Ministry for Tourism launches its new website for the sector
The Ministry for Tourism has recently launched its new website www.tourism.gov.mt, which includes general details about the Ministry, the Parliamentary Secretariat and its operation as well as...
View ArticleThe Malta University Press launches four new books
The Malta University Press recently launched four new books at the Aula Magna, Valletta Campus. The event was introduced by Prof. Henry Frendo, Chairman of the Editorial Board of the University of...
View ArticleBriguglio talks to the BBC world service on green economics
Sociologist Michael Briguglio addressed the international conference on green economics, organised by the Green Economics Institute, at the University of Oxford and at the Oxford Union Debating...
View Article‘Sharks & Friends On A Plane’ with the courtesy of Air Malta
Last Thursday Air Malta’s flight KM 103 from London to Malta carried an unusual cargo: five black tip reef sharks and a host of other exotic fish destined for the soon-to-open Malta National Aquarium...
View ArticleDaniel Cilia talk on ‘The cultural legacy of Malta & Gozo’
In a fascinating talk to be held in Gozo, on the book series, ‘The cultural legacy of Malta & Gozo,’ Daniel Cilia will take his audience on a journey through Malta’s 7,500 years of history and...
View ArticleGozo’s high summer with mouth-watering fruit & vegetables
High summer in Gozo means that the fruit and vegetables growing season is in full swing across the island. The many fields of beautiful tasty tomatoes are now being harvested. Local farmers and growers...
View ArticleMascot Jets player Bradley Littlefair trains at Sannat ground
Mascot Jets player Bradley Littlefair, (pictured above right), trained with his new team mates three weeks ago. Not at his usual stomping ground at Mascot Oval, but in the village of Sannat, Gozo. Over...
View ArticleLIFE project records Malta’s oldest Scopoli’s Shearwater
BirdLife Malta today announced that researchers working on the LIFE+ Malta Seabird Project have recorded the return of Malta’s oldest ever Scopoli’s Shearwater (Ciefa) on record to her nesting site....
View ArticleAFM and US Navy share practices in EOD capabilities
The U.S. Navy recently sent a group of five sailors to Malta for a bilateral theater security cooperation event with the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM). The Explosives Ordinance Disposal-trained sailors...
View ArticleNew species of jellyfish spotted by swimmers at Ramla Bay
A 20-cm-diameter individual of the compass jellyfish – Chrysaora hyocella, was collected on Wednesday swimmers at Ramla l-Hamra in Gozo, who duly contacted the Spot the Jellyfish...
View ArticleNadur Council not consulted about the work at San Blas
The Nadur Local Council has said in a statement that it “had in no way been consulted by the Government before work started with machinery in San Blas Bay, at the height of summer and when hundreds of...
View ArticleMalta Mediterranean Literature Festival over next weekend
The Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival has now become a successful annual event. It is now in its eighth year and will be held on Thursday, 29th, Friday 30th and Saturday the 31st August, at the...
View ArticleThe CALYPSO Project is on guard in the Malta Channel
The CALYPSO Project OP Italia-Malta 2007-2013 – is led by the Physical Oceanography Unit, IOI-Malta Operational Centre, University of Malta. Living on an island often gives us the naive perception that...
View Article‘The Beautiful Qinghai’– A show of Chinese music and dance
A spectacular evening of oriental music and dance, entitled ‘The Beautiful Qinghai,’ with the participation of the Qinghai Performance and Arts Group, is taking place in Gozo as part of the celebration...
View ArticleEarthquakes and seismic monitoring at Science in the City
What is an earthquake? Have you ever felt an earthquake? Do you know why earthquakes happen only at specific regions on the planet and how seismologists have discovered the structure inside the earth?...
View ArticleBLM appeal for help on “missing” satellite tagged Osprey
BirdLife Malta reported today that a juvenile Mediterranean Osprey fitted with a satellite tracking device in Corsica as part of a project studying the dispersal and migratory movements of these...
View ArticleChinese company to be a minority shareholder in Enemalta
This morning in China a Memorandum of Understanding for strategic investment in the field of energy was signed between Malta and China The agreement was reached under which China showed its intention...
View ArticleMaltese tenor Joseph Calleja sings on Air Malta flight
Internationally-acclaimed tenor Joseph Calleja leaves a plane of awestruck passengers speechless after singing a spontaneous rendition of O Sole Mio, in a new promotional video of Malta’s national...
View ArticleSeries of Marine Biology Lectures at the University of Malta
The Department of Biology within the Faculty of Science at the University of Malta, in collaboration with Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (CNRS) and...
View ArticleMalta must not face migration alone – European Greens
The European Green Party (EGP) have called for the EU to stand in solidarity and develop a common strategy to manage the extreme pressure caused by the seasonal increase in the arrival of asylum...
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