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Almost 15,500 voters did not collect their voting documents by Thursday’s deadline, slightly more than in the 2022 election. In total, 341,351 people collected their voting documents, with 15,481 left uncollected. This means that at least 4.3% of eligible voters will not be casting their vote on Saturday. In 2022, some 14,500 voting documents, a little

Din l-Art Ħelwa won one of Europe’s top heritage honours in the 2026 European Union and Europa Nostra Awards’ Heritage Champions category after six decades of voluntary work defending Malta’s cultural and natural heritage. The award was presented in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday during the European Cultural Heritage Summit 2026 The awards are co-funded

A 50-year-old woman from San Ġwann was rushed to the hospital on Friday morning after construction materials fell from a tower crane and struck her car. The accident occurred on Birkirkara Road in St Julian's while the woman was driving her Chevrolet Lacetti past an active construction site. The material crashed directly into her vehicle's windscreen

The European Union will unlock 16.4 billion euros (around $19 billion) in funds for Hungary, officials said Friday, after new Prime Minister Péter Magyar enacted rapid reforms to roll back the democratic backsliding that occurred under his predecessor. The release of the funds was a signal of Brussels' embrace of the new government in Budapest after

The Nationalist Party (PN) enjoyed an 11-percentage point lead over Labour (PL) in the 2022 election on district 11, a far cry from the result at national level, which saw Labour win by 39,500 votes (13 percentage points). District 11 takes on a new look for this election, as both Mdina and Burmarrad have been hived off to other areas, leaving just

A petition calling for Malta to revoke what it describes as “discriminatory” driving licence rules targeting third-country nationals (TCNs) is gaining attention online. The petition argues that recent Maltese legislation concerning driving licences for non-EU nationals unfairly places additional restrictions and requirements on TCNs living and working

San Anton School has announced a major new collaboration with Juventus Academy Malta that will bring a professional football development programme to the school’s sports complex from September. The announcement was made through the school’s official Facebook page, where San Anton School revealed that the academy will operate after school hours at the

Buġibba Square is set to be inaugurated on Tuesday evening, marking the completion of an extensive rebuild. Infrastructure Minister Chris Bonett uploaded pictures of the finished works on Tuesday afternoon, saying the square had never looked better, and the project was being delivered on time. The project was launched at the beginning of last year

Last year's brazen robbery of the Louvre - when thieves made off with jewellery worth some $100 million - is set to become a movie, a publisher said on Tuesday. French director Romain Gavras -- whose work includes 2025 Hollywood film "Sacrifice" starring Anya Taylor-Joy and music videos including most recently a hypnotic schoolboy choreography for

The question is no longer whether Malta can grow. It is what we are growing into There was a time when Malta knew where it was going. We built an airport because we wanted to connect an island to the world. We invested in education because we wanted opportunity for the next generation. We joined the European Union because we believed Malta’s future