Events in the year 2025 in Malta.
Incumbents +FromToPositionIncumbentPicture 4 April 2024CurrentPresident of MaltaMyriam Spiteri Debono 2020 Current Prime Minister of MaltaRobert Abela
Events February 4–8 February – 2025 edition of Malta Eurovision Song Contest.
April April 1 – LOT Polish Airlines announces that they will open a line to Malta. April 6 – Thirty-five people are arrested for living in Malta illegally and are planned to be deported. April 29 – The European Court of Justice orders the shutdown of Malta's golden passport program for violations of EU law.
May May 2 – The Conscience, a ship being used by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to transport humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, sustains fire damage off the Maltese coast following a drone attack blamed by the group on Israel. 17 May – Malta's Miriana Conte finishes in 17th place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Serving Kant".
June June 5 – Two people are convicted by a jury of supplying the car bomb used in the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.
July July 30 – Malta announces that it would recognize the State of Palestine effective September.
September 22 September – Malta formally recognizes the State of Palestine.
October 18 October – A boat carrying migrants from Libya sinks off the coast of Malta, killing at least one person and leaving 20 passengers missing.
November
12 November – Mouhamadou Dosso, a 33-year-old Ivory Coast national with an Italian ID, is sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in Malta for attempting to recruit individuals for jihadist attacks in Europe.
December
12 December – At least 60 migrants are rescued by authorities and brought ashore at Buġibba after a boat capsizes near the coast.
Deaths 5 January – Michael Falzon, 79, architect and politician, MP (1976–1996). 15 February – Louis Theobald, 86, footballer (Hibernians, Birżebbuġa St. Peter's, national team). 18 March – Paul Cremona, 79, archbishop of Malta (2007–2014). 26 March – Charles Spiteri, 81, footballer (Valletta, Lija Athletic, national team). 6 April – Willie Vassallo, 75, footballer (Floriana, Green Gully, national team). 21 April – Francis Zammit Dimech, 70, politician, minister of foreign affairs (2012–2013) and MEP (2017–2019). 6 June – Frans Said, 92, broadcaster and writer. 22 June – Noel Arrigo, 75, jurist, chief justice (2002). 25 June - Michael Seychell, 85, trade unionist leader, local politician, and public administrator. 24 July – Anthony Spiteri Debono, 78, first gentleman (since 2024). 29 July – Carmel Muscat, 63, Olympic cyclist (1980). 31 August – Sharon Ellul-Bonici, 55, politician. 20 October – Louis Pace, 77, footballer (Valletta, national team) and restaurateur. 2 November – Albert Ganado, 101, lawyer, historian, and cartographer. 20 November – David Azzopardi, 72, footballer (Sliema Wanderers, national team).
See also 2025 in the European Union 2025 in Europe
References
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