5 Ways to Strengthen Your Immune System the Maltese Way It’s 5:30 a.m. on a Tuesday in Marsaxlokk and the sea breeze carries the scent of fresh ħobż biż-żejt being unwrapped by fishermen who swear they haven’t caught a cold in decades. Their secret? A lifestyle that blends centuries-old Mediterranean habits with modern science. As…
Here’s How My Wife and I Solve Money Disagreements – A Maltese Couple’s Playbook By Karl Vella Sliema, Malta – “Uwejja, not another ħobż biż-żejt argument!” laughs Marija, 34, as she recalls the night she and her husband Luke almost came to blows over whether to bulk-buy discounted bread at the local Tower Supermarket. It…
Malta Becomes the Mediterranean’s New Boardroom as 100+ Global Power Players Dock in Valletta By a Hot Malta Correspondent The cannon fired from Upper Barrakka at noon yesterday did more than mark the hour. It welcomed the largest single-day convergence of international business leaders the island has seen since the Knights of Malta hosted Europe’s…
Valletta cinephiles woke this week to news that the world’s oldest film festival, Venice, had just premiered a work that hits closer to home than any Mediterranean war drama in recent memory. “No Other Land”, an unprecedented co-production by Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, opened the Orizzonti Extra sidebar to a ten-minute standing ovation—then left Maltese…
Comedy on Trial: How a British Joke Arrest Echoes Malta’s Own Battle for Satire By Hot Malta Newsroom A British comedy writer’s arrest for sharing a meme about the UK’s new Royal Navy recruits has ricocheted across Valletta’s café terraces and Gozitan village squares, igniting uneasy memories of Malta’s own brushes with censorship. Graham Linehan—the…
Pete Buttigieg: ‘I remember buying The Times and a ħobża for dad’ – a Maltese son’s journey to the White House By Martina Vella | Hot Malta VALLETTA – When United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg told a Washington audience last week that “I remember buying The Times and a ħobża for dad,” Maltese…
“More than just striptease”: how Undine LaVerve brought Burlesque to Malta by Hot Malta On a balmy Friday in Valletta, the baroque arches of Splendid Theatre glow a soft crimson. Feather boas brush against the ancient limestone, sequins glitter under the chandeliers, and a ripple of anticipation moves through the crowd as the band strikes…
Fort Binġemma – what next? Locals demand a future worthy of Mellieħa’s silent sentinel From the ridge above Għajn Tuffieħa, the honey-coloured limestone of Fort Binġemma glows every sunset like a half-remembered promise. Built by the British in the 1870s to deter an Italian invasion that never came, the fort has spent most of its…
Kathryn Bigelow Returns to Venice with Political Thriller – Why Malta Should Watch Closely By Hot Malta Staff Writer VENICE – As the 81st Venice Film Festival unfurls its red carpet this week, American director Kathryn Bigelow storms back into the Lido with “Requiem for the Fallen,” a pulse-quickening political thriller set against a fictional…
Fuelling sexism: AI ‘bikini interview’ videos flood internet – and Maltese creators are cashing in By Maria Grech, Hot Malta Scroll through TikTok or Instagram Reels at 11 p.m. on any weekday in Sliema and you’ll probably see it: a bronzed, bikini-clad “influencer” reclining on a luzzu-red towel at St Peter’s Pool, nodding earnestly while…
