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 ...

One of Malta’s few Maltese-language educational apps for children is celebrating its second anniversary with a major content update designed to boost kids’ vocabulary and language skills in engaging ...

Some 850 Maltese books are being shipped to Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy and Belgium for the setting up of libraries for the Maltese diaspora across the world. The ...

The Maltese language will be accepted as an official EU language if Malta joins the EU. The decision was decided in the beginning of May, however it will be confirmed by the Council of Ministers ...

A new educational video series has been launched on social media to tackle the growing concern that young Maltese children are learning basic vocabulary exclusively in English, leaving key Maltese ...

Award-winning novelist, playwright and educator Lina Brockdorff, a leading figure in Maltese literature and a lifelong advocate for the Maltese language, has died at the age of 95, her family has ...

The Secretariat for Catholic Education and the Centre for the Maltese Language (ĊIM) have signed an agreement aimed at introducing some of the Centre's initiatives in Church schools. The agreement was ...

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 ...