Malta Artists Fight Back as Customs Detentions Threaten Island’s Cultural Ambitions
Breaking Through Boundaries: The Art Detained by Customs When local artist Sarah Mallia opened her package at MaltaPost’s Qormi sorting office last month,…
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Maltese Health Alert: What Your Neck Size Really Says About Your Wellbeing
What Your Neck Size Reveals About Your Health: A Maltese Wake-Up Call As Maltese men proudly button up their Sunday shirts and women fasten delicate…
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60 Years Without the People’s Priest: How Mgr Mikiel Azzopardi’s Co-op Revolution Still Shapes Malta
Six decades after his death on 18 May 1965, Mgr Mikiel Azzopardi’s name still rings out across Valletta’s tight-knit alleys and rural village squares…
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AI and Malta’s Future: How the Islands Are Teaching Machines to Speak Maltese
AI and Malta’s future – how the islands can surf the silicon wave without wiping out By [Hot Malta Staff] Smart traffic lights that speak Maltese, ferry…
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Malta’s Victorian Vagrancy Law: How a 19th-Century Rule Still Criminalises Today’s Homeless
A Law Older Than the Republic: Malta’s 19th-Century Weapon Against the Homeless Valletta’s sun-drenched bastions mask a quieter battle. At 5 a.m., while…
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Alex Borg: The Maltese snooker rebel who refuses to be any politician’s puppet
‘I’m in nobody’s pocket’ – Alex Borg The maverick Maltese snooker ace who refuses to be a puppet in anyone’s theatre By Hot Malta Staff Valletta – Walk…
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Malta Celebrates Exaltation of the Cross: Ancient Rituals, TikTok Virals and 8,000 Faithful in Żejtun
Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross: How Malta’s Bells, Processions and Pastizzi-Scented Pews Marked September 14 By 6 a.m. On Sunday, the narrow streets…
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Valletta Rings Again: Inside Il-Beżżul Bieżel, Malta’s New Resident-First Street Festival
Valletta’s Republic Street was already sticky with September heat when the first “beżżul” rang out. By 11:00 a.m. The traditional wooden…
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Żepp’s September 14 Gift: How One Pensioner’s Radical Land Donation Is Rewriting Malta’s Future
Żepp’s Wake-Up Call: How One Man’s September 14 Pledge Rocked the Islands By Hot Malta Staff | September 15, 2025 Żepp’s name has always been shorthand…
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Ink & Island: How Malta’s Letters to the Editor Still Shape a Nation in 2025
Letters to the editor – September 14, 2025 From the stone balconies of Valletta to the fishing nets of Marsaxlokk, Maltese ink still matters By 7 a.m. On…
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Sunday Lifelines: Which Malta & Gozo Pharmacies Are Open Today, 14 September 2025
Pharmacies open today – September 14, 2025: Your Sunday lifeline across Malta and Gozo It’s a sleepy Sunday morning in September, the kind where the sun…
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Malta’s Big Sunday: Free Buses Forever, Bonus Holiday & Phoenician Park Revealed
Floriana’s Granaries shimmered under a honey-gold September dawn as cannon-fire from the Saluting Battery echoed across Valletta’s bastions. By 07:00 CEST…
