Health check: How many years can citizens in the EU expect to live healthily for?

Published on 02/09/2025 - 16:36 GMT+2 •Updated 16:43 In the EU, the number of healthy years of life from birth in 2023 was 63.3 years for women and 62.8 years for men. According to the latest Eurostat data, this represented approximately...

Trelleborg expands medical device manufacturing output in Europe

Trelleborg Medical Solutions has announced the grand opening of a new 43,055 square feet/4,000 square meters of manufacturing space in Hal-Far, Malta, helping medical device and life science customers bring innovations to market faster with...

Momentum proposal for a more livable Malta aims to improve construction regulations

Momentum has announced today a new proposal aimed at modernising Malta's construction regulations to safeguard residents' well-being, protect the tourism sector, and align the industry with modern European standards. The plan calls for less noisy...

YOU Matter’ – the main theme that will promote mental health in sport

In pictures: Australian soldiers in Malta during WWI

The ill-conceived and ultimately disastrous Gallipoli campaign in World War I drew a disproportionate number of wounded Australian and New Zealand servicemen to Malta for medical treatment, nursing and convalescence. These special Empire forces,...

Maltese scientist heads team behind prostate cancer breakthrough

A Maltese scientist has spearheaded a UK research breakthrough that could spare thousands of prostate cancer patients from unnecessary chemotherapy by identifying in advance who will respond to the gruelling treatment. Gert Attard is the lead...

Malta’s postcolonial social order

Before reminiscing about Malta’s ‘British colonial period’ on an emotive nostalgic journey, Martin Scicluna (August 4), declared that “it is clear where I am coming from. I am an admirer of Britain and all things British”. Nostalgia – the essence...

Trans Healthcare in Europe: Can WHO Guideline Spur Change?

As European countries grapple with how best to serve the health needs of transgender and gender-diverse people, fresh momentum is on the horizon. In the coming months, the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to release a new guideline on the...

Malta's first-ever awake brain surgery successfully completed at Mater Dei

Specialists at Mater Dei Hospital have successfully conducted Malta’s first-ever brain surgery carried out while the patient was awake, the Health Ministry announced on Saturday. The Awake Craniotomy procedure is used to safely remove tumours or...

€1,736,216 raised during ALS Malta telethon

€1,736,216 was raised during the ALS Malta telethon. ALS Malta, in a statement, said that it has continued to work and show its immense support for people suffering from neurological diseases through its 10th fundraising telethon. "Entitled...

Malta’s next chapter: A vision for renewal and opportunity

Malta is a nation with extraordinary potential. For centuries, we have faced challenges with courage and opportunities with determination. Today, we stand ready to write the next chapter in our national story; a chapter defined by long-term...

Malta's first-ever brain surgery successfully completed at Mater Dei

Specialists at Mater Dei Hospital have successfully conducted Malta’s first-ever brain surgery, the Health Ministry announced on Saturday. The Awake Craniotomy procedure carried out is used to safely remove tumours or lesions from the brain...

Malta’s first ever brain surgery successfully performed at Mater Dei Hospital

The first ‘Awake Craniotomy’ operation has been successfully performed in Malta by a team of specialists at Mater Dei Hospital, the Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. This special brain surgery is carried out to remove brain tumours or...

Pharmacies open today – August 31, 2025

Chemimart Pharmacy, 20/21, Republic Street, Valletta (2124 5002) Darwin Pharmacy, 152, St Joseph High Street, Ħamrun (2122 1512) Drugshop Dispensary, De La Cruz Avenue, Qormi (2144 3221) Brown’s Quad Pharmacy, The Quad Q2, Unit 3, Level 00,...

First brain surgery successfully performed in Malta

The first brain surgery in the country was successfully performed by the team of specialists at Mater Dei. ‘Awake Craniotomy’ is a special brain surgery that is performed to safely remove tumours or lesions in the brain, while maintaining...

Pharmacies open on Sunday in Kercem and Xaghra

On Gozo, there will be two pharmacies open for customers tomorrow from at least 9am till midday and then again from 4pm until 7pm. On Sunday, the 31st of August, the pharmacies open during these hours will be: Sokkors Pharmacy, Kercem and Joyce’s...

Delia promises to tackle overpopulation and restore health sector

Adrian Delia has said Malta’s growing population as a result of imported labour is burdening the country’s infrastructure and pledged a different economic model. Speaking during an interview on NET TV on Sunday, Delia outlined his three main...

Homes of Quality supports YMCA Malta’s ‘Adopt a DAR’ initiative

Homes of Quality has joined YMCA’s campaign ‘Adopt a DAR’, launched in the lead-up to the organisation’s 50th anniversary in 2026. Through this project, YMCA is inviting compassionate individuals and organisations to adopt the essence of its...

‘Raising legal drinking age to 21 would protect youths’ – Caritas Malta

Caritas Malta has called for the legal drinking age to be raised from 17 to 21, warning that the current law is failing to protect young people from the long-term effects of alcohol misuse and that binge drinking is entrenched in Maltese youth...

Book review: Russian disinformation made in Malta

'When Russia did democracy - from St Vladimir to Tsar Putin' Author: Kenneth Macinnes Publisher: Amberley Publishing Gloucestershire / 2023 Pages: 296 I have just seen a wonderful YouTube video about the Volga Delta on Russia. The video is long...