Malta’s dismal reading habits came under the spotlight in new EU data published on Friday, which showed that over half of all Maltese – and almost two-thirds of men – didn’t read a single book throughout 2022.
The study, published by the EU’s statistics office, found that 56% of people hadn’t read a single book throughout the year, with a further 27% saying they read fewer than five books in total.
Although Malta fares better than some European countries – a staggering 70% of Romanians say they haven’t read a book, while Cyprus, Italy and Bulgaria all scored over 60% – the…
