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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to the MUT President, whereas state schools were the only schools where Maltese is the language of instruction, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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PN MP Mario de Marco demanded Monday that the Maltese language must remain a prerequisite for the crew of the new national airline, KM Malta Airlines. “For the first time in 50 years, the cabin crew ...