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Tech.mt to host informative networking event
Times of Malta
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August 18, 2025
Tech.mt will be hosting an event, entitled ‘Support for Tech Businesses – Your Gateway to Funding, Growth & Internationalisation’, targeted to assist local tech businesses. This informative, networking event will provide an insight to the various...
The Maltese connection to the Pacific War
Times of Malta
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August 18, 2025
Although not as often recounted and discussed locally such as the war in Europe during World War II, there was a parallel war being fought out in Southeast Asia and the Pacific between December 1941 and September 1945. It’s probably due to it...
HSE issues call for research to inform trans healthcare in Ireland
GCN
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August 18, 2025
The HSE has launched a call-out for the “systematic review on evidence” to develop a new model of trans healthcare in Ireland. Members of the public are invited to review the evidence already considered and submit other relevant research, with the...
Average speed cameras, better use of technology among insurers’ ideas to make Malta’s roads safer
The Malta Independent
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Speed cameras which based themselves off an average speed across a certain distance and a better use of technology are among the ideas of the Malta Insurance Association to make Malta's roads safer. In comments to The Malta Independent after a...
AI requires a strategy that is consistently refreshed to remain at the cutting edge, MDIA chief says
The Malta Independent
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Kyle Patrick Camilleri Sunday, 17 August 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 20 minutes ago The CEO of the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), Kenneth Brincat, has told The Malta Independent on Sunday that artificial intelligence requires a...
A new energy Malta: Wind, solar, and green maritime fuels
Malta Today
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Malta’s energy story must change. For decades, we have been dependent on imported fossil fuels, leaving our energy system exposed to rising costs, supply risks, and carbon emissions. But the future will belong to those who invest in clean,...
‘Forecasting Malta’s weather is like aiming for a bullseye,’ weather forecaster says
The Malta Independent
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August 17, 2025
Malta's unique geographical position makes accurate weather forecasting a challenge, but despite the complexity, weather forecaster Brian Micallef said that the Meteorology (Met) Office has continued to work on its forecasting accuracy. Micallef...
National Alcohol Policy falls short on deterring drink-driving, warns insurers
Gozo News
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August 18, 2025
The Insurance Association Malta has warned that the new National Alcohol Policy “lacks robust enforcement measures and fails to adequately address drink-driving.” While welcoming the policy’s release for public consultation, the Association...
Farmland reform seeks to protect Malta’s food production potential
Malta Today
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Landowners of agricultural land are still able to use their field for hunting and weekend barbecues but new rules oblige them to plough the land once a year. The new regulations introduced recently are intended to protect agricultural land from...
Maltese energy drink created to help manage ADHD hits shelves
Times of Malta
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August 15, 2025
A new energy drink, developed by a Maltese entrepreneur to help manage his ADHD, has reached local shelves, with over 11,000 cans sold or pre-sold within the first weeks of its launch. A shipment of 100,000 cans of the drink, named MEYN, arrived...
Maltese man caught trying to smuggle 2,700 protected birds on Sicily ferry
Times of Malta
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August 14, 2025
A Maltese man has been caught by Sicilian authorities attempting to smuggle almost 2,700 protected birds worth an estimated €400,000 into Malta. The suspect, who Sicilian media outlets identified as a Maltese man, was caught by port authorities in...
Slotegrator to exhibit, network and share insights at SiGMA Euro-Med in Malta
Yogonet International
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August 14, 2025
iGaming solutions provider Slotegrator confirmed that it will be attending next month's SiGMA Euro-Med event. The show takes place September 1-3 in Valletta, Malta. Malta is set to serve as a strategic backdrop for conversations and partnerships...
Sicilian authorities stop Maltese man from illegally smuggling €400,000 worth of protected finches
Malta Today
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Updated at 3pm A Maltese man was caught trying to smuggle almost 2,700 protected birds worth an estimated €400,000 from Sicily to Malta. Initial reports from the port authorities in Pozzallo revealed officers found 2,687 birds, including...
Science Kitsap Sun Perseid meteor shower peaks over Washington state tonight. See best time to watch
Yahoo News
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One of the most anticipated and intense meteor showers of the year peaks overnight tonight, giving skywatchers in Washington state and across the Northern Hemisphere a chance to catch dozens of shooting stars per hour. The Perseid meteor shower...
Elyse Baldacchino, on choosing experimental art over mechanical engineering
Times of Malta
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August 14, 2025
Although Elyse had been training in Musical Theatre for about three years during her teens, she initially set out to pursue a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Malta. She soon realised however that she wanted to go down a more...
Shaping Malta’s future: R&I at the heart of Vision 2050 l Keith Azzopardi Tanti
Malta Today
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How can Malta’s research and innovation community help transform the ambitions of Vision 2050 into tangible, real-world outcomes? This was the guiding question at the heart of a recent Science Meets Policy event that brought together researchers,...
The Baron Who Builds Bridges: A Legal Mind at the Crossroads of Tradition and Technology
South Africa Today
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August 14, 2025
In an era in which the digital economy is reshaping the global order, while previously next to deprecated economic concepts like “tariffs” undermine it, questions of law, identity, and governance are no longer confined to the courtroom or in the...
GlobalFoundries, Apple expand semiconductor tech partnership
Simm Tester - Texas
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025 GlobalFoundries has entered into an agreement with Apple for a deeper collaboration that will advance semiconductor technologies and aims to strengthen US manufacturing. This partnership will enable GF to accelerate...
Tropical species are taking over the Mediterranean Sea
Earth.com
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Divers in the eastern Mediterranean are finding warm, clear water and an explosion of newcomers. Predators from tropical seas are settling in, while native fish are vanishing. What was once exceptional heat is now the new normal, and the sea’s...
UM academic participates in review of prestigious EU OBELISK project
Gozo News
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August 18, 2025
Prof. Nikolai P. Pace of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, was invited by the European Health and Digital Agency (HaDEA), Health Research Unit to serve as an expert evaluator for project monitoring of the prestigious...