body {
  --color-aqua: rgb(138 163 178);
  --color-dark-aqua: rgb(130 156 166);
  --color-neutral-gray: rgb(215 218 223);
  --color-white: rgb(255 255 255);
  --color-dark-blue: rgb(054 068 095);
  --color-dark-text: #3b3c3a;
  background-color: #f3f7f7;
}

.elementor-kit-5 {
  --e-global-typography-primary-font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  --e-global-typography-text-font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  --e-global-typography-accent-font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
}

body,
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6 {
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
}

h1 {
  font-size: 28px;
}

.row {
  max-width: 1170px;
}
/********************************
	HEADER
*********************************/
.off-canvas-content {
  background: transparent;
}
.main-navigation {
  padding-bottom: 32px;
}
/* .bg-accent {
    height: 40px;
    width: 5000px;
    position: absolute;
    left: 18%;
    background-color: var(--color-aqua);
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: bottom;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 50px;
} */
.lang-switcher-wrapper {
  justify-content: flex-end;
  align-items: center;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 10;
  min-height: 40px;
}
.font-switcher a {
  color: var(--color-white);
  font-weight: 300;
}
.font-switcher .small {
  font-size: 14px;
}
.font-switcher .normal {
  font-size: 18px;
}
.font-switcher .large {
  font-size: 22px;
}
.flags img {
  filter: grayscale(100%);
  transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;
}
.flags li a img:hover,
[lang="mt"] .flags li[data-lang="mt"] a img,
[lang="en-US"] .flags li[data-lang="en"] a img {
  filter: grayscale(0%) !important;
}
.otgs-development-site-front-end {
  display: none !important;
}
.department-logo {
  margin-bottom: 12px;
}
.line {
  height: 1px;
  width: 6000px;
  background-color: var(--color-aqua);
}
.menu-section {
  margin-bottom: 74px;
}
.main-menu .menu {
  display: flex;
  gap: 52px;
}
.main-menu .menu > li > a {
  padding: 0;
  color: var(--color-aqua);
}
.main-menu .menu > li.active > a {
  font-weight: 700;
  background: transparent;
}
.search-form-header {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
}
.search-form-header button {
  padding: 9px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 1px solid var(--color-aqua);
}
.search-form-header [type="search"] {
  margin-bottom: 0;
  height: 24px;
  font-size: 14px;
  background-color: var(--color-neutral-gray);
  box-shadow: none;
  border-color: transparent;
}

/********************************
	PAGES
*********************************/
.home-section__slider .slide {
  height: 335px;
  background-color: var(--color-dark-blue);
}
.home-section__slider .splide__pagination {
  bottom: 1em;
  justify-content: flex-start;
}
.home-section__slider .splide__pagination__page.is-active {
  transform: scale(1);
}
.home-section__links a {
  color: var(--color-aqua);
  height: 90px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  text-transform: lowercase;
  padding: 20px;
  gap: 10px;
}
.home-section__links > .row > .column:first-child a {
  background-color: #e7eeef;
}
.home-section__links > .row > .column:nth-child(3) a {
  background-color: #e7eeed;
}

.resource-listing__wrapper {
  display: flex;
  gap: 24px;
  padding-right: 26px;
}
.resource-category {
  flex-basis: 33.33%;
}
.resource-category__header {
  font-size: 20px;
  font-weight: 700;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid;
  color: var(--color-aqua);
  margin-bottom: 30px;
}
.post-listing {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 3px;
}
p.title.mb-30 {
  font-weight: 500;
}
.news-post-listing .post-listing__item:not(:last-child) {
  margin-bottom: 50px;
}
.post-call {
  background-color: var(--color-aqua);
  padding: 15px;
}
.post-publications .title {
  color: var(--color-dark-text);
  font-weight: 500;
}
.publication-post-listing {
  gap: 42px;
}
.useful-links-text {
  gap: 32px;
}
.useful-links-text a {
  color: var(--color-dark-text);
  font-weight: 500;
}
.elementor-custom-embed-play i:before {
  display: block;
  content: "";
  background-image: url("../images/play-icon.png");
  background-size: contain;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center;
  width: 70px;
  height: 70px;
}
/* .page-template-hierarchy .content-column{
    min-height: 800px;
    border-right: 1px solid var(--color-dark-aqua);
} */
.page-template-hierarchy sidebar ul li {
  line-height: 26px;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.page-template-hierarchy sidebar ul li a {
  color: var(--color-dark-aqua);
}
.page-template-hierarchy sidebar ul li.active a {
  font-weight: 700;
}
.page-template-hierarchy sidebar ul li:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.page-template-services #content {
  min-height: 800px;
  background-color: #ecf0f1;
}

/* .page-template-category-pages-sidebar */

.page-template-category-pages-sidebar sidebar ul li {
  line-height: 26px;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.page-template-category-pages-sidebar sidebar ul li a {
  color: var(--color-dark-aqua);
}
.page-template-category-pages-sidebar sidebar ul li.active a {
  font-weight: 700;
}
.page-template-category-pages-sidebar sidebar ul li:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
 
/* .page-template-services #content:before {
    background-color: #d3dddf;
} */
.post-listing .post-item {
  margin-bottom: 80px;
}
.custom-border {
  width: 1px;
  height: calc(100% - 32px);
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  top: 50%;
  background-color: var(--color-aqua);
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}
.custom-border:before,
.custom-border:after {
  content: "";
  display: inline-block;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--color-aqua);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-aqua);
  width: 7px;
  height: 7px;
  transform: rotate(227deg);
  position: absolute;
  left: -3.5px;
  top: -10px;
}
.custom-border:after {
  top: initial;
  bottom: -10px;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}
.custom-border span {
  position: absolute;
  height: 1px;
  width: 10px;
  top: 10px;
  background-color: var(--color-aqua);
  left: -4px;
}
.custom-category main {
  min-height: 800px;
}
.custom-category sidebar ul li.active a {
  font-weight: 700;
}
.post-listing .post-item.publication {
  margin-bottom: 60px;
}
.post-item.publication .image {
  height: 135px;
  width: 90px;
  background-color: var(--color-aqua);
}
.post-item.publication p {
  max-width: 250px;
}
/********************************
	FOOTER
*********************************/
footer.footer {
  margin-top: 0;
  padding-top: 24px;
  padding-bottom: 80px;
  font-size: 12px;
  color: #929498;
}
footer .menu {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  gap: 24px;
}
footer .menu > li > a {
  line-height: 18px;
  padding: 0;
  color: #929498;
}

/********************************
	UTILITIES
*********************************/
.blended-bg {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 400px;
  padding-top: 70px;
  background-color: #ecf0f1;
  padding-bottom: 100px;
}
.blended-bg:before {
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  /* background-color: #E2E9EA; */
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  top: 0;
}
.d-flex {
  display: flex;
}
.align-items-center {
  align-items: center;
}
.align-items-baseline {
  align-items: baseline;
}
.justify-content-between {
  justify-content: space-between;
}
.text-right {
  text-align: right;
}
.text-uppercase {
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.list-unstyled {
  list-style: none;
  margin-left: 0;
}
.position-relative {
  position: relative;
}
.stretch-link {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  z-index: 1;
}
.clear.even,
.clear.fourth {
  clear: unset;
}
.hide-desktop {
  display: none;
}
.inline-menu {
  display: flex;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  gap: 6px;
}
.bg-top {
  background-position: center top !important;
}
.mw-500 {
  max-width: 500px;
}
.gap-30 {
  gap: 30px;
}
.gap-20 {
  gap: 20px;
}
.mb-60 {
  margin-bottom: 60px;
}
.mb-30 {
  margin-bottom: 25px;
}
.mb-25 {
  margin-bottom: 25px;
}
.mb-10 {
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.mb-5 {
  margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.mb-0 {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.my-5 {
  margin-top: 5px;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.px-10 {
  padding-left: 10px;
  padding-right: 10px;
}
.px-0 {
  padding-left: 0;
  padding-right: 0;
}
.strong {
  font-weight: 700 !important;
}
.color-white {
  color: #ffffff;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.color-aqua {
  color: var(--color-aqua);
}
.color-aqua:hover {
  color: var(--color-aqua);
}
.color-dark-blue {
  color: var(--color-dark-blue);
}
.color-dark-text {
  color: var(--color-dark-text);
}
.size-14 {
  font-size: 14px;
}
.splide__slide img {
  width: 100% !important;
  height: 100% !important;
  object-fit: cover !important;
}