Valletta summit • African leaders want more legal avenues for migration
Latest draft text calls for doubling, by 2017, the number of scholarships for African students and academic staff under the EU’s Erasmus programme
Tusk calls informal meeting of European Council in Malta
Right after Valletta Summit, EU heads of state and government to hold informal Council meeting in Malta
MOAS raises €1 million in two days in ‘tidal wave of humanity’

Since heartbreaking photos were published showing Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi...

Since heartbreaking photos were published showing Syrian...

Europe ‘lies in a state of uncertainty’, Alfred Sant warns

Each community must define its vital interests, Labour MEP tells conference

Each community must define its vital interests, Labour MEP...

EU needs policies to counteract national, regional divergencies

‘The situation in Greece shows us that further political risks could be...

‘The situation in Greece shows us that further...

Italy, Malta call for global approach to refugee crisis

Prime Minister at Palazzo Medici Riccardi says refugee crisis is not about one...

Prime Minister at Palazzo Medici Riccardi says refugee...

EU home to 7% of the world population

How is the EU doing compared with the other major economies of the world?

How is the EU doing compared with the other major economies...

EU statistics show Malta amongst group with highest retail trade increase

Volume of retail trade up by 0.4% in euro area

Volume of retail trade up by 0.4% in euro area

Austria orders asylum seekers off trains at Hungarian border

Austrian security forces stop two trains packed with asylum seekers, after...

Austrian security forces stop two trains packed with asylum...

Migration crisis ‘most important issue for Europe today’, Tusk says

Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council called on 14 September

Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council called on 14...

Italy arrests 10 suspected people smugglers

Italian authorities 10 individuals suspected to be human traffickers following...

Italian authorities 10 individuals suspected to be human...

EU study on bee-killing pesticides increases pressure for ban expansion

Food safety agency highlights dangers of neonicotinoid pesticides

Food safety agency highlights dangers of neonicotinoid...

EU Commission chief against calls for new migration summit: ‘Time to act’

Jean-Claude Juncker says member states should start adopting European measures on migration

Jean-Claude Juncker says member states should start...

Slovakia refuses to accept Muslim migrants

Slovakia says it will refuse to accept Muslims amongst the 200 Syrian refugees...

Slovakia says it will refuse to accept Muslims amongst the...

Migrants’ unsafe sea crossings top record 100,000 mark in July

Amnesty: New Frontex report underscores need for safe and legal routes to...

Amnesty: New Frontex report underscores need for safe and...

Miriam Dalli spearheads initiative for enhanced EU efforts to tackle breast cancer

Initiative aimed at securing the provision of preventive services targeting early detection of breast cancer across all of Europe

Initiative aimed at securing the provision of preventive...

Malta withdraws court request as EU steams ahead on sports betting law

Malta withdraws request for ECJ’s opinion on Council of Europe sports manipulation convention, as European Council steams ahead with legislative proposal

Malta withdraws request for ECJ’s opinion on Council...

At least 40 migrants dead in Mediterranean sinking

Italian navy on Twitter says rescue operation underway

Italian navy on Twitter says rescue operation underway

[WATCH] Greece's bailout deal needs 'everyone on board, IMF included,' Scicluna warns

Extraordinary meeting on Greece taking place in Brussels today

Extraordinary meeting on Greece taking place in Brussels...

Mediterranean migrant arrivals approach 250,000 – IOM

International Organisation for Migration says rescues at sea occurring at a...

International Organisation for Migration says rescues at...