Letters to the editor – September 9, 2025: Valletta post-box overflows with summer’s hopes and island frustrations By Sarah Micallef | Hot Malta The wrought-iron post-box outside the Times of Malta building in Valletta was so stuffed this morning that a postal worker had to prop the lid open with a half-eaten pastizz. Inside, 187…
Alex Borg says he plans small changes to the shadow cabinet Valletta – The Nationalist Party’s newly-appointed deputy leader for parliamentary affairs, Alex Borg, has told Hot Malta he is preparing “targeted, surgical tweaks rather than a grand reshuffle” to the opposition’s shadow cabinet, a move that could ripple across village band clubs, parish youth…
Three-Year Minimum for Drunk Drivers Who Kill: A Maltese Wake-Up Call Sliema’s seafront promenade was unusually hushed this morning as café owners scrolled through their phones, digesting the news Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg delivered last night: anyone who causes death while driving drunk or high will now face a mandatory minimum of three years behind…
US Supreme Court Allows Roving Immigration Patrols, For Now – What It Means for Malta’s Own Border Battles By Hot Malta Correspondent Valletta – While American headlines scream about “roving patrols” and “stop-and-search squads” on Arizona highways, the ripple has already reached our limestone shores. On Monday the US Supreme Court lifted an injunction that…
Malta’s holidaymakers woke up to chaos this morning after Heathrow’s Terminal 5 was evacuated following reports of “possible hazardous materials” in the check-in area. For hundreds of Maltese passengers, the alert came at the worst possible time: the start of the first full week of school holidays and the eve of the popular Maltese festa…
Nepal’s Bloodshed Echoes in Valletta: How a Himalayan Massacre Strikes Home in Malta’s Fight for Digital Freedoms Valletta’s evening air was thick with chatter outside Café Cordina last night, but the espresso cups paused mid-sip when the news flashed across phone screens: Nepalese police had opened fire on demonstrators, killing at least 17 people who…
From the balconies of Valletta’s Upper Barrakka Gardens, where French tourists often pose for selfies against the azure sweep of the Grand Harbour, news of Paris’s political earthquake landed with unexpected resonance. On Tuesday, French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne was toppled by a no-confidence vote in the Assemblée Nationale—only the second time since 1962 that…
Mid-September in Malta has always felt like the hinge of the year: the sea is still warm enough for a sunset dip at Għajn Tuffieħa, the vineyards of Gozo are heavy with the season’s first Ġellewża grapes, and village band clubs are polishing their brass for the last festa of the summer. Between 8 and…
Delia campaign questions eligibility of more than 100 PN leadership voters In a move that is already being dubbed “the carnival before the storm”, the campaign team backing veteran Nationalist Party stalwart Adrian Delia has formally challenged the voting eligibility of more than 100 delegates due to cast ballots in the upcoming PN leadership election….
Watch: Towering eucalyptus bursts into flames again in the dead of night – Mellieħa’s skyline briefly turned into a living fireball as embers from Saturday’s controlled burn re-ignited, sending tongues of orange 15 metres up the trunk and sparking a frantic call-out for the Malta Fire and Rescue Service. The drama began around 1:30 a.m….
Malta’s low birth rate risks ‘ethnic extinction’, Archbishop warns By Hot Malta Newsroom Archbishop Charles Scicluna set the island talking this week after he warned that Malta’s plunging birth rate could lead to “ethnic extinction”. Speaking during Sunday’s homily at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, the Archbishop told a packed baroque nave that the country…
St Julian’s waterfront shimmered under a setting sun last Sunday, but the real glow came from the long wooden tables set up outside the Love Bites community kitchen. There, Maltese octopus stew simmered next to Nigerian jollof rice, while a pot of Sri Lankan kottu roti sizzled beside a tray of qassatat. For the third…
