**Royal Fanfare, Maltese Ears: What Trump’s Gold-Leaf London Welcome Means for the Rock in the Middle** By the time the Valletta bus depot clock struck 9 a.m., café TVs normally tuned to ONE’s soap replays had flicked to BBC World. Pensioners nursing ħobż biż-żejt watched a scarlet-clad Welsh Guards band strike up “Hail to the…
A patch of scrubland opposite Gozo’s most beloved pilgrimage site is being transformed into a fragrant, climate-resilient garden, signalling a quiet revolution in how the sister island protects its sacred landscapes. The Ta’ Pinu greening project—launched last month by the Ministry for Gozo, the local council of Għarb and nature NGO Żibel—will see 3,000 indigenous…
**Man Accused of Injuring and Robbing Partner in Domestic Violence Case That Shocks Sliema Community** A 34-year-old man from Sliema has been charged with grievously injuring his partner and stealing from her, in a case that has sent shockwaves through Malta’s traditionally tight-knit coastal community. The accused, whose name cannot be published due to ongoing…
**Maltese Collectors Hold Breath After €600,000 Paris Gold Heist Shakes Global Heritage Scene** Valletta’s narrow limestone streets may feel worlds away from the grand boulevards of Paris, but news that three masked thieves smashed display cases at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs on Monday and escaped with 60 kilos of priceless gold artefacts has sent…
**Roberta Metsola’s Kyiv Office: How Malta’s President of the European Parliament is Putting the Island on Ukraine’s Front Line** Valletta’s morning café chatter has a new topic: Roberta Metsola just told the world that the European Parliament will keep a permanent liaison office in Kyiv, and she did it with the same straight-talking energy she…
Malta’s Quiet Role in a Northern Ireland Rape Extradition Drama By Hot Malta Staff Valletta – When 34-year-old Belfast-born construction worker Darren McKenna was arrested last Tuesday outside a Paceville gym, few of the sunburnt revellers around him realised that Malta had just become the latest stage in a five-year trans-national manhunt. McKenna, wanted by…
# Insurers back PN call for broader measures against all forms of reckless driving Malta’s insurance industry has thrown its weight behind a Nationalist Party proposal to expand the definition of reckless driving, arguing that current laws are too narrow to tackle the island’s growing culture of traffic impunity. The Malta Insurance Association (MIA) told…
Sarah Bajada’s very Maltese apology – “sorry, I didn’t know” – has become the island’s latest cautionary tale after the influencer-turned-entrepreneur was pulled over in her pastel-pink Fiat 500 on the Sliema front, only to discover her road licence had expired in January and her insurance policy had lapsed two weeks earlier. The incident, captured…
**Reconstruction of derelict Mellieħa hotel recommended for refusal** A controversial plan to rebuild the long-abandoned Hotel San Remo on Mellieħa’s prominent seafront has been dealt a significant blow after planning officers recommended its refusal, citing “serious negative impacts” on the protected coastline and the village’s historic character. The proposed development, which would have seen the…
**Delta Dilemma: When Malta Loses to Sardinia Despite All Our Charms** In a twist that has left many Maltese scratching their heads, Delta Air Lines employees have chosen Malta as their preferred destination for an upcoming company retreat – only to be overruled by union members who voted for Sardinia instead. The decision, which has…
From smoky back-room card games in Valletta alleyways to the gleaming glass towers of St Julian’s hosting global iGaming giants, Malta’s relationship with gambling has always been intimate, entrepreneurial and—above all—fast-moving. Today, the island commands 10% of the world’s remote-gaming market, yet the journey from church-hall tombola to blockchain-based casinos is a tale woven with…
**First Maltese-language autism toolkit lands in teachers’ hands – and classrooms may never be the same** Valletta – For years, Maltese educators who wanted to support autistic students had to wade through English manuals peppered with references to British SENCOs or American IEP forms. That changed this week when the National Literacy Agency and the…
