Malta
Women's Protest - Malta
Women’s rights groups in Malta intensify campaign to legalize abortion

Currently, Malta remains the only country in the European Union with a total ban on abortions. As a result, hundreds of women are forced to travel abroad to access abortions each year

Murder of Journalist - Malta
Inquiry commission in Malta says state should shoulder responsibility for journalist’s murder 

Prominent Maltese investigative journalist and anti-corruption crusader Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb explosion on October 16, 2017, in Bidnija, Malta

Malta environmental groups
Environment groups sue planning authority in Malta 

The lawsuit was filed over the Maltese Planning Authority’s failure to withdraw a controversial development brief prepared for the redevelopment of the site of the former Jerma Palace Hotel in Marsascala

Malta - Gozo Tunnel project
Activists demand transparency and environmental safeguards for Malta-Gozo Tunnel project

The project has been designed to link the islands of Malta and Gozo through an eight-mile underwater tunnel with two vehicle lanes.

rescue boat Alan Kurdi malta
Malta receives migrants aboard the rescue ship Alan Kurdi

The number of migrants attempting the perilous Mediterranean crossing has increased after the recent escalation of civil war in Libya.