23.09.2021 Mnajdra is one of the most ancient religious sites on Earth. These were built a thousand years before the Pyramids at Giza making the Mnajdra Temples one of the oldest surviving free-standing man made structures. It is made of Coraline limestone which is a very hard form of limestone. The site consists of three …
22.07.2021 According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Malta has given at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to everyone over the age of 60, making Malta the only country to succeed in vaccinating all those over 60. This data is updated regularly on the EU agency’s Vaccine Tracker platform, …
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13.07.2021 Maltese ultra-endurance swimmer, Neil Agius has broken the World Record for the Longest Ocean Swim. Agius took around 50 hours to swim a total of 125km from the island of Linosa to Malta beating the previous record held by Britain’s Chloe McCardel of 124.4km. The ex-Olympian arrived at 10pm in Gozo to a cheering …
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05.07.2021 After the seven year long absence, on 1st July, Air Malta flew to Libya. Last time Air Malta operated its last scheduled service to Tripoli International Airport was in July 2014 as flights to Benghazi were suspended following the closure of the airport in May 2014. This unscheduled flight to Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport was …
31.07.2020 Administrations and covers the waters of the European coastal States and the North Atlantic basin from North America to Europe. The current member States of the Paris MoU are: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian …
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June 10, 2020 With Covid-19 behind, Malta is now looking at stimulating the economy to bring it back to December 2019 levels. A massive boost has been announced by the Government yesterday evening launching a myriad of incentives, tax cuts, tax refunds and grants. The most significant is the one time property purchase tax of …
May 20, 2020 The government has allocated a budget of €2,500,000 for a scheme that will subsidise rent for new businesses. The subsidy will be applicable between 1st February 2020 and 31st December 2022. The Government said that the purpose of the scheme is to financially assist new businesses and self-employed that would like to …
Malta and Cyprus stand tall as covid wreaks havoc in Europe May 9, 2020 While Italy, Spain and the UK struggle to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, Mediterranean islands as well as Greece are standing out as model countries to learn from. With very low mortality rates (to date 5 in Malta and 15 in …
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Malta Tops List for Economic Recovery Spending Package May 8, 2020 BBC reported that a study carried out by Columbia University economics professor Ceyhun Elgin shows that Malta is the most aggressive country worldwide in the economic fight against Covid-19 effects on the economy. Malta is assisting businesses in various ways, like wage subsidies to …
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Malta has 11 new Blue Flag beaches for 2020 May 3, 2020 Malta has 11 new beaches flying the Blue Fag for 2020, which means they are beaches of high standard including water quality, educational facilities, safety-related and access-related equipment and standards. The foundation remarked “having the Blue Flag waving is an assurance that the …
