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Now playing Next Smart Health Why Europe's smaller states struggle to get the best medicines IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Encouraging pharmaceutical companies to distribute their latest medicines to smaller countries at an affordable price isn't easy, as the executive chairperson of the Malta Medicines Authority explains. 18/05/2023
Now playing Next Smart Regions Explore the cultural heritage and beauty of Gozo's Cittadella IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION In this episode of Smart Regions, we explore how an EU-funded restoration project helped bring Gozo's magnificent Cittadella back to life and reveal hidden treasures from its past. 08/05/2023
Now playing Next Malta Faster, higher, smaller: Europe's unknown 'tiny Olympics' This multi-sports event takes place every two years and is only open to athletes from European countries with less than a million inhabitants. 17/04/2023
Now playing Next Europe Decoded Climate change & human activity endangering Malta's water supply The central Mediterranean archipelago is predicted to lose 16% of its groundwater through climate change and rising sea levels over the next 80 years. 06/04/2023
Now playing Next Malta Rescue ship Geo Barents saves 440 migrants near Malta The Geo Barents, a humanitarian vessel of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), rescued 440 migrants in distress in international waters off Malta on Tuesday. 05/04/2023
Now playing Next Malta Mediterranean countries call for more EU solidarity on migration Ministers from Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain met in Malta to push back against their EU neighbours for not voluntarily accepting asylum-seekers. 05/03/2023
Now playing Next Malta Bishops in Malta warn politicians not to ease strict abortion laws The new proposed legislation would allow doctors to perform abortions when the pregnant person's life or health is at stake. 02/12/2022
Now playing Next Malta Malta set to ease its tough anti-abortion laws The Mediterranean country is the last EU country to still have a total ban on abortion. 17/11/2022
Now playing Next Malta Doctors Without Borders rescues 371 from the Mediterranean Sea Another 103 people were pulled to safety from Maltese waters as part of the organisation's five missions this week. 28/10/2022
Now playing Next Malta Brothers get 40 years prison for murdering Maltese journalist The pair had pleaded not guilty to the 2017 murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, but admitted the killing in a dramatic twist on the first day of their trial. 14/10/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Festival celebrates the life of Daphne Caruana Galizia In 2017, Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb in Malta. Five years later, a new festival celebrates the intrepid work female journalists do to speak truth to power. 03/10/2022
Now playing Next Europe News EU refers Malta to court over controversial 'golden passport' scheme Malta is now the only EU country that allows foreign investors to buy citizenship in exchange for investment. 29/09/2022
Now playing Next Malta Daphne Caruana Galizia: Suspect confesses to Maltese journalist murder George Degiorgio, one of three people accused of the 2017 assassination, has confessed to a reporter that they were paid to plant the car bomb that killed her. 05/07/2022
Now playing Next Malta Malta to review abortion policy after Prudente case causes outrage Malta's abortion policy was put in the international spotlight last week after the country refused US holiday-maker Andrea Prudente a potentially life-saving abortion. 01/07/2022
Now playing Next Conscious Travel Are babymoons safe? One woman’s trip to Malta has lessons for us all After a woman was refused treatment in Malta because of the country’s strict anti-abortion laws, should pregnant women be reconsidering babymoons? 29/06/2022
Now playing Next Health news Maltese doctors call for abortion ban review after US woman's ordeal A new court filing argues that Malta’s blanket ban on abortion is failing to protect women's health and is putting doctors in impossible situations. 27/06/2022
Now playing Next Malta Malta abortion refusal: US woman treated in Spain Andrea Prudente, who was on holiday in Malta with Weeldreyer for a "babymoon" holiday, her waters broke prematurely last week. 23/06/2022
Now playing Next Malta EU threatens to take Malta to court over 'golden passport' scheme Malta has rebuffed Brussels warnings and has argued that the issuing of citizenship should remain a "national competence". 06/04/2022
Now playing Next Malta Pope prays for kindness to refugees as he wraps Malta visit Pope Francis prayed for the world to show more kindness and compassion to refugees as he paid tribute Sunday in Malta to the shipwrecked St. Paul and meets with migrants who, like the apostle, arrived on the Mediterranean island and were welcomed. 03/04/2022
Now playing Next Malta Pope Francis criticises Russia's 'infantile and destructive' war "We had thought that invasions of other countries, savage street fighting and atomic threats were grim memories of a distant past,” Pope Francis said of the war in Ukraine on a visit to Malta. 02/04/2022
Now playing Next Malta Malta: Victory for incumbents Labour in parliamentary elections Voters in Malta went to the polls on Saturday in a general election, and the Labour Party have claimed victory, and the Nationalists conceding defeat. 27/03/2022
Now playing Next Malta Maltese vote in general election, seeking new five-year government Two major political parties in Malta, the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party, and a number of smaller parties are all vying for votes after a muted campaign. 26/03/2022
Now playing Next Europe Decoded In Malta, confusion over cannabis law after doctor arrested Malta became the first EU state to legalise cannabis last year, and yet... 24/03/2022
Now playing Next Malta Malta suspends 'golden passports' for Russian and Belarusian nationals The government said the measure was taken following "recent developments" amid the war in Ukraine. 02/03/2022
Now playing Next Ocean Why is ocean literacy key to protecting our marine ecosystems? IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Ocean travels to Malta and the Netherlands to meet the enthusiasts attempting to raise public awareness about the health of our seas and the marine environment. 22/02/2022
Now playing Next Ocean 'Every second breath you take comes from the ocean,' says expert IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION "If it wasn't for the ocean, climate change would be much worse because of higher CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere," says Malta's Ocean Ambassador Alan Deidun. 22/02/2022