The Malta we must reclaim

Malta has become, in many ways, unrecognisable. I do not say this because I have turned 62 and am looking back nostalgically at the Malta of my youth. This is not about nostalgia or resisting change. Malta has always changed, and progress is necessary. …

Exploring the Summer issue of ‘Treasures of Malta’

Last week I introduced you to the Summer issue of Treasures of Malta, concentrating on the Cottonera photographer Giuseppe Fenech whose work fascinated me. But there is so much more to this issue. Allow me to give you a few highlights - a taste of what you …

ADPD calls for Miriam Dalli to step down over Malta’s power outages

ADPD-The Green Party has called on Energy Minister Miriam Dalli to take political responsibility and step down, accusing the government of failing to prepare Malta's infrastructure for rising temperatures and electricity demand. ADPD spokesperson Mark …

Alex Borg questions €140m power investment as outages continue across Malta and Gozo

Opposition Leader Alex Borg has criticised the government over Malta's ongoing power cuts, saying that the country's infrastructure is failing to cope with the demands of a growing population and increasingly hot summers. Speaking during an …

Investing in culture is a choice about Malta’s future

Malcolm Paul Agius Galea Sunday, 30 August 2026, 07:29 Last update: about 3 hours ago Every investment a government makes reflects a choice about the kind of country it wants to build. Our decision to continue strengthening public investment in culture is …

How Dar Santa Tereża gives Malta's youngest children in care a childhood, not an institution

Behind an ordinary front door in Żurrieq, six children under the age of six are being raised not by their birth families but by a rotating team of carers who, in the words of their home manager, must be "100 per cent there for them". In an …

Malta-India: Bilateral Ties

Today’s hyper-connected world offers opportunities for countries to pursue relations with each other as never before. This holds for Malta and India despite the distance that separates them. India was among the first countries to recognise Malta’s …

Single-family home in Malta sells for $635,000

Ghana-Malta Relationship: Building a partnership for the future

When Ghana attained independence in 1957, it became an inspiration to other territories still under colonial rule. Ghana’s independence carried enormous symbolic importance across the world. At the time, Malta was debating its own constitutional future …

From Caravaggio to Korea: How Malta’s artists are breaking out of the baroque

Julien Vinet wants you to picture twilight with him. The sun will lay itself like a crown atop the limestone buildings. Then rivers of red and orange will flood into the shabby studio he shares with his creative partner, Sam Alekksandra. As another day …