Sources: Times of Malta
Two people are hospitalized, livestock are killed, and serious property damage is reported after a massive explosion at a fireworks factory in Magħtab, Malta. 2026-06-1
Maltese prime minister Robert Abela announces that Malta will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly session in September, while Sammarinese foreign and political affairs secretary Luca Beccari announces that San Marino will recognize the State of Palestine by the end of 2025. 2025-07-29
Malta announces that beginning on July 14, they will become the first country in Europe to close their borders to unvaccinated travellers, only allowing those with a Maltese, British or European vaccination certificate to enter following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-07-9
Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Luxembourg agree to take in 141 migrants, 67 of them unaccompanied children, who were rescued on Friday by the MV "Aquarius"; Malta allows the ship to dock. 2018-08-14
Italy and Malta refuse entry to a German vessel carrying 629 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya. 2018-06-10
A bill allowing same-sex marriage in Malta gets approved by Parliament. 2017-07-12
The government of Malta loses a budget vote, causing early elections to be called. 2012-12-10
More than 500 Ethiopian and Somalian migrants arrive in Malta from Libya. 2011-03-28
The Libyan Air Force launches airstrikes on crowds of protesters. Two civilian helicopters carrying French nationals and two Libyan Mirage jets land in Malta. The Libyan pilots claim that they received orders to bomb protesters, and request political asylum. 2011-02-21
Maltese chemical tanker YM Uranus is reported to be sinking following a collision with the Panamanian cargo ship "Hanjin Rizhao" off the coast of Brittany, France. 2010-10-8