, but also the limits of power in a society where religion was everywhere.

Understanding Malta Tsunami Risk Through History Although Malta is not usually seen as a place at risk of natural disasters, both...

With the outbreak of war and rising fears of subversion, British authorities invoked emergency legislation aimed at detaining individuals suspected of being disloyal, including politicians who sympathised with the Italian culture