Europe Alive 2025, Malta

In October, 40 delegates from six countries - Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Spain, Malta and the UK - met in Malta for the 75th Europe Alive event, showcasing Maltese culture.  Delegates flew in from across Europe and dined in a local restaurant in Mellieha, before travelling by ferry to Gozo, a small island near Malta.  They visited Savina, a family owned factory producing tomatoes and other products and then had an island tour in a white trolley train, visiting the salt beds and the famous Ta’Pinu church.  Later there was a discussion on the 2025 EUW topic linked to the UN motion “United in Voice, Strong in Diversity”.  There were two special guests - the Hon. Graziella Attard Prevue, a Maltese MP, Shadow Minister for Equality, Civil Liberties and Public Broadcasting and Family Affairs Committee member and Jacqui Lait, former British MP, Shadow Minister and longstanding EUW member who now lives in Malta.  Lynne Faulkner’s introduction outlined the evolution of women’s rights in her lifetime, including the final end of the marriage bar in the British Diplomatic Service in 1973.  This 75th Europe Alive was a great success thanks to the hard work of the Maltese hosts and we look forward to the 2026 Europe Alive in Brno, the second city of Czechia, from 3rd-7th June and then in Spain in 2027.