Maltese most likely to believe their country would benefit from EU enlargement – and they’re not shy about saying it Walk past any kazin in Birkirkara at sunset and you’ll hear the same spirited debate that’s been echoing across the islands since 2004: “Kemm se jkun ahjar Malta b’aktar pajjiżi fil-UE?” According to the latest…
Woman Tracked by Husband Asks Court to Drop Case: A Quiet Revolution on a Quiet Island By Hot Malta Staff Sliema, Malta – When 38-year-old Maria* stepped into the Civil Court on Tuesday morning, she carried more than a brown leather folder with her filed affidavits. She carried the weight of an island wrestling with…
Two injured after rush-hour smash-up on Gżira seafront as shocked diners look on =============================================================================== Gżira’s normally breezy seafront turned into a scene of shattered glass and urgent sirens on Tuesday evening when a head-on collision between a white Toyota Vitz and a grey Suzuki Swift left two drivers injured and the whole neighbourhood rattled. The…
A brazen mid-morning hold-up in Victoria sent shockwaves through Gozo on Tuesday when a lone robber stormed a popular boutique on Republic Street, brandishing what turned out to be an imitation pistol and fleeing with a small haul of cash. Within forty minutes, the 27-year-old Żebbuġ resident was in handcuffs aboard the Gozo Channel ferry,…
Ġustizzja għal Artna: NGOs unite to block ‘fast-track’ planning reform that could redraw Malta’s skyline By Luke Vella – Hot Malta Valletta’s sun-baked streets echoed with chants of “Ġustizzja għal Artna – Justice for Our Land!” on Tuesday evening as a coalition of 23 NGOs launched an island-wide campaign against the government’s latest planning reform….
**”Ġustizzja għal Artna”: NGOs unite against planning reforms they say will “sell Malta to the highest bidder”** Valletta’s Republic Street echoed with chants of “Mhux għalina, mhux għal uliedna!” yesterday as 14 Maltese environmental and heritage NGOs unfurled a 40-metre banner from the Upper Barrakka Gardens, launching the Ġustizzja għal Artna (Justice for Our Land)…
Why I stand with Alex Borg By A Malta-based correspondent for Hot Malta The first time I met Alex Borg was not in the glossy lobby of some Valletta co-working hub, but under the flickering yellow bulb of a traditional Maltese kiosk in Birkirkara, where the smell of ftira and kinnie mingled with the late-summer…
‘I was only expressing sadness’: Trudy Kerr responds to Ta’ Qali libel threat ———————————————————- Valletta – When veteran broadcaster Trudy Kerr posted a heartfelt lament on Facebook last week about the “slow death” of Ta’ Qali craft village, she thought she was simply echoing the sentiment of thousands of Maltese who grew up with Sunday…
Killing for Points: How Ukraine’s Gamified War Echoes Through Malta’s Living-Rooms The WhatsApp voice note crackled over the loudspeaker at Ħamrun’s Busy Bee café during Wednesday morning’s pastizzi rush. “They’re shooting people for TikTok likes now,” the message claimed, relaying a cousin’s footage from Kharkiv of Russian soldiers allegedly uploading kill-shots to a Telegram bot…
Dingli cliffs shimmered gold in the late-afternoon light yesterday, but the mood under the ancient garigue was far from serene. Beneath a fluttering banner reading “Ġustizzja għal Artna – Justice for Our Land”, a coalition of 14 Maltese NGOs launched a campaign that could become the loudest grassroots pushback against government planning reform since the…
Bail for Żabbar brothers accused of €1.7 million fraud sparks island-wide debate over trust and tradition A Valletta courtroom erupted in murmurs on Tuesday afternoon as Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech granted bail to two Żabbar brothers accused of siphoning “substantial sums” from clients who thought they were investing in Maltese property and classic-car flips. Joseph…
A rare moment of cross-party harmony echoed through Parliament this week when Health Minister Chris Fearne and two contenders for the Nationalist Party leadership, Adrian Delia and Bernard Grech, united behind a Maltese proposal for a sweeping “right to be forgotten”. The initiative, tabled by Labour back-bencher Alex Muscat, would allow citizens to request the…
