Top medical school to open in Gozo
Gozo has been chosen as the location for the prestigious new medical school to be set up in Malta by the Queen Mary University of London. The school will also require Maltese hospital staff to provide teaching in the latter years of the course. The agreement was reached between the Health Ministry and the Queen […]
Gozo voted as Europe’s third top island by TripAdvisor
Lewis and Harris has been named as the best island in Europe by TripAdvisor, with Gozo finishing in third place. The top 10 islands are as follows: · Lewis and Harris, Scotland · Naxos, Greece · Island of Gozo, Malta · Orkney Islands, Scotland · […]
Best places to retire Overseas for a Better Climate
A Mediterranean Climate in Malta – Malta ranked in Top 3 by International Living Extract: You may have not heard about the European island nation that takes third place in the climate category, but Malta has it all: The Mediterranean Sea, a peaceful lifestyle and a warm, sunny climate. If you love culture, history and excellent weather, […]
Malta one of best places to retire 2013
Forbes has listed Malta among the top 15 countries to retire at this year, particularly for Americans. The survey comes hot on the heels of another survey, the 2013 edition of the World Risk Report, which placed Malta as the second safest country. Forbes said it had teamed up with InternationalLiving.com’s newly-released Annual Global Retirement […]
Gozo wins TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice award
TripAdvisor presented awards to the winners of its inaugural 2013 Travellers’ Choice Islands Awards, based entirely on feedback from millions of TripAdvisor travellers. Gozo placed 6th in the top 10 islands of Europe, ahead of Zakynthos in Greece, Jersey in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Skye in Scotland and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. The […]
The Global Residency Programme 2013
In June 2013, the Maltese Government launched the latest residence scheme – the Global Residence Programme – a residency and tax programme which provides favourable tax incentives for non-EU, non-EEA and non-Swiss Nationals seeking an alternative residence base in the Maltese Islands. The Global Residence Programme replaces the High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) Scheme, introduced […]
New Global Residence Scheme 2013
A new residence programme for foreigners was launched on 4th June 2013,, replacing the foreign residents’ scheme which was controversially suspended in 2011. Parliamentary Secretary Edward Zammit Lewis said the Global Residence Programme, as the new scheme is called, will allow people who buy high value property and pay taxes in Malta to benefit from […]
Malta Retirement Program
Malta Retirement Program 2013
New tax incentives for the restoration and reuse of old properties
Tax incentives for the restoration and reuse of scheduled property and properties in urban conservation areas were announced today by Finance Minister Tonio Fenech and Environment Minister Mario de Marco. The schemes form part of the Investi d’Darek schemes first announced in the budget last year. They are aimed, in particular, at encouraging the restoration […]
Malta the best place on earth to retire (2012)
A recent international study (2012) listed Malta as the best place on earth for Brits to retire. Patrick Cooke spoke to three Britons who made the move to see whether their Maltese dreams had come true. Some people might be daunted by the prospect of starting over in a new country as a pensioner, but […]
move2Gozo wins prestigious European property award
A select number of Europe’s property professionals are about to be rewarded for their excellence. The European Property Awards 2012 have now been judged and move2Gozo Real Estate, based in GOZO, MALTA has been informed that it is amongst the winning companies. David Pace, of move2Gozo said “We are delighted with this achievement, considering we […]
Malta’s bathing water is second best in European rankings
The European Environment Agency (EEA) published its annual report on the quality of bathing water for the 2011 season, once again confirming bathing water quality for Malta reached an excellent quality of 97.7%. Malta was classified in the second place just after Cyprus with 99.1%. The result once again shows an improvement on 2010’s results where […]
Get up and…Gozo?
Article Extract from interview with move2Gozo by the editor of ‘A Place in the Sun’: If you like the more rural side to Malta – in the west – then perhaps you should consider its laid-back and hillier little sister, Gozo? Many Maltese have second homes here because of its sleepy feel (and easy access […]
News from the back of beyond…
From time to time Fiona Keeling, whose first visit to Gozo was back in the 1970’s, will give us an insight into what is happening here in Gozo, not just from a property perspective but anything that comes to mind as being of interest to talk about from the weather to life on Gozo, the […]
Life in the fast lane
Roadworks, dust, what next? The start of spring is now under way, the weather is getting warmer, though we still get occasional wind and rain. The major infrastructure works in the capital Victoria have been driving us all mad, as getting from A to B can be very frustrating, even for those of us who […]
Why Live in Gozo?
From a resident to a visitor Having bought and moved here six years ago we have never regretted choosing the quieter life on Malta’s sister island. We love to visit Malta for its shopping, theatre and exhibitions but find ourselves heaving a huge sigh of relief as the ferry pulls out of Circiewwa and the […]
Residential property prices drop in the Q4 2011
Residential property prices drop in the fourth quarter1 Advertised property prices fell on an annual basis by 2.0% in the fourth quarter of 2010, mostly on account of declining apartment prices. The decrease followed three quarters of persistent growth, so that for 2010 as a whole, the Bank’s index increased at an average rate of 1.1%, following a drop of 5.0% in 2009 . Although the decline […]
Ryanair adds more routes to Malta
Low cost airline Ryanair has announced new routes to Malta, including services to London Stansted (four times a week), Oslo (twice a week), Turin (twice a week), Bournemouth (twice a week), Malmo in Sweden (twice a week), Kaunas in Lithuania (twice a week) and Wroclaw in Poland (twice a week). The new routes will start […]