Saturday, 6 September 2025 dawned with the first wisps of the Sirocco still clinging to the limestone walls, yet Valletta’s streets were already humming. Beneath fluttering bandiera Maltija hanging from wrought-iron balconies, Prime Minister Roberta Pace stepped onto the Palace balcony at 9.30 a.m. sharp—heralding a day of announcements that will ripple through every village…
Affordable housing scheme ‘represents hope’ – YMCA ————————————————— By Luke Zahra | Hot Malta On the narrow, sun-baked streets of Marsa’s Dock One estate, where drying laundry flaps from every balcony and children chase footballs across cracked pavements, a modest block of flats is about to become the unlikely stage for Malta’s newest social experiment….
Maltese Skies Remain Untouched, Confirms MATS Amid Regional Tensions By Hot Malta Newsroom Malta’s famously azure skies are still ours—and only ours. The Malta Air Traffic Services (MATS) issued a concise but reassuring statement late yesterday evening, confirming that no unauthorised foreign aircraft have entered Maltese sovereign airspace in recent days. The announcement lands just…
Yvette Cooper Becomes UK Foreign Minister, David Lammy Deputy PM: What This Means for Malta’s British Community and Beyond The Union Jack may flutter 2,000 kilometres away, but the political tremor that shook London on Monday morning was felt just as keenly in Sliema’s Windsor Bar and Gżira’s British Legion Club. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s…
Yvette Cooper becomes new UK foreign minister, Lammy deputy PM: What it means for Malta Valletta woke up this morning to news that will ripple across the azure waters of the Channel faster than a Gozo fast-ferry: Yvette Cooper has been appointed the United Kingdom’s first female Foreign Secretary in 13 years, while David Lammy…
MedservRegis rises to an eight-month high – and the whole island feels the lift By Hot Malta staff The bell that closes the Malta Stock Exchange on Castille Place had barely stopped ringing yesterday when word spread through Valletta’s cafés: MedservRegis, the Maltese oil-services group born from a 2020 merger, had closed at €0.89 –…
Food authority issues warning about sesame oil: What Valletta street vendors and Sliema home cooks need to know today By Luke Pace – Hot Malta The unmistakable aroma of sesame has long drifted from the doorways of Gozitan bakeries and the open kitchens of St Julian’s Asian fusion joints alike, but this week that scent…
Dog dies after owner calls 13 vets with no help, prompting ministry action By Hot Malta Newsroom | 08:30 • 12 June 2024 A Valletta family’s frantic 36-hour search for emergency veterinary care ended in heartbreak last Sunday when their beloved seven-year-old beagle, Luna, died on the kitchen floor after the owners say they were…
AFM drugs heist suspect back in court with his father, accused of extortion A courtroom drama that feels torn from a gritty Maltese telenovela returned to the Valletta Law Courts yesterday, as 28-year-old Luke* “Il-Bufflu”* Camilleri—already indicted over the daring 2021 AFM armoury cocaine heist—stood shoulder-to-shoulder with his 59-year-old father, Raymond “Ta’ Xmun” Camilleri, both…
Ministry to investigate vet clinics after dog dies without emergency care By Hot Malta Staff | 09:30, 12 June 2024 A single missed phone-call has snow-balled into a national reckoning over animal welfare in Malta, after a beloved family beagle died overnight because no 24-hour veterinary clinic could see him. The Parliamentary Secretariat for Agriculture,…
Father & Son in Dock: The AFM Drug Heist That Keeps Malta Talking ————————————————————— Valletta’s historic law courts were buzzing again this morning as Daniel “Danny” Micallef – the 29-year-old former Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) private accused of masterminding last year’s €750,000 cannabis heist – shuffled back into Hall 22. Only this time he…
# Serial Break-In Suspect Nabbed After Two-Month Crime Spree Targeting Sleepy Sliema, Swieqi Homes A 30-year-old man from Żejtun has been charged with a staggering ten counts of aggravated theft and attempted burglary after police linked him to a spree of night-time break-ins that shattered the illusion of safety in Malta’s up-market coastal suburbs. The…
