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Mita, the government's IT agency, is investigating a disruption in government internet traffic this morning.

It said in a statement that government websites and eGovernment services were disrupted just before 10 a.m. with some internal government sites also experiencing connectivity issues.

The Malta Information Technology Agency said that although investigations were still underway, preliminary tests showed that the disruption was caused by a technical fault in some of the main third-party fibre connections used by the government.

Read more: MT: Mita investigating disruption in government internet traffic

Instability with the single currency is undermining Smart City Malta with certain potential clients, according to the ICT project’s boss.

A marketing initiative in India was met with scepticism once potential investors realised Malta was part of the eurozone, Smart City Malta CEO Fareed Abdulrahman tells The Sunday Times in an interview today.

“We obviously tell them that Malta is different from other Mediterranean members of the euro, we tell them to look at the country’s rating and its economic stability but their concern is Greece, Spain, Italy and the rest of Europe. The perception is there,” he said.

Read more: Malta’s Smart City hit by euro crisis

The Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) in collaboration with the Ministry for Infrastructure, Transport and Communication (MITC) has launched the Student Placement Programme for employers seeking temporary additional ICT and ICT-related human resources. The Student Placement Programme this year has been significantly improved and made more attractive to employers.

The programme pools together a number of students wishing to find a work-attachment for the summer in which they can apply their ICT and ICT-related business knowledge and capabilities.

Read more: Malta Information Technology Agency upgrades student placement programme

An increasing number of Maltese are making use of the internet not only to purchase and sell goods and services but also to avail themselves of the services provided by Government online putting Malta at par or better than the EU average.

Surveys carried out by the Malta Communications Authority and Eurostat show that eCommerce activity has steadily improved, especially as more people make regular use of the Internet.

Read more: More Maltese using the internet to purchase and sell goods and services