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MCAST opens applications for October 2025 intake
The Malta Independent
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July 14, 2025
Applications for full-time courses at the Malta College of Arts, Science, and Technology (MCAST) open today and will remain open until 25 August 2025. "With over 200 courses available and strong interest expected, students are being encouraged to...
Blood donation session in Gozo this Sunday
Gozo News
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July 11, 2025
On Sunday, there will be a blood donation session in Gozo, all groups are needed, the National Blood Transfusion Service said. Blood is still needed whatever the weather, even in the full heat of summer. The Service continues to encourage Gozitans...
A Transformative Tenure: Belmont Abbey College’s Outgoing President Found His Job in the Register
National Catholic Register
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Belmont Abbey College President William (Bill) Thierfelder is a man most look up to — not only for his stature at 6-foot-8, but for his abiding trust in divine Providence, which has given rise to a transformative 21-year tenure marked by growth,...
Still I Create – Gozo celebration of creativity and resilience
Gozo News
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July 10, 2025
Still I Create – an event celebrating creativity and resilience has been announced, which will be held on Friday, the 25th of July at the Marsalforn Waterfront, Gozo- During the same event, the book ‘Il-Passjoni tad-Dipressio,’ a collection of...
As summer begins localities are once again left without electricity – PN
Gozo News
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July 8, 2025
“Summer has arrived, the heat has set in, and the Maltese people are once again having to resort to reading by candlelight,” stated the Nationalist Party. Ryan Callus, Shadow Minister for Energy, Research and Innovation, highlighted that in recent...
Swimmer dies after being spotted unconscious in sea at Xlendi
Gozo News
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July 8, 2025
Police were called to Xlendi Bay at around 7.15am this morning, after people in the locality spotted a man unconscious in the sea. The man was brought ashore by people nearby and given first aid. A medical team arrived shortly afterwards but...
Roll out of Labour Migration Policy begins on 1 August
Malta Today
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Malta will begin rolling out its Labour Migration Policy on 1 August with 12 of the 20 measures moving into their implementation phase. The policy, launched for public consultation in January by the Ministry for Work, aims to regulate the...
Government launches an emergency service for animals that already existed, PN says
The Malta Independent
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The government seems unaware that in Malta an emergency service already exists where one can call outside normal working hours and even on weekends if something happens to our animals, the Natuionalist Party said. In recent days, the government...
Today's front pages - July 7, 2025
Times of Malta
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July 7, 2025
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers. Times of Malta leads with health authorities’ concerns about nicotine pouches, a new unregulated product the Superintendence of Public Health warns is highly addictive, acutely toxic and a...
Babesiosis in Massachusetts: Symptoms, risks, treatment explained
WCVB Channel 5 Boston - Massachusetts
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July 11, 2025
Babesiosis in Massachusetts: Symptoms, risks, treatment explained OFFICERS TRUE HEROES. MULTIPLE CONFIRMED CASES. AND I’M GOING TO LET THE DOCTOR HERE TAKE THIS WORD. BABESIOSIS IN MASSACHUSETTS, THAT’S A DISEASE PRIMARILY SPREAD BY DEER TICKS. SO...
Protecting common interests
Times of Malta
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July 9, 2025
Malta has long demonstrated how thoughtful diplomacy, grounded in principle and partnership, can help advance global norms and foster meaningful international cooperation. From visionary proposals in international law to forward-looking diplomacy...
Where is marijuana legal in Europe?
Forbes Australia
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July 10, 2025
Published on July 10, 2025 A guide to medical marijuana and recreational use laws across the continent and the United Kingdom. Where is marijuana legal in Europe? Illustration by Samantha Lee for Forbes; Photos by rustamank/Getty Images;...
Sociologists recommend a “sociological lens” in consultation on Assisted Voluntary Euthanasia
Gozo News
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July 4, 2025
The Malta Sociological Association (MSA) has submitted its contribution to the Public Consultation on Assisted Voluntary Euthanasia. In a statement, the MSA said that sociological research has long shown that end-of-life decisions are not made in...
Don’t kill equal treatment at work bill, EU countries and MEPs tell Commission
Politico Europe
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July 4, 2025
But social affairs ministers of Belgium, Estonia, France, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden want to save the directive from the chopping block. In the letter, they argued that...
Council of Europe notes improvements at migrant centres, but criticises ‘carceral’ environment
The Malta Independent
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A Council of Europe committee noted improvements in Malta's migrant open and closed centres - but also criticised an overly "carceral" environment, meaning that the environment being offered to those living in the centres was too prison-like. The...
For the Labour Government, marketing comes before substance, PN says
The Malta Independent
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On the same day that the National Statistics Office (NSO) announced that Malta's population has now surpassed 574,000 people - with one in every three people in Malta now being a foreigner - the government, coincidentally, remembered that in...
China's CStone inks deal worth $192.5 M with Istituto Gentili to commercialise cancer drug in Europe
Biospectrum Asia
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July 9, 2025
China's CStone inks deal worth $192.5 M with Istituto Gentili to commercialise cancer drug in Europe July 10, 2025 | Thursday | News Gentili will receive exclusive commercialisation rights for sugemalimab in 23 European countries China-based...
Scuba instructor receives bravery award for 17-diver Ċirkewwa rescue
Dive Magazine
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July 10, 2025
10 July 2025   3 minutes of reading Course director Marcus Kitching Howe (Photo: Marcus Kitching-Howe/Instagram) A Malta-based scuba diving instructor from North Yorkshire has been awarded for his bravery aiding with the rescue of 17 divers...
‘We are glued to each other and he pines like a banshee if we are separated’ – singer Paul Byrom on his dog Bradley
Irish Independent
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The tenor says that bringing his tiny, loyal dog Bradley into his life was the best thing he ever did It’s 2014, I’m living in New York, and early that summer I’m invited to a party in Chelsea; it’s a party for a friend’s child. So after a few...
Where Is Cannabis Legal In Europe?
Forbes
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A guide to medical marijuana and recreational use laws across the continent and the United Kingdom. In April 2024, Germany legalized recreational marijuana, becoming the largest country in Europe to turn green. There are currently 28 EU countries...