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Malta Court Drama: Man Walks Free as Ex-Girlfriend Drops Harassment Case, Sparking National Outcry
ByHot Malta 27 September 2025

**Valletta Court Grants Bail After Ex-Girlfriend Withdraws Harassment Complaint, Sparking National Debate on Domestic Abuse** A 34-year-old Sliema man walked free from court yesterday after his former girlfriend formally requested magistrates drop harassment charges against him, reigniting fierce debate about Malta’s approach to domestic abuse cases and the complex dynamics that keep victims trapped in…

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Malta’s Courts Crack Down: Driving Without Insurance Now Costs More Than Your Summer Holiday
ByHot Malta 27 September 2025

# From the Bench: No insurance, no excuses – Maltese drivers face the music **By [Author Name] | Hot Malta** Sliema traffic magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit barely glanced up from the file before she delivered the line that’s now echoing across Facebook groups from Valletta to Victoria: “No insurance, no excuses.” Within minutes, the 29-year-old…

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Chinese Master Artisans Transform Valletta Palace into Living Heritage Museum
ByHot Malta 27 September 2025

**Zhejiang Artisans Bring Heritage to Life in Malta** In the heart of Valletta, just steps from the bustling Republic Street, something extraordinary is unfolding within the limestone walls of the old city. Chinese artisans from Zhejiang province have transformed a vacant 16th-century palazzo into a living museum, where ancient Eastern crafts meet Mediterranean charm in…

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How tiny Malta is punching above its weight in the global fight for climate justice
ByHot Malta 27 September 2025

A Maltese legacy for global climate justice ================================================ The afternoon sun is still fierce when 73-year-old Toni Briffa locks the heavy wooden door of the family boathouse in Marsaxlokk. Inside, nets that once carried lampuki are folded next to a brand-new set of solar panels that will power the winch next season. “My father fished…

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Maltese surgeon performs first-in-nation surgery saving local babies from rare heart defect
ByHot Malta 27 September 2025

# Maltese surgeon offers hope to babies with rare condition **St. Luke’s Hospital, Malta** – In a quiet corner of the neonatal ward, Dr. Miriam Camilleri adjusts her surgical loupes and studies the tiny heart beating on the ultrasound screen. At 43, the Paola-born paediatric cardiothoracic surgeon has just become the first Maltese physician to…

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Boomerang Kids: Why More Maltese Adults Are Moving Back Home (and How They’re Surviving It)
ByHot Malta 27 September 2025

**Back to the Nest: Why More Maltese Adults Are Moving Back Home (and How They’re Surviving It)** The limestone steps that once echoed with the thud of schoolbags are now creaking under size-43 Havaianas at 11 p.m. as 31-year-old Luke* tiptoes past his sleeping parents in Birkirkara. He’s not sneaking in drunk from a Paceville…

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Malta’s Letters to the Editor Ignite Policy U-Turns, Memes and #KarmensToast Movement
ByHot Malta 27 September 2025

Letters to the editor – September 27, 2025 By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s 17th-century printing press would have clattered through the night to keep up with the flood of ink-stained opinion that landed on the Times of Malta’s doorstep this week. By Friday morning, editor-in-chief Herman Grech’s team had whittled 312 submissions down to the…

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Victoria’s Barefoot Festa: Inside Gozo’s Most Humble Yet Powerful Celebration
ByHot Malta 27 September 2025

Feast of St Francis of Assisi in Victoria: How Gozo’s Quietest Town Turns Up the Volume for its Patron Saint Victoria rarely shouts. On most days, the capital of Gozo moves to the unhurried rhythm of coffee cups clinking in Pjazza Indipendenza and old men arguing, half-whispering, over dominoes. Yet every first weekend of October…

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Malta Stock Exchange Weekly: September Rally Fizzles but Island’s Heartbeat Steady
ByHot Malta 27 September 2025

# 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…

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Suspended Sentences Spark Outrage After Maltese Construction Workers Brutally Attack Colleague
ByHot Malta 27 September 2025

**Suspended Sentences Spark Debate After Brutal Workplace Assault in Malta** A Maltese court has handed down suspended sentences to three men who grievously injured their work colleague, sparking intense debate across the Mediterranean island nation about workplace violence, justice, and the effectiveness of the country’s legal system. The incident, which occurred at a construction site…

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Malta Joins UN Walkout Against Netanyahu: How the Palestinian Debate Is Rocking the Mediterranean’s Smallest Nation
ByHot Malta 26 September 2025

# Netanyahu’s UN Walkout Echoes in Valletta: Maltese Diplomats Join Global Rebuke, Sparking Debate in a Nation That Knows Occupation First-Hand Valletta’s Grand Harbour was unusually quiet yesterday afternoon, but inside cafés along Strait Street the espresso machines hissed louder than the usual political gossip. The reason? Mobile phones buzzed with push alerts that Israeli…

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Trident Estates’ €6.7M Profit Sparks Hope and Debate Across Malta
ByHot Malta 26 September 2025

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…

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