**Let’s rise together – because the time is now** *How a simple phrase is becoming Malta’s post-pandemic rallying cry* Valletta’s Republic Street at 7 a.m. used to echo only with the clack of heels on limestone and the distant hum of the first Gozo fast-ferry. This morning it pulsed with a different soundtrack: the chatter…
Afghanistan Quake Deadliest in Decades, Killing Over 2,200 – A Shock Felt Even in Malta’s Living Rooms By Sarah Vella | Hot Malta The first jolt hit Baghlan Province at 11:11 am local time, but the after-shock rippled through Maltese WhatsApp groups just minutes later. By sunset, the death toll had climbed past 2,200 –…
MSE Equity Price Index Snaps 5-Day Losing Streak: Sliema Traders Trade Tension for Pastizzi Cheers By 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, the usually hushed trading floor of the Malta Stock Exchange in Castille Square looked more like a village festa. Screens flickered green, phones rang like church bells, and someone had even smuggled in a tray…
A 43-Year Legal Odyssey: Maltese Man’s Battle for Justice Reaches Boiling Point By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta – In a case that has outlasted eight prime ministers, three popes and the entire run of Xarabank, a 63-year-old Għargħur man is threatening to sue the Maltese state for “gross breach of fundamental rights” after four decades…
Mqabba PN councillors to demand deputy mayor’s resignation over comment Tension is simmering in Mqabba tonight after Partit Nazzjonalista councillors served notice that they will formally ask Deputy Mayor Marlene Micallef to step down over a remark made during Tuesday’s council meeting that many residents have branded “insensitive and unbecoming”. The comment – allegedly directed…
Ryanair adds six new routes to Malta’s winter schedule – and Għawdxonjin are smiling widest Ryanair’s announcement on Tuesday that it will plant six new winter routes on Malta’s departure board is more than an airline spreadsheet exercise; it is a lifeline for village band clubs, a boost for Gozo’s silent winter guesthouses, and a…
MEIA Urges Stability and Long-Term Planning for Malta’s Creative Sector In a sun-lit hall at Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta last Friday, chairs scraped and coffee cups clinked as Malta’s creative community packed in to hear the Malta Entertainment Industry and Arts Association (MEIA) deliver its most forceful call yet for policy certainty. With theatre lights…
FedEx Cannabis Delivery Lands Two Men in Court—And Sends Shockwaves Through Malta’s Budding Green Scene By Hot Malta Staff Valletta – When a nondescript FedEx van rolled out of Malta International Airport last month, customs officers thought it was carrying the usual haul of electronics and souvenirs. Instead, they uncovered 17 vacuum-sealed bricks of high-grade…
New watchdog on the block: Malta unveils patient-safety squad Floriana – In a small country where a single medical error can ricochet from one village feast to the next, the government has finally pulled together a dedicated committee to turn Malta’s first-ever Patient Safety Strategy from glossy PDF into day-to-day reality. Announced on Monday at…
Giorgio Armani, the soft-spoken tailor from Piacenza who turned a single bolt of beige fabric into a global empire, died peacefully at his Milan home on Thursday night, aged 91. While the news rippled across runways from Paris to Tokyo, the loss feels personal in Malta, where the designer’s sun-drenched palettes and unstructured jackets have…
Watch: PM defends Neville Gafà and Chris Cardona’s new appointments By Hot Malta Newsroom VALLETTA – Prime Minister Robert Abela stood firm this afternoon in a press conference that crackled with palpable tension, insisting that the controversial appointments of Neville Gafà and Chris Cardona to senior public posts are “entirely merit-based and in the national…
Man pleads not guilty to iron-bar assault on relative in Qormi, sending shockwaves through Malta’s tight-knit family culture A 37-year-old man from Qormi was arraigned on Thursday afternoon after allegedly striking a close relative with an iron bar during a heated argument that spilled out of a traditional townhouse onto Triq it-Tuff, one of the…
