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2014 in Malta

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2014 in Malta

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Other events of 2014 Timeline of Maltese history

The following lists events from 2014 in Malta.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: George Abela (until 4 April), Marie Louise Coleiro Preca (starting 4 April)
  • Prime Minister: Joseph Muscat

    • January

  • 1 January – Malta issued Public Transport changes. New buses were added later on

    • February

  • 7-23 February – Malta competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

    • April

  • 4 April – Marie Louise Coleiro Preca succeeded George Abela as President of Malta.
  • 14 April – Malta became the first European state to add recognition of gender identity to its constitution as a protected category.

    • May

  • 9-21 May – Malta hosted the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.
  • 24 May – European Parliament election took place. Joseph Muscat won the election, being a member of European Parliament from 2014 to 2019.

    • June

  • 20 June – The Civil Unions Act, 2014 was published, the Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security published a regulations, based on which, the country recognises same-sex unions performed abroad, regarded by the Ministry as having equivalent status to Malta's civil unions.

    • September

  • 11 September – A ship full of migrants sank off Malta and around 500 migrants were killed.

    • November

  • 15 November – The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was held at Malta Shipbuilding in Marsa.
  • 21-22 November – The Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was also held at Malta Shipbuilding in Marsa.

    • References

    2014 in Malta Wikipedia
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