News - Media Releases 2017

Publication of Interim Financial Stability Report 2017

The Central Bank of Malta has published its Financial Stability Report – Interim 2017 which assesses developments in the financial system in the first half of 2017 within a context of a growing economy.

Outlook for the Maltese Economy 2017-2020

Public Lecture: The Road to Women’s Suffrage and Beyond

To celebrate the 70th year since Maltese women won the right to vote, the Central Bank of Malta hosted a public lecture this evening by Dr Carmen Sammut, entitled “The Road to Women’s Suffrage and Beyond: Women‘s Enfranchisement and the Nation-Building Project in Malta.”

Issue of Coin Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of Women’s Voting Rights

On 1 December 2017 the Central Bank of Malta issued a silver coin to mark the 70th anniversary of the coming into force of the 1947 constitution, which enshrined the principle of universal suffrage to all persons over 21 years of age. This was the first time that Maltese women were given the right to vote – a right which was exercised for the first time on 25-27 October 1947.

Public event: The Road to Women’s Suffrage and Beyond

A joint event by the Ministry for Gozo and the Central Bank of Malta in Rabat, Gozo, on 24 November 2017, celebrated the seventieth year since Maltese women won the right to vote.