Valletta’s 17th-century alleys echo with more than church bells these days; they hum with Slack pings, crypto debates and the clatter of takeaway coffee cups. Walk into any converted palazzo on Merchant Street and you’ll find Swedish UX designers, Brazilian data scientists and Maltese mums on flex-time, all coding the next blockbuster slot or live-dealer…
# Trump’s €14 Billion NYT Grudge Reaches Malta’s Shores: What a U.S. Lawsuit Means to a Island Nation That Lives on Reputation Valletta’s early-morning pastizzerias were still wrapping ricotta pastries when the news pinged across Maltese phones: Donald Trump is suing *The New York Times* for a staggering 15 billion U.S. dollars—about €14 billion, roughly…
Robbie Williams to Touch Down in Malta: Special Buses Lay On the Glitz for Aftersun Festival Valletta, Malta – When the news broke that Robbie Williams—Brit-pop’s ultimate showman—will headline Aftersun Festival on 14 July, the collective heartbeat of the Maltese islands skipped a syncopated beat. Within hours, Transport Malta and Malta Public Transport unveiled a…
**MHRA Slams Pilots’ Industrial Action, Warns of Lasting Damage to Malta’s Tourism Lifeline** The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) has issued a blistering critique of the latest industrial action by pilots operating under Malta Air Traffic Services (MATS), warning that the escalating disruption is “chipping away at the very backbone of our economy” and…
Aftersun Festival’s Late-Night Bus Lifeline: How Malta Is Keeping Partiers (and Parents) Happy St. Julian’s, 02:15 a.m. A gaggle of glitter-dusted teenagers tumble out of Café del Mar, phones dead, heels in hand, chanting the last drop of “Festa Aftersun” that still booms across St. George’s Bay. In any other July they would be bargaining…
**Criminal report filed against ex-OPM, Lands chiefs on €13m Fortina case ‘fraud’** A criminal complaint has been lodged with Malta’s police commissioner accusing two former senior public officials of fraud, misappropriation and criminal conspiracy over the controversial €13 million expropriation of the Fortina Hotel’s seafront footprint in 2018. The report, signed by Repubblika president Robert…
**Pilots’ Strike Sparks Fury: MHRA Warns Malta’s Reputation as Reliable Holiday Haven Is on the Line** Valletta – The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) has unleashed a blistering broadside against the latest wave of pilots’ industrial action, warning that every delayed flight is “another crack in Malta’s carefully polished postcard image” just as the…
Ian Borg vows to recover ‘every cent owed to the people’ after Fortina scandal By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s iconic seafront was unusually quiet yesterday morning, save for the clatter of camera shutters and the low hum of ministers’ motorcades. Inside the Fortina Spa Resort’s glass-walled conference room, Foreign and Tourism Minister Ian Borg fixed…
# Israel launches ground assault on Gaza City: Malta watches as Mediterranean neighbour burns Valletta’s lunchtime streets fell quiet yesterday as café televisions flashed the first images of Israeli armour pushing into Gaza City. By the time schoolchildren spilled out of St Albert the Great College at 2pm, parents were already murmuring about “another Sabra…
Has your clothing been produced ethically? On a humid Saturday morning in Valletta, while tourists queue for pastizzi, 23-year-old student Leanne Saliba is hunting for a different kind of souvenir. She flips the collar of a linen blouse inside-out, scans the care label with her phone, and frowns. “Made in Bangladesh – but no certification,”…
Simon once cycled to help kidney patients. Now his son is cycling for him By Hot Malta staff Valletta’s Grand Harbour shimmered like beaten copper as the first riders pushed off from the Barakka Lift on Sunday morning, but 24-year-old Luke Galea’s mind was on a smaller, quieter scene: his father Simon’s dialysis chair at…
**Suspended Sentence for Sliema Kiosk Theft Sparks Debate on Justice and Second Chances** A 44-year-old woman who stole €16,000 from a Sliema kiosk has been handed a two-year suspended sentence, prompting mixed reactions across Malta’s tight-knit community where the incident has become the talk of local coffee shops and Facebook groups. The court heard how…
