6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (461+ words) Malta's fertility rate fell to a record 1.01 children per woman in 2024, remaining the lowest in the European Union for the eighth consecutive year, compared with an EU average of 1.34. Both these figures are much lower than the 2.1 replacement level (the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (219+ words) The Ministry for Social Policy and Children's Rights today announced the implementation of another Budget 2026 measure, through which parental leave has now also been extended to self-employed parents, giving them the same entitlement that employed persons have had until now....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (894+ words) More than 40% of residents in Malta believe their neighbourhood has worsened in recent years, although s similar number say their neighbourhood has stayed the same. Fewer than one in 10 say it has improved, according to a Housing Authority survey. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (438+ words) Behind an ordinary front door in Żurrieq, six children under the age of six are being raised not by their birth families but by a rotating team of carers who, in the words of their home manager, must be "100 per…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (891+ words) Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced that the government will develop a secure residential facility for adolescents in Għargħur, describing the project as one that is "very close to my heart" and aimed at helping vulnerable young people successfully reintegrate…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (502+ words) The government must stop taking educational decisions which affect children without proper consultation, the Nationalist Party said in a statement reacting to findings by the Ombudsman's office. The findings relate to two investigations conducted by the Commissioner for Education concerning…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (782+ words) The last article in this series dealt with the single permit: the system that ties a foreign worker's right to live and work in Malta to one employer, and the EU Directive that Malta must transpose to change important parts…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (231+ words) The OASI Foundation has welcomed the opening of Seba’ Sema f’Kull Staġun, a new early childhood education centre that places screen-free learning and real-life experiences at the core of its educational philosophy. In a statement, the Foundation described the initiative…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (521+ words) The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1106+ words) New data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reveals that, in 2025, the global share of one-year-olds who had received common childhood vaccinations like polio, tetanus, tuberculosis and Hepatitis B rose very little. This means…...