2025 in Malta
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| From | To | Position | Incumbent | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2024 | Current | President of Malta | Myriam Spiteri Debono | |
| 2020 | Current | Prime Minister of Malta | Robert Abela |  |
Events
February
- 4–8 February – 2025 edition of Malta Eurovision Song Contest.[1]
April
- April 1 – LOT Polish Airlines announces that they will open a line to Malta.[2]
- April 6 – Thirty-five people are arrested for living in Malta illegally and are planned to be deported.[3]
- April 29 – The European Court of Justice orders the shutdown of Malta's golden passport program for violations of EU law.[4]
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.[5]
- 17 May – Malta's Miriana Conte finishes in 17th place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Serving Kant".[6]
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.[7]
July
- July 30 – Malta announces that it would recognize the State of Palestine effective September.[8]
September
- 22 September – Malta formally recognizes the State of Palestine.[9]
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.[10]
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.[11]
December
Deaths
- 5 January – Michael Falzon, 79, architect and politician, MP (1976–1996).[13]
- 15 February – Louis Theobald, 86, footballer (Hibernians, Birżebbuġa St. Peter's, national team).[14]
- 18 March – Paul Cremona, 79, archbishop of Malta (2007–2014).[15]
- 26 March – Charles Spiteri, 81, footballer (Valletta, Lija Athletic, national team).[16]
- 6 April – Willie Vassallo, 75, footballer (Floriana, Green Gully, national team).[17]
- 21 April – Francis Zammit Dimech, 70, politician, minister of foreign affairs (2012–2013) and MEP (2017–2019).[18]
- 6 June – Frans Said, 92, broadcaster and writer.[19]
- 22 June – Noel Arrigo, 75, jurist, chief justice (2002).[20]
- 24 July – Anthony Spiteri Debono, 78, first gentleman (since 2024).[21]
- 29 July – Carmel Muscat, 63, Olympic cyclist (1980).[22]
- 31 August – Sharon Ellul-Bonici, 55, politician.[23]
- 20 October – Louis Pace, 77, footballer (Valletta, national team) and restaurateur.[24]
- 2 November – Albert Ganado, 101, lawyer, historian, and cartographer.[25]
- 20 November – David Azzopardi, 72, footballer (Sliema Wanderers, national team).[26]
