Malta Holidays

International Women’s Day celebrated tomorrow

Gozo News — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:55:33 +0000

International Women’s Day celebrates the economic, social, cultural and political achievements of women all over the world. The scope of this release is to provide an overview of the participation of women in Maltese society.
A demographic analysis reveals that the total number of women in 2008 stood at 207,736. 22 per cent were aged between [...]

Draft Cittadella masterplan presented to stakeholders

Gozo News — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:39:18 +0000

During a consultation meeting with stakeholders and representatives of organisations with stakes in the Cittadella, the first draft masterplan document of the Cittadella was presented. This took place after a full year of study and analysis by several experts in various fields working on the lines given in the tender, as well as the areas [...]

Special offer on Home Pack from GO

Gozo News — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:02:00 +0000

GO has just introduced a special offer on the upgraded package – Home Pack €42 – with even more price cuts for its customers. In terms of this newest offer, customers just pay a one-time fee of €69.99 and can forget any monthly package charges for the entire period up to 30th June 2010.
Customers who [...]

February Euro area inflation estimated at 0.9%

Gozo News — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:01:00 +0000

Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 0.9% in February 2010 according to a flash estimate issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. It was 1.0% in January.
Computation of flash estimates
Euro area inflation is measured by the Monetary Union Index of Consumer Prices (MUICP). To compute the MUICP flash estimates, Eurostat [...]

New gym facilities opened at Victoria Sports Complex

Gozo News — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0000

The Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono, inaugurated new gym facilities at the Sports Complex in Victoria. The work on this project was carried out by the Sports Complex own workers, which changed rooms that were not used at the gym, installing modern equipment to help with physical exercises and weightlifting. Works of maintenance and refurbishment [...]

Ruins represent aspirations of post-war Maltese society’

Malta News — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:15:50 +0000

A PDS is submitted at the beginning of the planning process before the Malta Environment and Planning Authority sets its terms of reference for an environmental impact assessment.

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PN and PL responsible for eventual fines on spring hunting – AD

Gozo News — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:35:38 +0000

In view of the decision by the Ornis Committee to allow hunting in Spring, Arnold Cassola, Alternatttiva Demokratika Spokesperson on EU and International Affairs, stated:,"This time, if the EU directives are not respected this will mean heavy monetary fines for our country. In the eventuality of such fines, Alternattiva Demokratika will ask Maltese citizens to [...]

Full-time employment figures down for last year

Gozo News — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:19:33 +0000

The full-time gainfully occupied population in September 2009 totalled 144,514, down by 1,806 when compared to the previous year and by 35 over the previous month.
In the twelve-month period to September 2009, the administrative records of the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) showed a drop of 1,806 persons in the full-time gainfully occupied population. Concurrently, [...]

NGOs to rally for enforcement of environmental laws

Gozo News — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:49:23 +0000

Eight environment Groups are calling on the public to join a National Rally in Valletta on Saturday, the 13th of March, to raise the issue of ongoing environmental abuse and lack of law enforcement.
The rally in Valletta will call on the government to effectively enforce existing laws and put an end to ongoing environmental abuse. [...]

Employment fell 2.7% in fourth quarter of 2009

Gozo News — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:06:00 +0000

A sample survey among construction enterprises in the fourth quarter of 2009 revealed that employment fell by 2.7 per cent when compared to the previous quarter.
Quarterly comparison
During the fourth quarter of 2009, employment figures declined by 2.7 per cent when compared to the previous quarter of 2009. Underpinning this result was a decline in employment [...]