**Public consultation launched on parental leave for parents of babies in intensive care** Malta has opened a public consultation on a proposed new measure that would grant additional paid leave to parents whose newborns require neonatal intensive care, marking a significant step towards recognising the emotional and financial toll faced by families during medical crises….
Labour MP Ramona Attard has thrown her weight behind a growing chorus demanding a national conversation on extending Malta’s maternity leave, igniting a debate that cuts to the heart of the island’s family-first identity. Speaking during a parliamentary adjournment on Monday evening, the first-time representative for District 2 urged ministers to “look parents in the…
Malta’s low birth rate risks ‘ethnic extinction’, Archbishop warns By Hot Malta Newsroom Archbishop Charles Scicluna set the island talking this week after he warned that Malta’s plunging birth rate could lead to “ethnic extinction”. Speaking during Sunday’s homily at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, the Archbishop told a packed baroque nave that the country…
