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How the €70 million stimulus package for families will work

Across Europe, families are facing terrible financial burdens. A case in point being the situation in the United Kingdom where families will be impacted by an increase of nearly €850 in their energy bills. In contrast, Maltese families have not only been shielded from...

TheJournal.mt | 09/02/2022

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Another record for crossings between the two islands

In the last quarter of 2021, nearly 430,000 vehicles and 1,186,000 passengers crossed between Malta and Gozo. The amount of vehicles making the trip marked yet another record. Not only was this substantially higher than last year, it was higher than pre-pandemic...

TheJournal.mt | 03/02/2022

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2.5 million passengers passed through MIA in 2021

In December nearly 255,000 passengers went through Malta International Airport. This marked an increase of nearly 450% over the same month a year earlier. Relative to the pre-pandemic level of passenger traffic we were at 53%. This was five times better than the...

TheJournal.mt | 01/02/2022

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Central Link Project: How infrastructure should be done

A few years ago, sitting in the car, stuck in jam-packed traffic in Malta, especially in the central part, the feeling was as though we’re in the opening sequences of Fellini’s 8½ (1963) or Schumacher’s Falling Down (1993). It was a frustrating feeling where even a...

TheJournal.mt | 30/01/2022

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Record number of konvenji signed in December

In the 21 working days of December 2021 almost 2,300 promise-of-sale agreements were signed. This is a record of almost 110 promise-of-sale agreements each working day. The previous record for the number of promise of sale agreements had been October 2018 when just...

TheJournal.mt | 28/01/2022

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Pre-Omicron tourism to Malta was recovering strongly

Data for November confirm that pre-Omicron, Malta’s tourism sector was recovering strongly. In November 2021 the number of visitors was back to being over two-thirds of its pre-pandemic record. More impressively, the number of nights stayed had gone back to being...

TheJournal.mt | 27/01/2022

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One year of lower-than-average fuel prices

This week marks one year since fuel prices in Malta have been below the average across the euro area. Whereas in Malta the price of petrol and diesel have remained stable, in the euro area there has been a consistent increase. At one point it cost the average European...

TheJournal.mt | 16/01/2022

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Maltese retail and recreation venues least affected on NYE

Data compiled by Google show that for the second year in a row, during NYE 2021 recreation establishments and retail shops in Malta were relatively the best performing across the European Union. Despite restrictions, the mobility of Maltese and Gozitans to retail...

TheJournal.mt | 12/01/2022

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The Who, What & Why of the Committee of Experts on the Media

Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced the creation of a Committee of Experts on the Media, as recommended by the Daphne Caruana Galizia Public Inquiry report. The aim of the committee is to analyse the journalism and media sector in Malta, underline the areas...

TheJournal.mt | 11/01/2022

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Cocaine most common drug among users in treatment

The overwhelming majority of clients seeking treatment in Malta’s drug rehabilitation centres have cocaine dependency. Information presented in Parliament yesterday by Social Justice Minister Michael Falzon sheds light on which drugs are most common among the people...

TheJournal.mt | 11/01/2022

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Ian, hands of “fajjara”

Research by Australian National University (ANU) has found that of the world’s 7,000 recognised languages, around half are currently endangered ─ with 1,500 particularly at risk. Co-author Professor Lindell Bromham says that without immediate intervention,...

Frans Camilleri | 10/01/2022

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21,300 konvenji benefitted from low stamp duty

Official data shows that till November, more than 21,300 promise-of-sale agreements have benefitted from the reduction in stamp duty that was announced as part of the economic regeneration plan of June 2020. This shows that the measure has benefitted tens of thousands...

TheJournal.mt | 06/01/2022

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