I would like to add to the points raised by Marisa Micallef in her articles of 13 August and 11 September and that of Mr Galea Debono on the 18th regarding the University of Malta admission ...

Francesca Mifsud has put her finger on an acute language problem on the Maltese islands. Despite frequent polling that shows that bilingual Malta is a predominantly Maltese-speaking society – well ...

Ten years ago, a group of European leading language-technology experts concluded that Maltese is at the highest risk of disappearing in the 21st century together with Icelandic, Latvian and Lithuanian ...

Almost 85% of Maltese nationals want foreigners living in Malta to learn Maltese, a new survey published on Friday has revealed. Almost all elderly people want foreigners to learn Maltese, and even ...

IT MAY seem surprising that a dialect of Arabic is an official language of the European Union. But travel 90km south of Sicily and the odd-sounding language of the EU’s smallest state, Malta, is ...

A financial grant of €70,000 from the Ministry for Inclusion and Volunteering has supported the creation of a course in Maltese Sign Language, the government said. The course has been ...

The expansion of the Maltese-language audiovisual market will see the launch of a new digital app that will provide childrens’ programming, with user features set to rival typical streaming platforms ...

Malta’s Socialist (S&D) Prime Minister Robert Abela and President of European Parliament Roberta Metsola, a member of the country’s opposition Nationalist Party (EPP), are trading blows over a decades ...

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The government of Malta is pushing for greater Maltese proficiency among new arrivals to the country and their children. A recently released white paper proposed compulsory Maltese in all schools that ...