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traffic, parliamentary behaviour, traffic, parliamentary behaviour,
and the Nationalist Party's and the Nationalist Party's
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Nearly one in five
patients admitted to
Malta's mental health
hospital was homeless
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Where will you be
voting in the next
election?
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Substance abuse Voting borders
Malta offers tepid response to
Trump's tariffs amid unclear
government strategy
MALTA has the lowest cancer mortality rate in the EU,
having recorded a significant decline in cancer deaths
over a 10-year span, according to the OECD.
From 247 deaths per 100,000 in 2011, the mortality rate
dropped to 198 deaths per 100,000 in 2021, a significant
decrease of 20%.
Malta's cancer mortality rate is 16 points below the EU
average of 235 deaths per 100,000.
This emerges from the European Cancer Inequalities
Registry 2025 report, released by the OECD, an interna-
tional organisation for economic co-operation and devel-
opment.
Malta records
lowest cancer
mortality in EU
€2.20
MALTA had a trade deficit of al-
most €70 million with the US last
year having imported more goods
than it exported across the Atlantic
Ocean, official figures show.
Malta sent €272.5 million worth of
goods to the US, accounting for just
over 5% of the €5.1 billion in exports
recorded last year, according to the
National Statistics Office
Consequently, imports from the US
totalled €342.2 million, less than 4%
of Malta's €9.7 billion import bill.
The US is not a major trading partner for Malta (Photo: James Bianchi/MaltaToday)
