In the Press: €50 million in EU funds to help local economy, manufacturing industry

The Times of Malta

As the Montekristo Animal Park lacks official licensing, animal handlers working at the park are similarly unlicensed, animal welfare commissioner Manuel Buhagiar said. A toddler sustained injuries at the park over the weekend, when a leashed tiger attacked him while outside its enclosure. 

In-Nazzjon

The European Commission has issued a warning about Malta's increasing poverty rate, which, the PN says, prime minister Joseph Muscat is ignoring along with data from the National Statistics Office. 

L-Orizzont

The visitors' centre at the Ggantija temple site in Xaghra, Gozo, has been awarded the Highly Commended Tourism Award by the British Guild of Travel Writers. This confirms the site's ranking as one of the three finalists for the title of Best European Tourism Project.

The Malta Independent

€50 million in EU funds will be made available through grants aimed at overcoming challenges faced by the local manufacturing industry. The funds will go towards supporting SMEs and start-ups, and research and development.