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

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.

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

Alex Borg entered the PN leadership race as the clear favourite, yet a series of strategic missteps nearly cost him victory. From weak messaging to empty policy and poor debate performances, his campaign turned a coronation into a cliffhanger.

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.

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

Neutrality may still matter, but modern threats show that Malta must also be prepared. Sitting at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, the island remains exposed to nearby instability in Libya, rising tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the vulnerabilities of global trade routes.

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.

From a strictly legal standpoint, ADPD’s claim finds little support in the letter of the law or past jurisprudence. However, the party claims constitutional and legal framework in force was engineered to favor a two-party system, applying proportional adjustments only in a binary contest and pointedly excluding third-party entrants.

Disengagement is itself a choice. When voters tune out, the duopoly tightens its grip. Apathy may feel comfortable, but it leaves the ballot paper to others.

The manifesto's late appearance is unlikely to be Labour being unprepared to this election campaign. Far from being accidental, this strategy mirrors international trends that balance momentum with voter psychology and past campaigns of the PL.

Malta has long defined itself as neutral. Neutrality is written into the Constitution and has shaped foreign policy since the Cold War. Yet as security threats evolve, Europe changes, and NATO remains the dominant defence alliance on the continent, an uncomfortable question keeps surfacing: should Malta reconsider its stance and join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?