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Maltese crossing

17 February 2008

Malta, the Mediterranean island with a population of 400,000, is booming thanks to EU membership and its adoption of the euro. It’s also perfectly poised to exploit renewed trade with Gaddafi’s Libya.

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Uniting nation

23 March 2017

Having only 430,000 fellow countrymen hasn’t stopped Maltese prime minister Joseph Muscat from becoming an EU leader of influence.

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A piece of England in Malta

26 September 2024

Malta’s pre-eminent architect Richard England isn’t slowing down just yet. The prolific octogenarian writes poetry, draws cityscapes and is currently penning a book based on biblical characters. Over his six-decade career…

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Design & architecture

21 February 2013

The latest buildings, most innovative products and most promising talent.

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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 42: Malta, Valletta

11 July 2017

A tour through one of the smallest capital cities in Europe that's been a melting pot of Middle Eastern and European influences for centuries.

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Chivalry isn’t dead

19 August 2015

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is a 1,000-year-old institution that played a role in the Crusades and issues its own passports. Now it is fighting a very different battle: defending its honour as a paragon of Chr…

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Island ethos

17 May 2011

Monocle meets the Maltese prime minister to talk about how his small country is dealing with the influx of immigrants from North Africa, his views on the Libya conflict and his vision for transforming Malta into a modern…

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Explainer 194: Who killed Daphne Caruana Galizia?

4 December 2019

The murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017 has influenced Malta’s politics for the past two years. Andrew Mueller asks whether we’re getting closer to finding out who is responsible.

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Europe

20 May 2010

Relations between Poland and Russia thaw, the new get-out-of-jail card for pious prisoners in Georgia, plus Malta's version of the World Cup - for nations that don't exist.

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The Globalist - Friday 27 November

27 November 2015

We discuss European nations’ call-to-arms following the terrorist attacks in Paris, look at Indian geopolitical strategy and check-in with our correspondent at the Commonwealth summit in Malta. Plus: we review the morning’s…

Radio

The Globalist - Friday 25 March

25 March 2022

Joe Biden heads to Poland to address Russia’s war on Ukraine. Plus: a look ahead to Malta’s parliamentary elections, top stories from the fashion world and Andrew Mueller’s unique assessment of what we’ve learned over the…

Radio

The Late Edition - Tuesday 6 March

6 March 2018

As a former Russian spy collapses in the UK, we assess the implications. Plus: what Italy’s election means for the losing parties, why Sam Nunberg is refusing to comply with a subpoena and, as Malta lowers the voting age…

Radio

The Monocle Daily - Tuesday 17 October

17 October 2017

We assess the aftermath of the Isis defeat in Raqqa and ask what happens next. Plus: Malta’s media reacts to the murder of a journalist in a car-bombing, Silvio Berlusconi’s lingering presence in Italian politics and how…

Radio

The Globalist - Wednesday 11 November

11 November 2015

Portuguese MPs force the country’s minority government to quit; EU and African leaders get together in Malta to discuss the migrant crisis; and we round up the day’s newspapers.

Radio

The Globalist - Tuesday 3 December

3 December 2019

Nato’s 70th anniversary summit begins in London but sparring could dampen the party atmosphere. Plus: the Cop25 climate summit, an unfolding crisis in Malta, gentrification in London and the death of the apostrophe.

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The Late Edition - Tuesday 3 December

3 December 2019

Oscar Guardiola-Rivera and Vincent McAvinney join Monocle's Markus Hippi to ask whether intergovernmental pow-wows really help. Plus: corruption in Malta and should actors and politics ever mix?