All entries related to Malta, newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/countries/malta 2026-10-21T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:3740363e:en 2026-10-21T06:00:00Z

The money comes from the EU Solidarity Fund; Italy and Malta were hit by storm Harry in January 2026, while Portugal and Spain had requested help after the floods of February 2026. ANSA gives the split as €261.5m for Portugal, €149.1m for Spain, €74.9m for Italy and €3.7m for Malta (ANSA, 21 Oct 2026). — Source: https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/economia/2026/10/21/il-parlamento-ue-approva-749-milioni-in-aiuti-allitalia-per-il-ciclone-harry_c88a48f4-52f7-46d2-b051-bbd16af8c53b.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:28dff368:en 2026-10-20T06:00:00Z

Gambling group Flutter announced on 20 October 2026 plans to cut up to 1,400 jobs in its UK and Ireland business, mainly in Leeds and Dublin (240 roles at the Clonskeagh headquarters, with voluntary redundancy offered) plus hubs in Porto and Cluj-Napoca. The company blames higher UK taxes on online casino and sports betting, which it says it cannot fully absorb; which functions are affected has not been disclosed (BBC, 20 Oct 2026; second source: RTÉ, 20 Oct 2026). Update (25 Oct 2026): The programme includes closing Sky Bet's headquarters, relocated from the UK to Malta in November 2025 (the Maltese entity SBG Sports Limited is to be wound down): about 50 jobs in Malta are affected and the remaining staff are expected to move to Gibraltar; the figure of 1,400 is unchanged and the Maltese jobs are not counted on top (iGamingCapital, 22 Oct 2026; Casino Guardian, 21 Oct 2026). — Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqzrdpkm3g84o · https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/1020/1596128-flutter-job-cuts/ · https://igamingcapital.mt/flutter-reverse-sky-bets-malta-move-less-than-a-year-later/ · https://www.casinoguardian.co.uk/2026/10/21/flutter-announces-sky-bet-malta-office-shutdown-amid-strategic-shift/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:1ff4e264:en 2026-09-14T06:00:00Z

The language school group EC English, founded in St Julian's in 1991, has ceased global operations after 35 years; in Malta about 100 employees received redundancy notices effective immediately on 14 Sep 2026, with at least statutory severance, and the Maltese companies are heading for liquidation. Thousands of students have to move to other schools; at its peak the group counted 45,000 to 50,000 students a year. The report rests on a single outlet (The Malta Post, 17 Sep 2026). — Source: https://themaltapost.com/posts/ec-english-collapse-100-malta-jobs-gone-and-students-scramble-for-transfers

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:f4de9cb6:en 2026-09-09T06:00:00Z

Betting operator bet365 plans to cut about 340 jobs, around 3% of its global workforce: about 300 at its Stoke-on-Trent headquarters and about 40 across its Malta and Gibraltar sites combined. A voluntary redundancy programme comes first before compulsory redundancies are considered; the company cites a highly competitive environment and higher regulatory and tax costs. Since April 2026 the UK tax on online casino games has been 40% instead of 21% (iGamingCapital, 9 Sep 2026). — Source: https://igamingcapital.mt/bet365-to-cut-340-jobs-acros-malta-gibraltar-and-uk-in-major-restructuring/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:5e2e6268:en 2026-07-17T06:00:00Z

Criticism centres on the lack of final judgments in high-level corruption cases, a large court backlog and the fact that only four magistrates handle complex preliminary inquiries. The details rest on The Shift News's summary of the report; the report itself has not been read (The Shift News, 17 Jul 2026). — Source: https://theshiftnews.com/2026/07/17/brussels-delivers-damning-verdict-on-abelas-rule-of-law-record/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:3ce20832:en 2026-05-30T06:00:00Z

According to the preliminary result Labour was clearly ahead of the opposition; the source read gives no seat numbers. The prime minister had called the election on 27 Apr 2026 (Euronews, 31 May 2026; second source: The Shift News, 27 Apr 2026). — Sources: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/31/maltas-labour-party-wins-historic-fourth-term-preliminary-count · https://theshiftnews.com/2026/04/27/robert-abela-calls-early-elections/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c29b14bf:en 2026-05-06T06:00:00Z

The kidney care specialist Vantive, spun out of Baxter's kidney division in 2025 and acquired by Carlyle funds, is building a plant for plastic medical devices and consumables for kidney treatment on 16,000 m² in Ħal Far. 250 jobs are to be created; construction is due to start in 2026, completion is planned for 2027 and full operation for 2029. Prime Minister Abela called it the largest foreign direct investment in Malta's history (Lovin Malta, 6 May 2026; second source: Med-Tech World, 7 May 2026). — Sources: https://lovinmalta.com/news/local/new-e150-million-investment-in-medtech-to-create-250-high-quality-jobs/ · https://med-tech.world/news/vantive-commits-150-million-new-malta-facility/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:5a985a49:en 2026-03-24T06:00:00Z

Aristocrat Interactive is exiting its white-label online gambling business worldwide; in Malta all employees, about 120 people, lose their jobs, with the exit planned for the end of June 2026. The foundation GamingMalta pointed to about 1,200 open vacancies with licensees of the gaming authority MGA (Newsbook, 24 Mar 2026). — Source: https://newsbook.com.mt/en/120-to-be-made-redundant-as-gambling-firm-ends-white-label-operations/