1926 Sliema chalet photos reveal birth of Maltese summer swagger
In pictures: Għar id-Dud Chalet, 1926 – when Sliema’s seaside swagger was born The year is 1926. Malta is still three decades away from independence, cars…
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Malta’s Green Screen Revolution: How a Simple Color Transformed the Island’s Film Industry
Curiosities: Why green for the greenscreen? Walk past any film set in Malta these days and you’ll spot it – that unmistakable neon green fabric fluttering…
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Malta’s Knights of St Lazarus Go Digital: €25 ‘Netizen’ Membership Opens to Global Volunteers
Knights, nurses, and now…netizens? The International Academy of St Lazarus—an 800-year-old order that once ran Malta’s leper hospital outside Mdina—has…
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Pastizz & Recognition: How the Emmaus Story Is Rewiring Maltese Neighbourhoods
Sunday morning in Żejtun, and the bronze-skinned fisherman who sells lampuki at the parish steps is not just “the guy with the fish”. To 82-year-old…
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From Nazareth to Naxxar: How Malta’s Carpentry Revival Is Re-Shaping Island Faith
Christian spirituality: A tale of two Carpenters By our Hot Malta correspondent Żejtun parish priest Fr Reuben Micallef still remembers the moment he…
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Fortina’s fortune: how a tiny Sliema cove became Malta’s five-star village
Fortina’s fortune: how a sleepy fishing cove became Sliema’s golden mile By Hot Malta staff Walk along the Sliema promenade at 6 a.m. And you’ll still see…
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Valletta’s Silent Statue Speaks: How Il-Beżżul Bieżel Became Malta’s 2025 Wake-Up Call
Il-Beżżul Bieżel – September 28, 2025: The Day Valletta’s Silent Statue Spoke Valletta woke up on the last Sunday of September to a rumour that travelled…
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Żepp’s Day 2025: How Malta Turned a Retired Bus Driver into a National Holiday
Żepp’s Day Dawns: How One Man’s Name Became Malta’s Unofficial End-of-Summer Festival September 28, 2025 At 6:47 a.m. The church bells of Siġġiewi rang…
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Blackout Blues: Why Malta Doesn’t Need to Rewind to the Dark Ages
We don’t need to go back to the Dark Ages By a Hot Malta staff writer Valletta’s 320 monuments glow amber at dusk, but the WhatsApp group lighting up my…
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Malta’s Genius Mirage: How Rebranding Became the Island’s Hottest Export
Genius? No, it’s just route one rebranded From London to Valletta, the emperor’s new marketing plan is wearing €2,000 sneakers — Valletta’s Republic…
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Halberd’s Heroes: The 1941 Convoy That Fed Malta’s Fighting Spirit
The Night the Harbour Roared: How Operation Halberd Fed Malta’s Fighting Spirit It was just past 21:00 on 27 September 1941 when the blackout curtains of…
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Malta Hails First Millennial Blessed: How Carlo Acutis Is Re-Wiring the Nation’s Faith
Archbishop Charles Scicluna’s voice rang clear across St John’s Co-Cathedral on Saturday morning as he quoted the newly-canonised Blessed Carlo Acutis:…
