**Mosta’s Hidden Gem Reclaims Its Glory: Protected Tal-Wej Site Freed from Decades of Rubbish** For years, commuters whizzing along Mosta’s Tal-Wej road knew the place only for the stench. Behind a crumbling rubble wall, a protected depression—once a seasonal lake celebrated in 19th-century water-colours—had mutated into a fly-tipped jungle of broken fridges, sofa skeletons and,…
**Valletta Road Reopens After Pedestrian Left Fighting for Life in Dawn Van Strike** A 42-year-old Birżebbuġa man is battling critical injuries at Mater Dei Hospital after being struck by a delivery van on the capital’s busiest artery during Tuesday’s pre-dawn rush, prompting fresh calls for “urgent” traffic-calming measures in a city where narrow Renaissance streets…
PM rules out introducing abortion, disagrees with suspended jail-term for woman By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta – Prime Minister Robert Abela has slammed the courtroom door on both liberalising Malta’s abortion ban and on the 18-month suspended sentence handed to an American tourist who took abortion pills in 2022, insisting that “Malta’s soul is pro-life,…
**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 in the Mediterranean breeze. From the Valletta waterfront to the limestone quarries of Mellieħa, Malta’s booming film industry has painted the island in shades of emerald. But why green?…
**Community Session on Human Rights in Xewkija: Gozo’s Village Square Becomes Classroom for Democracy** The parish hall behind Xewkija’s rotunda church filled faster than a summer festa firework sells out on Sunday. Pensioners arrived leaning on carved walking sticks, teenagers clutched mobile phones like rosaries, and a baker still dusted with flour slipped in at…
**Cycle of Hope: LifeCycle Challenge Sponsors Kidney Patients on Sacred Journey to Lourdes** In a powerful display of Maltese solidarity, the annual LifeCycle Challenge has expanded its mission beyond raising funds for renal research to directly sponsoring kidney patients on their pilgrimage to Lourdes, transforming what was once an impossible dream into reality for Malta’s…
**‘Defaults are part of the risk’ for bond investors – finance minister** *By a Hot Malta correspondent* Valletta – Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has told Maltese retail bondholders that “defaults are part of the risk you take,” after two local companies suspended interest payments this summer, wiping millions off the savings of ordinary families. Speaking…
**Malta Plugs Into Europe: Second Energy Lifeline Begins in Sicily** The dusty coastal roads of Ragusa, Sicily, are humming with Maltese anticipation this week as engineers break ground on the island-nation’s second electricity interconnector—a 120-kilometre umbilical cord that will tether Malta more tightly to the European grid than ever before. For a country that spent…
**TargetMI: Behind the Scenes of Malta’s Life-Saving Heart Attack Research** In a nondescript laboratory tucked within the University of Malta’s biomedical complex, Dr. Stephanie Bezzina adjusts her microscope with the precision of someone who knows that every second counts. The molecular biologist isn’t just conducting routine research – she’s part of TargetMI, a groundbreaking Maltese…
APS Bank CEO Marcel Cassar has insisted his institution “had the resources to complete the HSBC Malta acquisition” had political winds blown differently, delivering a rare post-mortem on the collapsed €1 billion deal that would have redrawn the island’s banking map. Speaking to *Hot Malta* after last week’s AGM, Cassar said APS walked away “capital-ready”…
It starts with a smile, a free shot of ħelwa tat-Tork, and a “special price just for you, my friend”. Ten minutes later you’re standing outside a Sliema jewellery shop clutching a €380 coral necklace you never intended to buy, wondering how the word “no” evaporated from your Maltese vocabulary. Somewhere between the glass of…
**A Humanoid Robot for €5,000: Malta’s Newest Household Helper or High-Tech Novelty?** Picture this: you’re sipping a cappuccino on your Sliema balcony, the church bells of Stella Maris chiming noon, while a sleek, two-legged robot waters your geraniums and reminds you that your pastizz delivery is two minutes away. Science-fiction? Not any more. Chinese start-up…
