KANT Censorship Makes International SKY News

Mar 7 2025

SKY News has weighed in on the Malta Eurovision 2025 dilemma after the word ‘KANT’ was censored from usage in the Eurovision Song Contest by the Maltese representative, Miriana Conte.

‘Malta’s Eurovision entry censored over song’s appropriateness’, the international news platform reported.

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‘Malta’s Eurovision entry has been ordered to change its song Kant – allegedly due to the likeness with the C-word.’

‘Kant means singing in Maltese but its pronunciation is similar to the C-word in English.’

This comes as the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) condemned the ban as censorship against the Maltese language.

Miriana is set to represent Malta in Basel, Switzerland in May and the team is finding ways to reinvent the song to work around the ban, release the music video and still be able to compete should the ban hold.

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Buffon Thanks Maltese Carnival Company For Inclusion In Float

Mar 7 2025

Italian football legend Gianluigi Buffon took to social media to share and thank Triton Carnival Company Malta for including him in their float.

The company’s float, themed ‘Una Notte Con Le Stelle’, centred around Italian celebrities such as Gerry Scotti, Leonardo da Vinci and Albano, included the legendary footballer as a bust on the float.

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Taking to social media, in a post that earned over 55K likes, Buffon said that it was an honour to be part of this extraordinary float.

‘During the past few weeks, I was lucky to receive constant video and photo updates that tracked its realisation, and I want to express my sincerest compliments for the magnificent work that was done’, wrote Buffon.

‘Furthermore, I discovered that the float won the parade, so my congratulations are doubled!’ And that’s because the float won the ‘Karrijiet Trijonfali Sezzjoni A’ category!

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‘More Weapons Won’t Stop The War’, Says PM

Mar 6 2025

In comments to journalists during the start of the EU Council special meeting, Prime Minister Robert Abela said that more weapons won’t stop the war.

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‘I can never agree with the line of thinking that weapons lead to peace’, said the Prime Minister.

‘Weapons confuse the discussion towards peace. I remain determined that our country keeps this message to push for dialogue.’

‘I might be the only person delivering this message today – but I feel it is my duty to do so.’

‘Does this mean that Ukraine must lose? No. But neither should it win at all costs, because we know that this will not happen.’

‘There are solutions, and in the past few hours, developments have emerged that are reopening the window for such an agreement.’

Abela was attending a special meeting to discuss Europe’s support to Ukraine as Russia continues its invasion.

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Over 2.5 Million People Spent Nights In Hotels In 2024

Mar 6 2025

In the fourth quarter of 2024, a total of 626,884 guests stayed in collective accommodation establishments, with 2,667,363 nights spent.

The majority of guest nights (50.4%) were recorded in 4-star hotels. The average length of stay increased to 4.3 nights, compared to the same period in 2023.

The net bed-place occupancy rate rose to 59.0%, marking a 3.9 percentage point increase from the previous year.

As of December 2024, there were 323 active collective accommodation establishments across the country, offering 21,656 bedrooms and 49,483 bed-places.

In Malta, total guests reached 598,253, reflecting a 14.4% increase over Q4 2023. Nights spent also rose by 16.7%, totalling 2,590,870 nights.

In Gozo and Comino, guest numbers grew by 15.8% to 28,631, while nights spent increased by 9.8% to 76,493. The average stay in Malta slightly increased to 4.3 nights, whereas in Gozo and Comino, it declined to 2.7 nights.

For 2024 overall, total guests reached 2,550,655, an increase of 13.3% from 2023. Nights spent rose by 14.4% to 11,321,251, while the net bed-place use increased by 2.7 percentage points to 64.8%.

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