Notices published in Government Gazette No. 21,481 of 5th August 2025

Call reference number: MDB/001/2025

The Malta Development Bank (MDB) is launching the StudentAssist Financial Instrument (FI) that supports students in further developing their potential through education. The FI is funded from the European Social Fund Plus. 

The StudentAssist will continue to support the development of human capital and is aimed to meet the financing needs of students seeking to pursue a full time or part time study programmes. The scheme will build on the success of its predecessors FSMA and FSMA+ which the MDB, in collaboration with the Managing Authority of EU funds, had launched in October, 2019 and subsequently in February, 2022.

The objective of this Call for Service (the “Call”) is to select one or more eligible Financial Institution/s licensed to operate under the Banking Act, Chapter 371 of the Laws of Malta, and classified as a core domestic bank by the Central Bank of Malta, for the implementation of the StudentAssist. The financial institution/s shall benefit from a guarantee on a portfolio of loans that can reach a maximum of €6.25 million. 

The financial institutions applying under the call should express their interest by completing and submitting the Call for Service documentation by 4.00 p.m. of 15th September, 2025. 

More information and the relevant documentation can be downloaded from the MDB website (www.mdb.org.mt).

The National Book Council notifies that the Malta Book Fund 2025 adjudication board has agreed on the winning submissions for this year’s edition. 31 projects will be receiving funding for publication or translation through the Malta Book Fund.

Winning projects may be viewed on (https://ktieb.org.mt/news-en/the-results-of-the-malta-book-fund-2025-are-out/).

The National Book Council would like to announce that the 42nd PLR (Public Lending Rights) payment is being distributed to authors, illustrators and photographers whose books were borrowed from Public Libraries in Malta and Gozo in the period covering from 1st April to 30th June, 2025.

The list of all recipients, the relevant books and the total remuneration may be obtained from (https://ktieb.org.mt/public-lending-rights/the-42nd-plr-payment-is-out/).

Tenders awarded lists Gaz 5.8.pdf​

The Birżebbuġa Local Council notifies that on Thursday, 7th August, 2025, from 8.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m., parking will be prohibited in ten parking spaces in the End of Cold War Memorial car park and Triq il-Gżira will be closed from 11.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.