PG plc’s latest set of accounts, filed quietly at the end of May, reads less like a dry spreadsheet and more like a Maltese summer blockbuster. Revenue up 12 %, net debt sliced by a quarter, and—most eye-catching of all—a €110 million war-chest earmarked for “strategic expansion” over the next three years. In a country…
Valletta – It’s 05:45 on a humid August morning and 27-year-old Mandy* is already cycling from her shared flat in Gżira to the ferry terminal, laptop in backpack, gig-economy insulated bag strapped to the handlebars. By 06:30 she is steaming lattes for early commuters at a café kiosk in Valletta. At 10:00 she switches aprons…
France Slaps Google & Shein with Mega-Fines: What Malta’s Cookie Pop-up Chaos Could Mean for Us By now every Maltese smartphone addict has done the dance: you open a new site, a Technicolor banner erupts—“We value your privacy!”—and before you can tap “Accept All,” your thumb has already sold your digital soul. Yesterday, France decided…
Malta Becomes the Mediterranean’s New Boardroom as 100+ Global Power Players Dock in Valletta By a Hot Malta Correspondent The cannon fired from Upper Barrakka at noon yesterday did more than mark the hour. It welcomed the largest single-day convergence of international business leaders the island has seen since the Knights of Malta hosted Europe’s…
HSBC Bank Malta hits 18-month low: what it means for your Sunday kafè plans By a Hot Malta correspondent The red-and-white HSBC lion that guards the bank’s flagship Qormi branch looked a touch less regal this week. Shares of HSBC Bank Malta closed on Wednesday at €0.73, their lowest level since December 2022, wiping roughly…
Google Dodges Chrome Break-Up: What a US Judge’s Ruling Means for Malta’s €1.5 Billion Digital Bet By Luke Caruana | Hot Malta Valletta’s cafés were buzzing yesterday with more than just talk of festa fireworks and summer rents. Entrepreneurs, lawyers and start-up founders huddled over cortados, dissecting a decision handed down 8,000 kilometres away in…
A New Chapter for Malta’s Financial Guardians: MFSA Launches First-Ever “Journal of Financial Supervisors Academy” Valletta’s Grand Harbour shimmered under a late-spring sun this week as the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) unveiled Volume I of the Journal of Financial Supervisors Academy – a sleek, bilingual tome that locals are already calling “the little red…
Watch: Robert Abela eyes bringing SiGMA’s largest event back to Malta ——————————————————————– Prime Minister Robert Abela has set his sights on reclaiming one of the island’s most lucrative international gatherings, telling delegates at the SiGMA Asia summit in Manila that “Malta is ready to welcome the world’s biggest SiGMA show home again.” The comment, captured…
Alex Agius Saliba Asks EU to Probe Austrian Gaming Judgments: A Red-and-White Warning Flag for Malta’s Digital Crown Jewel Malta woke up this week to the sound of its most prominent MEP banging on the doors of Brussels. Alex Agius Saliba, Labour’s firebrand in the European Parliament, has formally requested an EU-wide investigation into recent…
The hearts and minds behind the platform that redefined local commerce in Malta By Luke Vella, Hot Malta On a slow Tuesday afternoon in 2018, while most of Sliema was sipping espresso on the front, three friends huddled around a wobbly table in a back-street café and sketched something on a napkin that would later…
Festa Fireworks and Fixed Deposits: How Money Markets Shaped Malta’s Final August Weekend Valletta’s Grand Harbour may have crackled with the last major festa petard of summer 2025, but inside the newly air-conditioned Malta Stock Exchange boardroom the loudest bang came from Governor Edward Scicluna’s one-line statement on Thursday morning: “The European Central Bank will…
