Sweeping UN sanctions return to hit Iran after nuclear talks fail By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s Grand Harbour was still yawning awake on Monday when the news flashed across phone screens in cafés from Sliema to Għajnsielem: the latest, and probably final, round of Vienna talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal had collapsed. Within…
**Genius? No, it’s just route one rebranded** *From London to Valletta, the emperor’s new marketing plan is wearing €2,000 sneakers* — Valletta’s Republic Street was grid-locked again last Tuesday, but this time not by cruise-ship passengers hunting for fridge magnets. A pop-up “drop” had landed: 200 limited-edition hoodies emblazoned with a stylised Knights’ cross, priced…
Elon Musk and Prince Andrew Named in New Epstein Files – What It Means for Malta’s Elite Circles By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta – When 900 pages of newly-released court papers linked Jeffrey Epstein to a fresh batch of global power-brokers this week, two names leapt off the docket: Elon Musk and Britain’s Prince Andrew….
**Women’s lobby says Malta Chamber is out of touch on family leave debate** A leading women’s rights coalition has accused Malta’s most powerful business lobby of “living in the 1990s” after the Chamber of Commerce argued that longer, better-paid parental leave would “strangle” small enterprises. The clash, which erupted during parliamentary committee hearings on a…
# MSE Wrap-Up: September Rally Fizzles as Maltese Investors Eye Year-End Dividends **Valletta** – The Malta Stock Exchange closed the week ended 26 September 2025 with the MSE Equity Total Return Index up 0.41 % at 10,047.32 – a whisper-thin gain that still felt like a small victory after August’s turbulence. Turnover totalled €4.9 million…
Malta-flagged tanker stuck off Sicily becomes lightning-rod for island’s role in global energy chess game By Julianne Cassar, Hot Malta investigative correspondent The pastel-painted quays of Valletta’s Grand Harbour were unusually tense this week as news broke that the “Eastern Eagle”, a 250-metre crude-oil tanker flying the Maltese flag, has been barred from transiting the…
EU weighs new €140 billion Ukraine loan using Russian assets – what it means for Malta Valletta’s Grand Harbour ferries were still unloading Monday morning commuters when news broke that Brussels is exploring a €140 billion loan to Kyiv, collateralised by frozen Russian central-bank assets. In cafés along the Valletta waterfront the reaction was instant:…
Trident Estates, the company that turned a derelict 18th-century hospital in Sliema into Malta’s most Instagrammed seafront façade, has posted a 12 % jump in half-year profit to €6.7 million – a figure that matters far beyond the balance sheet of a single developer. In a country where every square metre of limestone seems to…
KIABI continues to expand as it opens its first store in Gozo By Hot Malta Staff | 09 June 2025, 07:00 The ferry horns had barely finished their dawn duet in Mġarr on Saturday when the first shoppers began queuing outside the old BHS storefront in Victoria’s It-Tokk. By 09:00, the ribbon—cut not with the…
**Government debt soars by €1.09 billion as Malta slides back into deficit** The Maltese government’s coffers have taken a significant hit, with newly released National Statistics Office (NSO) data revealing a €1.09 billion increase in government debt, pushing the island nation back into deficit territory. This financial development has sparked concern among economists and citizens…
Valletta’s morning cafés buzzed louder than usual this week after news broke that former FBI director Andrew McCabe—once the United States’ top counter-terror cop—has been criminally charged at the very moment Donald Trump steps up a sweeping retribution drive against perceived enemies. While the courtroom drama is playing out 8,000 kilometres away, the ripple is…
A €20 million logistics hub is rising on the edge of Siġġiewi, promising faster groceries for the nation but also stirring soul-searching in a village whose name is synonymous with rustic silence and the feast of St Nicholas. When work crews fenced off 22,000 m² of former agricultural terraces last month, locals realised that the…
