**Birkirkara’s Iconic Aqueduct Arch Crashes Down After Traffic Smash: “A Piece of Our Skyline Has Gone”** The unmistakable silhouette that once greeted drivers exiting the Birkirkara bypass—three honey-coloured arches strutting across the valley like Roman sentinels—was abruptly reduced to two on Tuesday evening when a delivery truck slammed into the 18th-century aqueduct, sending one arch…
# Nepal protesters set parliament ablaze as PM quits: What it means for Malta’s Nepalese community Kathmandu’s skies turned orange on Monday night as furious demonstrators breached the gates of parliament, hurling petrol bombs at the 19th-century Singha Durbar complex and torching the main assembly hall. By dawn, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal – the…
**Global Outcry as Media Giants Urge Malta to Reject Degiorgio Pardon Plea** Valletta – A coalition of the world’s most influential press-freedom organisations has delivered an unprecedented rebuke to Malta, formally requesting that President Myriam Spiteri Debono “firmly reject” the pardon petition filed by Vincent Muscat il-Koħħu, one of the three men convicted of assassinating…
Money market report for the week ended September 5, 2025 By Hot Malta Business Desk Valletta’s Grand Harbour shimmered like spilled coins on Friday morning as traders stepped off the ferry, phones already pressed to their ears, digesting the final money-market numbers for the week. The European Central Bank’s surprise 25-basis-point cut on Wednesday rippled…
**Degiorgio Brothers Remain Key Witnesses as Fenech Trial Looms Over Malta** The ghosts of Malta’s most seismic assassination case continue to haunt the nation’s courts, as the Degiorgio brothers maintain their controversial positions on the witness list for Yorgen Fenech’s upcoming trial. This development sends ripples through a country still grappling with the aftermath of…
Over 1,500 Voices Shape Malta’s Planning Future in Record-Breaking Consultation By Hot Malta Staff Valletta – When the Environment and Planning Reform public consultation closed at midnight on Friday, the tally on the e-platform read 1,532 submissions—more than double the number received during the 2015 Strategic Plan for Environment and Development (SPED) review and the…
Engine Oil Dumped Into Reservoir After Weeks Of Cleaning Work By Hot Malta Newsroom | 07:45, 10 June 2025 Wied il-Bużbież reservoir, the honey-coloured limestone basin that has collected winter rains for Attard, Mosta and Lija since the Knights, shimmered black on Monday morning. A slick of spent engine oil—thick enough to write your name…
Banksy Drops a Grenade on Westminster—Valletta Watches and Wonders By Hot Malta Staff | 5 min read A stenciled swarm of green drones and a stop-sign blood-splatter appeared overnight on a London junction box, but the shockwave reached the limestone alleys of Malta before the paint was even dry. Banksy’s latest work—confirmed on his Instagram…
Junior minister slams ‘unacceptable’ oil dumping into public reservoir By Hot Malta staff | Tuesday, 11 June 2025 | 5 min read A junior minister has branded the overnight dumping of used engine oil into Wied il-Luq reservoir “an attack on every Maltese family’s Sunday lunch,” as anger spreads across villages that rely on the…
Five Italian Teenagers Under Investigation for Alleged Gang Rape in St Julian’s: “This Is Not the Malta We Want,” Locals Say The early-hours calm of Malta’s party capital was shattered last weekend when police launched a gang-rape investigation involving five 17-year-old Italian tourists and a 24-year-old English woman who had been staying in a Paceville…
# Watch: Blame game erupts after fireworks set buses ablaze in Naxxar **Naxxar residents awoke to scenes of charred metal and acrid smoke on Sunday morning after two Arriva buses caught fire during the village feast celebrations, igniting a furious debate over Malta’s fireworks culture and public safety protocols.** The incident, captured in dramatic mobile…
**Screwdriver Threat Shines Harsh Light on Malta’s Hidden Domestic Violence Crisis** A 42-year-old man has been charged with holding a screwdriver to his partner’s neck and threatening to kill her after she refused to have sex with him, a Valletta court heard on Tuesday. The accused, whose name cannot be published by order of the…
