List of newspapers in Malta


This is a list of newspapers published in Malta.
TitlePublishedLanguageEstablishedOwnerPolitical affiliationNotes
In-NazzjonDailyMaltese1970Media.link Communications Nationalist PartyOrgan of the Nationalist Party. Formerly In-Nazzjon Tagħna and In-…Taghna
L-OrizzontDailyMaltese1962Union Print Co. Malta Labour PartyOrgan of the General Workers' Union
The Malta Independent,
DailyEnglish1992Standard PublicationsNationalist Party
Times of Malta,
Sunday Times of Malta		DailyEnglish1935Allied NewspapersNationalist PartyEstablished in 1929 as Times of Malta Weekly
Malta Today,
Malta Today on Sunday		BiweeklyEnglish1999Media TodayMalta Labour Party and Democratic Alternative
Corriere di MaltaDailyItalian2017Fortissimo Ltd
IllumWeeklyMalteseMedia TodayMalta Labour Party and Democratic Alternative
KullħaddWeeklyMaltese1992Malta Labour PartyMalta Labour PartyOrgan of the Malta Labour Party
Business TodayWeeklyEnglishMedia Today
Il-MumentWeeklyMaltese1970Media.link Communications Nationalist PartyOrgan of the Nationalist Party
It-TorċaWeeklyMalteseUnion Print Co. Malta Labour PartyOrgan of the General Workers' Union
Il-LeħenWeeklyMaltese1928 as Leħen is-Sewwa MaltaCatholic Church
Il-GensWeeklyMaltese1920s as Il-HajjaCatholic Church
Malta Government GazetteMaltese
English		1813Department of Information Formerly also in Italian

Defunct newspapers

TitlePublishedLanguageEstablishedDefunctPolitical affiliationNotes
Journal de MalteintermittentFrench
Italian		17981798French republicanismFirst newspaper ever published in Malta
Foglio d'AvvisiItalian18031804Pro-BritishFirst newspaper published under British rule
L'ArgoItalian18041804Pro-British
Il CartagineseItalian18041810Pro-British
Giornale di MaltaItalian18121813Pro-British
Lo Spettatore ImparzialemonthlyItalian23 April 1838pre-1899Pro-British; edited by Canon Fortunato Panzavecchia
Portafoglio Malteseweekly
biweekly		ItalianMay 1838post-1899ConservativePolitical and religious; established by lawyer Paolo Sciortino
Il Mediterraneo - Gazzetta di MaltaItalian18381874Liberal, secular, pro-Italianestablished by Zauli-Sajani and Carlo Cigognani Cappelli
The HarlequinEnglish1838 ?pre-1899
II Corriere malteseItalian1839pre-1899Liberal, anti-BorbonicEstablished by Salvatore Costanzo
L'AristideItalian1840spre-1899Liberal, anti-BorbonicEstablished by Salvatore Costanzo
L'Eco dei Tribunali di MaltaItalian1843pre-1899
Malta TimesweeklyEnglish1840spre-1899
L'IndipendenteItalian1850spre-1899
L'Economista di MaltaItalian1876Business
Malta - Quotidiano Nazionalista
dailyItalian18831943Pro-Italian, edited by Fortunato Mizzi, Enrico Mizzi
Daily Malta Chronicle and Garrison Gazetteweekly
daily		English18841940Pro-British
Lloyd MaltesedailyItalianopre-18991940BusinessPublished by the Chamber of Commerce
Il Habbar
Il Habbar Malti
Il Habbar Cattolicu		Maltesepre-1899ConservativePolitical, religious Edited by Antonio Muscat Fenech
Malta StandardbiweeklyEnglishpre-1899Pro-British
Public OpinionEnglishpre-1899
RisorgimentodailyItalianpre-1899Pro-ItalianPolitical, business
AvvisatoreItalianca.1900
Il GhannejMalteseca.1900
The EnterpriseEnglishca.1900Business
Il Bon PasturMalteseca.1900Religious
Malta Army and Navy GazetteEnglishca.1900Military
La ChitarraItalianca.1900Musical
Il GhafritMalteseca.1900
Finanza e CommercioMalteseca.1900Business
San PaulMalteseca.1900Religious
Lo StudenteItalianca.1900
Il Biricchino al TeatroItalianca.1900Theatre
L'Afrique MaltaiseFrenchca.1900
La Rivista MedicaItalianca.1900Medicine
Il Naturalista MalteseItalianca.1900Nature
YouthEnglishca.1900Youth
Propagazjoni tal FidiMalteseca.1900Religious
La Salute PublicaItalianca.1900Public health
PhilatelicEnglishca.1900Philatelic
Il Habbar GhawdxiMalteseca.1900Gozo news
Malta Football Record BookEnglishca.1900Football
Athenaeum MelitenseItalian ca.1900Arts and literature
Il-Ħaddiem / The WorkerMaltese / Englishca.1900post-1960sTrade unions
Archivum Melitense?ca.1900Philatelic
Ir Rusariu ImkaddesMalteseca.1900Religious
Il CalcioItalianca.1900Football
Bollettino della Societa' Economico AgrariaItalianca.1900Agri-business
The TeacherEnglishca.1900Teaching matters
Malta LetterariamonthlyItalian19041914Issued by Giovine Malta. The first 10 volumes were edited by Arturo Mercieca and the eleventh by Enrico Mizzi
GiahanMalteseca.1900
L-HmarMalteseca.1900Political
Is-SalibMalteseca.1900Religious/conservative
II-HabibMalteseca.1900Religious/conservative
II-Poplu MaltiMalteseca.1900first important Nationalist paper in Maltese
Malta Ghada TaghnaMalteseca.1900Sigismondo Savona's
Il-Bandiera tal-MaltinMalteseca.1900Manwel Dimech's
In-NahlaMalteseca.1900Agostino Levanzin's
Malta Maltia!Malteseca.1900
Il ProgressMaltese19211932Stricklandian
Malta Letteraria monthlyItalian19261939edited by Giovanni Curmi as "rassegna mensile di cultura".
L'Eco di Malta e GozoItalian1920sEnrico Mizzi
Labour Opinion
later: II Cotra		English
Maltese		1920sMalta Labour Party
Il PatriaMaltese1920sIgnazio Panzavecchia's
Il BerkaMaltese1920s
Ix-XemxMaltese1920s
Il-Helsiendaily
weekly		Maltese1992Malta Labour PartyFormer organ of the Malta Labour Party. Founded in 1959 as a successor to Is-Sebħ after its editor was imprisoned for criticising the British Governor-General Robert Laycock
Malta Letteraria 4-monthlyItalian19521955Literature
Malta TaghnaMaltese1950s1960sEdited by Herbert Ganado
Is-SebħMaltese1950sMalta Labour PartyEdited by Joe Micallef Stafrace who was imprisoned for criticising the British Governor-General Robert Laycock in a political cartoon. Briefly resurrected in the 1970s as a successor to the newspaper Iż-Żmien.
The Maltese ObserverweeklyEnglish1950s1960sEdited for some years by Tom Hedley, former editor of The Times of Malta
Ix-XewkaMaltese19651978Malta Labour PartySatirical left-wing newspaper