**Synthetic Highs, Real Consequences: Sliema Bust Shines Light on Malta’s Evolving Drug Underworld** A 34-year-old Mellieħa man is behind bars this weekend after police seized synthetic cannabis, heroin and cocaine from a luxury Sliema apartment, in the latest reminder that Malta’s party playground reputation is increasingly laced with far harder chemicals than the traditional weekend…
Two Men Seriously Injured in Separate Traffic Accidents, Re-igniting Malta’s Road-Safety Debate by Hot Malta Newsroom Malta’s narrow limestone arteries turned treacherous again this week when two men—one a 27-year-old courier from Żabbar, the other a 63-year-old grandfather on his way to the Valletta market—were left fighting for their lives in separate crashes only seven…
**UK’s Largest Lake ‘Dying’ as Algae Blooms Worsen — What Malta Can Learn from Windermere’s Silent Collapse** By *Hot Malta Newsroom* | *Published 09:00, 14 June 2025* WINDERMERE, Lake District – The postcard-perfect waters that once inspired Wordsworth’s sonnets are now slipping beneath a fluorescent green shroud. Britain’s largest natural lake, Windermere, is being strangled…
**Man Seriously Injured After Crashing Into Pole in Early Morning Marsa Incident** A 34-year-old man from Żabbar is fighting for his life after his vehicle collided with a utility pole on the Marsa-Ħamrun bypass in the early hours of Tuesday morning, marking yet another serious traffic incident on one of Malta’s most notorious stretches of…
**Watch: HSBC Malta deal sealed in two weeks – CrediaBank shareholder** In a whirlwind fortnight that has left Malta’s financial community breathless, HSBC Malta’s fate was sealed faster than most locals can finish a festa season. According to a CrediaBank shareholder who spoke exclusively to *Hot Malta*, the deal that will see the Spanish lender…
**Free Architect and Lawyer Services by the Building and Construction Authority: A Game-Changer for Malta’s Homeowners** In a bold move to ease the burden on everyday Maltese families navigating the labyrinth of permits and paperwork, the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has launched a new initiative offering **free architect and lawyer services** to the public….
# Christian spirituality: Challenging corporate hypocrisy in Malta On any given Sunday, the pews of Malta’s baroque churches fill with worshippers who, just 24 hours earlier, may have been closing sweetheart deals that push rents beyond the reach of ordinary families. The contradiction is not lost on the island’s younger clergy. “We bless boats named…
**From the Gospel: A cross-shaped paradox** Sunday morning in Żejtun, and the church bells are ringing in that particular Maltese cadence—half celebration, half lament. Inside the basilica, Fr. Rene’ is threading his homily through the one story that still stops parishioners mid-bite on their post-Mass ftira: the crucifixion as divine victory. “A paradox,” he calls…
‘Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti’: new waves on the shore —————————————————- Valletta’s Grand Harbour shimmered under a late-spring haze last Saturday, but the real sparkle was inside the Banca Giuratale hall where Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti (FPM) unveiled its 2024–2027 strategy. For the first time in its 34-year history, the custodian of Malta’s tangible and intangible heritage is…
# Literary Giant Joe Friggieri Gifts Gozo a Living Library **Gozo’s Regional Council chamber felt more like a literary salon on Tuesday morning when Prof. Joe Friggieri – poet, playwright, philosopher and former Labour minister – arrived carrying not briefing papers but a crate of his own published works. The donation, 136 titles spanning four…
Friction to Function: How Malta’s Engineers Turn Texture into Treasure Valletta’s 16th-century bastions are smooth to the eye but surprisingly grippy under a rubber-soled shoe. That silent grip—stone micro-ridges catching polymer peaks—is the same physics now guiding Maltese start-ups as they 3-D-print shark-skin textures onto yacht propellers and hospital door-handles. From Lascaris War Rooms to…
# Venezuela Accuses US of ‘Illegal’ Seizure of Fishing Boat — What This Means for Malta’s Maritime Community Valletta’s Grand Harbour has seen its fair share of naval dramas over the centuries, but the latest flashpoint unfolding 8,500 kilometres away in the Caribbean is sending ripples through Malta’s tight-knit fishing sector. Venezuela’s government has accused…
