Maltese medics of empire: The Royal Army Medical Corps

The late Victorian epoch was an age of innovation, empire, and military reform. By the end of the 19th century, Britain understood that an army could not function through infantry, cavalry or artillery alone. It required supporting services...

Engineering the future through mixed reality

The University of Malta is at the forefront of a European education revolution as the leader of TRAINEE, an ambitious Erasmus+ project harnessing mixed reality (MR) to transform how engineers are trained across Europe. The project, ‘Advanced MR...

A shadow cabinet that resonates with today’s Malta

Politics should be about people. All people. Not those who shout the loudest, or rake most likes online, but every citizen whose life is shaped by decisions taken in Parliament. I was especially struck by the shadow cabinet reshuffle that the new...

Girolamo Gianni’s view at Valletta’s Main Gate

In my feature published on August 24, we went on an imaginary trip to late 19th-century Valletta as portrayed by Girolamo Gianni. Today, another of this Neapolitan artist’s paintings, Street Musicians in Maltese Traditional Costumes, will lure our...

Tori Tombi: reviving Malta’s forgotten folktales with art

Tori Tombi began in 2024 as a research project supported by Arts Council Malta. Its aim was to gather and study Maltese folktales and then reimagine their characters and creatures through contemporary illustration and character design. Read the...

Malta’s boot camp for business – encouraging entrepreneurship

With a background spanning business strategy, product management and user experience research and design, Rozina moved to Malta in 2019 “by choice, and with a bit of an eye for adventure." Read the full story at Times2.

Updated (3): ‘Just the beginning’ - Thousands protest in Valletta against planning reform

Thousands of activists gathered in Valletta Saturday for a national protest under the banner Ġustizzja għal Artna: Kill the Bills!, pledging more opposition to the planning reform as proposed by the government unless the bills it presented before...

GENE campaign launched to promote and safeguard biodiversity in Malta

The Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights has launched the GENE campaign, which aims to continue raising awareness about the preservation of local varieties that are essential to safeguarding Malta's agricultural heritage. It...

Four Maltese holidaymakers who died in Croatia car tragedy named

The four Maltese citizens who lost their lives when their car plunged into the sea while on holiday in Croatia have been identified. Jeremy Gambin, 68, and his wife Lorraine (Cynthia), 67, (photo, from Facebook) both residents of Swieqi, died...

Science beats thunderstorm as crowds flock to Science in the City

Valletta hosted Malta’s largest celebration of science and the arts last weekend, as Science in the City brought together scientists, researchers, artists and science enthusiasts on September 26 and 27. Rooted in the theme ‘Past Forward’, the...

Saint Kitts and Nevis iGaming Market Research Report

October 3, 2025 Saint Kitts and Nevis, although small, has made its mark and is now becoming a successful and emerging market in the Eastern Caribbean’s iGaming. In 2025, Nevis introduced the Online Gaming Ordinance, establishing a regulatory...

Skinsurgeon and Remedies host Malta’s first international laser masterclass

On 26 September, Malta welcomed more than forty leading consultants in plastic surgery, dermatology and related specialties from the UK, France, Poland, Italy and the Middle East for the inaugural Skinsurgeon International Laser Masterclass, held...

What we fund becomes our culture – Malta must choose wisely

The recent decision by Foreign and Tourism Minister Ian Borg to redirect funds from large summer parties towards promoting Malta as an arts and cultural destination is a welcome and timely shift. For too long, Malta has been seen primarily as a...

Meet the architects rethinking Malta’s building boom

The architects behind the award-winning London Design Biennale installation, Urna, intend to keep breaking the mould, designing whole houses in pigmented concrete and propping buildings to construct the ground floor after the first. They are also...

Malta risks remaining ‘a laggard’ in renewable energy, ADPD says

The 21% of Malta's energy from renewables in the second quarter of 2025 may look good in isolation, "however once again the country is a laggard in this sector," ADPD - the Green Party, has said. "Comparing to Luxembourg (also historically a...

The Malta we want tomorrow begins with the values our children hold today

What kind of society will Malta be in 10 years? The answer depends less on policies passed in Parliament than on values forming quietly in today’s classrooms. Our future cohesion will not be dictated by headlines, but by how a generation of young...

Maltese fisherman: 'Tunisian boats are poaching our lampuki'

Maltese fishermen are upset that their Tunisian counterparts are poaching their lampuki, and MEP Peter Agius is urging the EU Commission to take action. “This is like sowing your field with potato seeds, watering the crop, and then someone just...

LifeCycle sponsors kidney patients on annual pilgrimage to Lourdes

LifeCycle Malta once again sponsored kidney patients joining the Assoċjazzjoni Voluntarji Lourdes (AVL) pilgrimage to Lourdes. Thanks to the generous support of those who contribute to the LifeCycle Challenge, the foundation continues to make this...

Eight Sleep Expands Its Sleep Technology Platform With New Pod Pillow Cover

For decades, the $500 billion global sleep industry has centered on static products that don’t actually solve consumer issues. Eight Sleep is redefining the category by building a dynamic technology platform that adapts to each individual, every...

Malta joins EU Member States in signing a declaration to strengthen Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem

Minister for the Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects, Silvio Schembri, on Monday attended the Competitiveness Council in Brussels, where he underlined Malta’s strong commitment to enhancing Europe’s competitiveness, technological...