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FRIDAY 24 DECEMBER 2025 • ISSUE 077 • PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
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Changes to Gozitan student
subsidy scheme in 2026
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Gozo Channel
to suspend
ferry crossings
on Christmas
and New Year
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GOZO Channel has announced
that its ferry service between
Mġarr and Ċirkewwa will be sus-
pended for three hours on both
Christmas Day and New Year's
Day.
In a statement, the company
said services will be halted be-
tween noon and 3pm on the
two public holidays to allow
employees on duty to spend
time with their families during
lunchtime.
THE €100-per-month ac-
commodation subsidy for
students renting shared
housing will remain in force
until December 2025, af-
ter which it will be merged
into a single, consolidated
student assistance scheme,
the Minister for Gozo Clint
Camilleri said in Parliament.
Replying to Parliamentary
Question tabled by Nation-
alist MP Bernice Bonello,
the minister confirmed that
from January 2026 the exist-
ing accommodation subsidy
will be integrated with the
student subsidy scheme. Un-
der the new arrangement, all
eligible students will receive
a flat payment of €280 per
month.
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The student
accommodation
subsidy will be
merged with the
student assistance
scheme in 2026,
creating a single
monthly grant for
all eligible students
Gozo University Campus is located at Xewkija in Gozo (Photo: Gozo Campus)
