Across Europe, the cost of living remains one of the most politically sensitive economic issues. Even as inflation has slowed, households continue to feel the strain from higher rents, food prices and borrowing costs that built up during the past three years. Of course, Malta is not immune to these realities. However, a consistent pattern emerges in this story as Malta experiences less volatile inflation flows with lower peaks.  However, inflation figures talk about averages

The Shift in Policy For decades, land reclamation sat on the fringes of Maltese policy. It surfaced in pre-election chatter, appeared in speculative renders, and occasionally in talk-show bravado, but never in concrete economic planning. Budget 2026 changes that. For the first time, the government has identified a specific site for large-scale reclamation tied to industrial and maritime use rather than real estate. This proposal raises a simple economic question: can creating

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

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

This week, the Nationalist Party (PN) unveiled an ambitious €1 billion investment proposal aimed at reinventing the Maltese economy.