Full Coverage: Malta

01.06.2007 The UN refugee agency has protested to the European Commission about the way boatloads of people from North Africa have recently been left stranded at sea, despite being in distress and at risk of death.

28.09.2006 Maltese organizations will be able to participate in the European Information and Communication Technologies Prize (EICT Prize), which is among the most distinguished awards for innovative products and services that represent the best of European innovation in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

14.06.2005 The Commonwealth Foundation is organising an online consultation open to governments, civil society organisations and people across the Commonwealth, in preparation for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and Commonwealth People's Forum (CPF) to be held in Malta in November 2005.

24.11.2004 Malta-based DiploFoundation will represent the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) in the UN Working Group on Internet Governance. GKP is a coalition of organisations involved in ICT for development.

01.09.2004 The government of Malta has announced its national ICT strategy, aiming to use ICTs in improving the quality of life of people over the next three years.

19.08.2003 New figures from the National Statistics Office show that 78 per cent of Malta’s population now own a mobile phone. A little more than 17 per cent have access to the Internet.

21.03.2003 More than 40,000 Maltese households, or 38 per cent, had a desktop computer in 2002 and 31.3 per cent had access to the Internet, a survey conducted by the National Statistics Office shows. But 58.8 per cent of respondents said they did not consider the Internet useful.

01.10.2002 ICTs are helping governments become more transparent and accountable to citizens, UNESCO has said, citing a recently released joint study> conducted with the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development. But the 15-nation study also found new technologies "posing a challenge to traditional decision-making structures", the UN agency added.

28.08.2002 Prepared by the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT), the study includes 15 country abstracts providing an initial snapshot for countries chosen to represent different situations in each of UNESCO's region.

28.08.2002 Prepared by the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT), the study includes 15 country abstracts providing an initial snapshot for countries chosen to represent different situations in each of UNESCO's region.