The Lovin Malta Social Media Awards are officially underway and we’ve already got some incredible winners taking the spotlight. From standout talent to crowd favourites, the first round of awards is already showcasing just how strong Malta’s social scene really is. Here are the winners announced so far: Best Model – sponsored by Bortex Julia Ann Cluett
The election date may not have been announced yet, but that has not stopped the two main parties from engaging in a billboard-based back and forth. It started with the Labour Party putting up billboards depicting PN leader Alex Borg together with the words ‘B’Alex Borg u l-PN sussidji short-lived' (With Alex Borg and PN, short-lived subsidies. The
The Nationalist Party on Thursday expressed its satisfaction at the latest figures published by Eurostat, which confirm that Malta has made considerable progress in the statistics relating to early school leavers, with Malta now registering a percentage below the European average of 9.1%. These statistics confirm that Malta is moving in the right direction,
Following the announcement of Malta's 15-year national transport plan earlier in the day, Transport Minister Chris Bonett shared how this national programme will be implemented over the coming decade and a half. On the light-rail rapid transit system (the metro) Minister Bonett said construction the La Vallette line, line 1 of this rapid transit system,
Heritage Malta has officially received the European Heritage Label for St Paul's Catacombs during a ceremony in Brussels, formally recognising the site's significance within Europe's shared history and values. The honour will be marked locally with a dedicated programme of public events at the Catacombs on Sunday 24 May. The ceremony, which formally
Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi was splattered with red liquid on Thursday as he left a building in Berlin. Pahlavi had just departed a news briefing, during which he criticized the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, when the incident occurred outside Germany's federal news conference building. He appeared unhurt by the liquid coating
Opponents of smoking got a breath of fresh air as Parliament passed a bill that will put cigarettes out of reach for future generations. "The end of smoking, and the devastating harm it causes, is no longer uncertain - it's inevitable," Hazel Cheeseman, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health, said after a decades-long campaign in favor of
Malta has secured €100 million in financing from the European Investment Bank to support the development of a second electricity interconnector with Italy, aimed at strengthening energy security and enabling the integration of renewable energy. The agreement was announced by EIB Vice-President Marek Mora and Finance Minister Clyde Caruana, with the
A new sculpture by Austin Camilleri, titled WIEĦED, was installed on Monday at Ras ir-Reqqa, within the limits of Żebbuġ. The work is one of four selected through a 2021 open call for Public Art by the Ministry for Gozo, and later commissioned in 2023. All four projects were officially launched on 26 February at Hotel ta' Cenc in the presence of Minister
For years, parents, teachers, doctors and former insiders have warned that social media is not the harmless tool it is marketed to be. They have argued that beneath the polished language of "connection" and "community" lies a business model built on attention, compulsion and, too often, harm. Now, juries in two US states have given those concerns a
