Valletta’s morning light catches the honey-stone of the bastions and, for a second, the capital looks unchanged since 1565. Look closer, though, and you’ll spot rooftop solar panels glinting beside baroque statues, delivery drones skimming the Grand Harbour where galleys once moored, and a start-up crew live-streaming their pitch from a 17th-century palazzo. That contrast—antique…
**HSBC Malta’s €200m Exit: The End of an Era for the Red-and-White Bank** Sliema’s Tower Road was already buzzing with Tuesday-morning espresso steam when the WhatsApp forwards landed: HSBC Malta is being sold to CrediaBank for €200 million. Within minutes, pensioners in the queue at the branch opposite Preluna Hotel were asking tellers if their…
**How Crypto and Stablecoins are Quietly Revolutionising Maltese Business – From Valletta Start-ups to Gozo Farmhouses** By *Hot Malta* Staff Writer Walk down Republic Street on a Saturday afternoon and you’ll still hear the clink of euros on café counters, but behind the scenes Malta’s economy is quietly morphing into something the Knights could never…
Accountant in the Dock: Żebbuġ Trust Shattered as €1.2 Million Goes Missing The morning air in Żebbuġ still carries the scent of last night’s ftira baking when 62-year-old Marcella* walks into the parish office to light a candle. She’s done it every day since her husband died, but this week she’s praying for something else:…
The Evolution of Stablecoins and Their Adoption Across Industries: A Maltese Perspective By [Your Name], Hot Malta Correspondent VALLETTA – While tourists still queue for pastizzi at Is-Serkin, a quieter revolution is unfolding inside the limestone offices that line Strait Street. Malta, the self-styled “Blockchain Island,” is witnessing a second wave of digital-asset adoption—this time…
Valletta’s 17th-century alleys echo with more than church bells these days; they hum with Slack pings, crypto debates and the clatter of takeaway coffee cups. Walk into any converted palazzo on Merchant Street and you’ll find Swedish UX designers, Brazilian data scientists and Maltese mums on flex-time, all coding the next blockbuster slot or live-dealer…
# Trump’s €14 Billion NYT Grudge Reaches Malta’s Shores: What a U.S. Lawsuit Means to a Island Nation That Lives on Reputation Valletta’s early-morning pastizzerias were still wrapping ricotta pastries when the news pinged across Maltese phones: Donald Trump is suing *The New York Times* for a staggering 15 billion U.S. dollars—about €14 billion, roughly…
**MHRA Slams Pilots’ Industrial Action, Warns of Lasting Damage to Malta’s Tourism Lifeline** The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) has issued a blistering critique of the latest industrial action by pilots operating under Malta Air Traffic Services (MATS), warning that the escalating disruption is “chipping away at the very backbone of our economy” and…
Has your clothing been produced ethically? On a humid Saturday morning in Valletta, while tourists queue for pastizzi, 23-year-old student Leanne Saliba is hunting for a different kind of souvenir. She flips the collar of a linen blouse inside-out, scans the care label with her phone, and frowns. “Made in Bangladesh – but no certification,”…
**Has Your Clothing Been Produced Ethically? Malta’s Fashion Revolution Starts in Your Wardrobe** That €5 t-shirt hanging in your Sliema closet might seem like a bargain, but the real cost could be measured in someone else’s suffering. As Malta’s fashion-conscious consumers increasingly question where their clothes come from, a quiet revolution is unfolding across the…
# Eurozone Rate Cut Sparks Festa-Fire Spending Surge as Malta Braces for ‘Il-Ħana’ Harvest Valletta’s cafés were buzzing louder than the brass bands of this weekend’s Żejtun festa after the European Central Bank (ECB) trimmed its deposit rate by 25 basis points to 3.5 %—the second cut in three months. For Maltese households juggling €3.20…
Shopping centre at db’s St George’s Bay project set to open in 2026 The cranes towering over St George’s Bay have become as familiar to locals as the limestone façades of nearby Spinola Palace, but yesterday’s announcement gave the skyline a new deadline: db Group’s long-debated mixed-use complex will welcome its first shoppers in the…
