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

In 1943, Malta became the launchpad for Operation Husky. Its harbours brimmed with warships, new airstrips like Gozo’s Ta’ Lambert were built, and the Lascaris War Rooms directed the invasion. Without Malta’s bases and command, the assault on Sicily may never have succeeded.

Maltese village core must not become a museum, but a lived-in space A Village Built for a Different Life The traditional Maltese village...

Malta’s political map was long shaped by geography, with Labour dominating the dockyard communities in the South and the PN entrenched in the Church-backed villages of the North. Today, shifting demographics and new migration patterns are testing those old frontiers

We often forget it, but the closest capital city to Valletta is not Rome, not Tunis, not even Athens. It’s Tripoli. Barely 355 miles to...

For decades Malta has stood as a neutral meeting ground for world leaders, from the 1989 Bush–Gorbachev summit to the recent USA–China talks. Its unique position in the Mediterranean, coupled with its constitutional neutrality, continues to make the island a trusted stage for diplomacy in an era of global tension.