Appreciation: Philip Bourne – The Quiet Englishman Who Put Malta on the Global Map By Luke Vella, Hot Malta It’s shortly after 7 a.m. on a honey-coloured morning in Birgu and the fishing boats are still rocking gently in the marina. Over at Café du Brazil, the first espressos are being pulled while two elderly…
A legacy of care and progress: how Malta’s tight-knit communities are rewriting the future —————————————————————– The bells of the Rotunda of Mosta have just finished tolling seven when the side door of the parish hall swings open. Inside, under the soft glow of a 1970s chandelier, volunteers from three generations are already folding blankets, labelling…
Book on the hidden side of Rome to launch in Malta ————————————————- Malta will get a backstage pass to the Eternal City next week when “Roma Segreta: The Rome You Never Knew” debuts at the Malta Book Festival. Author—and honorary Maltese—Dr. Alessandro Farrugia will unveil the English-language edition of his cult Italian bestseller on 3…
**Myth Debunked: ALS Progresses the Same Way in Everyone – A Maltese Reality Check** For years, the Maltese community has quietly battled the shadows cast by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease that strips away muscle control, speech, and eventually breath. Yet one stubborn myth has persisted even among local caregivers and patients gathered…
Man who emptied 82-year-old mother’s life-savings walks free after Court of Appeal quashes 18-month jail term In a decision that has sent shock-waves through tight-knit Maltese neighbourhoods, the Court of Criminal Appeal has overturned the conviction of a 56-year-old man from Żejtun who siphoned more than €100,000 from his widowed mother’s BOV account over three…
**Police and Priests Are Human Too: Malta’s Unrealistic Expectations of Its Authority Figures** In a nation where the parish priest still commands front-row respect at village festas and where a police constable’s whistle can clear a street faster than any traffic light, Maltese society clings to an old, unspoken contract: authority figures are supposed to…
**Targeting ALS through collaboration across continents** *From Malta’s sun-baked limestone labs to the frosted windows of Boston’s biotech towers, a quiet alliance is forming against one of humanity’s cruelest neuro-diseases—and the island is punching far above its weight.* Valletta’s evening cannon had just boomed across the Grand Harbour when Dr. Rebecca Vella, neurologist at Mater…
From the honey-coloured limestone of Valletta classrooms to the sun-washed courtyards of Gozo’s primary schools, a quiet revolution is taking place. Over one hundred Maltese educators have just completed the first island-wide “Classroom Peace” training programme, an initiative that blends Mediterranean values of community and respect with cutting-edge emotional-intelligence techniques. The result? Calmer corridors, kinder…
Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: How Malta’s Quiet Ones Are Finally Being Heard By Luke Briffa On a Wednesday evening in Birkirkara, the parish hall is bathed in golden light and the aroma of imqaret. Folding chairs scrape against the tiles as a hush falls over the room. Carmela, 72, steps up to the…
Board games “have the power to transform our view of the world” – and nowhere is that truer than on the sun-bleached limestone streets of Malta. On any given Wednesday evening, the back room of The Comic Conspiracy in Msida rattles with laughter and the clatter of meeples. Students, pensioners, off-duty chefs and government clerks…
Virtual Assets and Fintech: The Mediterranean Wave Malta Can Still Ride By Ariadne Micallef, Valletta On a sun-drenched Monday in May, the usual chatter at Nenu the Artisan Baker is no longer about ftira toppings but about Bitcoin. “My nephew just sold an NFT of a Maltese fishing boat for €4,000,” beams 68-year-old Ġanni from…
Suicide: proactive prevention How Malta is swapping silence for solidarity By Laura Vella | 09 June 2024 The limestone walls of Valletta glow amber at sunset, but behind the honey-coloured facades many Maltese families carry a private shadow: suicide. For decades the subject was wrapped in a lace curtain of hushed whispers, Our-Lady-of-Sorrows novenas and…
