2014 in Malta

Incumbents

• President: George Abela, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca
• Prime Minister: Joseph Muscat

  Events

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.