Tag: Europe
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House prices go up by 6.1% in the last quarter of 2025 according to new Eurostat index
Malta has recorded a 6.1% increase in house prices in the last quarter of 2025, according to the latest House Price Index by Eurostat. The reading is the same provided by the NSO. The property price indicator has been updated along with the HICP updates. House prices in the EU increased by an average of…
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President Zelensky becomes the first European leader to visit Damascus following the Syrian Revolution
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is the first European leader to visit the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the second head of state to do so, following the earlier visit by Qatar’s ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, also visited, and the three held talks on a range of issues, including…
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Is Europe headed to an energy crisis?
The European Union has not announced any emergency measures on energy so far. The European Commission is working on a set of measures to address electricity prices in Europe. Energy subsidies and tax cuts are increasingly becoming more popular in Europe to address the situation in the short and medium-term. Australia is one of the…
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Inflation in Europe to go up to 2.5% in March: Malta’s inflation rate estimated to remain flat
According to a flash estimate issued by Eurostat, inflation in the EU is set to rise from 1.9% in February to 2.5% in March. The rise is mainly attributed to rising oil and gas prices. Eurostat is estimating that Malta’s inflation rate will remain flat at 2.3% given that fuel and electricity prices have remained…
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EU Foreign Ministers gather in Bucha
European Union foreign ministers convened in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and later in Kyiv yesterday, marking the anniversary of one of the most emblematic atrocities of Russia’s invasion while reaffirming the bloc’s political and legal support for Ukraine. Malta was also represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Christopher Cutajar.…
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European Central Bank to intervene with a gradual approach if energy shock persists
In her speech given at Frankfurt University last Wednesday, the European Central Bank Chief Christine Lagarde joked that had she gave the speech a month ago it would been totally different. Today, she said, her team is updating their assessment on an hour by hour basis. President Lagarde said that that the ongoing energy shock…
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Europe’s Patriots for Russia: treason and betrayal
Across different countries in Europe, the far-right has one thing in common: it is broadly aligned with Russia and aspires to bring Europe closer to it. This bizarre foreign policy position, whereby political parties in Europe actively support a neighbouring power that is at war with a European country is unprecedented. Historically, even European communist…
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EU and Ghana sign security and defence partnership
In a first of its kind, the EU and Ghana have signed a Security and Derence Partnership Agreement. the signing took place in Arca, Ghana between the EU High Representative Kaja Kallas and Ghana’s Vice-President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang. You can read the full agreement here. The agreement builds on the previous agreement with Ghana in…
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The current inflationary risks for Malta
According to Eurostat’s statistics, Malta’s inflation rate remained above the European average throughout 2025, with food and beverages particularly pushing inflation higher in Malta. Housing prices continued to climb and electricity and fuel prices were tamped down with subsidies. Malta’s yearly inflation fopr 2025 was in the 2.3%-2.4% range while the EU average inflation was…
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EU Commission to come up with toolbox to address energy prices: Council condemns deteriorating situation in Gaza and the West Bank
The European Council met in Brussels yesterday to discuss the ongoing ramifications of the war in Iran and also to discuss Europe’s support for Ukraine. President Volodomymyr Zelensky was also present in Brussels for meetings with EU officials. There was however, no update over the EU €90 billion loan to Ukraine which was vetoed by…
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Trump makes Pearl Harbour jokes as he begs Japan and Allies to join his war: Iran starts executing protestors
Yesterday evening, President Donald Trump met with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the White House and joked with her about Pearl Harbour when asked about his surprise attack on Iran. President Trump is trying to rally allies around him to take control of the Strait of Hormuz which is currently disrupted by the war…
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Alex Agius Saliba against lead-hunting ban in the EU says Europe is hyopocrite for spending on defence
The political discourse in Malta rapidly keeps deteriorating as the Labour Party politicians keep conjuring up fictional narratives and banal arguments to justify their policies and actions. In a latest statement made by Alex Agius Saliba about an EU proposed lead-ammunition hunting ban in the EU, Alex Agius Saliba told his supporters that the EU…
