The recently-published Matsec results for Maltese and English are a cause for great worry – to parents, teachers, writers and the schoolchildren themselves. The news in the papers concentrated more on ...

Maltese was once a language considered at risk of being buried under mountains of English, but since Malta joined the EU, its mother tongue has been given a new lease of life, Deutsche Welle reported ...

It is with great pleasure and eager anticipation that I (and several others like me) await the online publication of the Maltese-English dictionary being prepared by Adam Ussishkin from Arizona ...

A popular Tiktok creator who makes videos about the Maltese language insists there is room for both Maltese and English in the media and in conversation. Kurt Meli, a 25-year-old freelance interpreter ...

Malta’s ministry of education has announced a nationwide review of English language proficiency of school-aged children in response to concerns that standards of English in the country are slipping.

Maltese remains the prevalent language used at home by students attending both state schools and church schools, but this is definitely not the case among students attending independent private ...

Migrant workers in Malta say learning the Maltese language was considered “important” to them (48%), according to an EU study, with a further 17% saying it was “essential”. The study by the EU’s ...

Britons visiting Malta do not need to learn Maltese; everyone speaks English. But having a rough idea how to pronounce it can be useful. It helps with saying where you are going – perhaps to Mnajdra ...

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 ...

The concept of pika is a cornerstone of Maltese culture; it’s written into the skyline of the capital Valletta, and permeates across all walks of life. There is a competitive nature that courses ...

If you've yet to be captivated by the graphic novel, here's the absolute place to start. IDW Publishing has just released 'Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn,” its first in a proposed ...