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 phone is far from romantic. “They’re switching the streetlights off again tonight,” one neighbour warns. “Bring a torch, or you’ll break your neck on the…
**From Junior Councils to University Halls: How Malta is Raising a New Generation of Student Leaders** *By Hot Malta Staff* VALLETTA – While most teens are still deciding which TikTok filter to use, 17-year-old Martina Camilleri from Żejtun is negotiating a €15,000 budget with the Mayor for a new youth chill-out zone complete with recycled-plastic…
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: “The Eucharist is my highway to heaven.” The packed Baroque nave—usually a tourist hotspot—was standing-room-only with Maltese families, scouts in neckerchiefs and teens clutching smartphones streaming the Mass live. It was 28 September 2025,…
‘I’m Impersonating My Mother’s Scammer to Save Her’: How One Maltese Son Turned the Tables on Fraudsters Targeting Malta’s Elderly By Hot Malta Staff | 09 June 2025, 07:30 CEST Valletta – When 34-year-old Miguel* from Żejtun answered a WhatsApp call last March, he expected another routine check-in with his 72-year-old mother, Carmen. Instead, he…
**10 Hours Later: Alex Borg Still Locked in Marathon Shadow Cabinet Talks as MPs Debate Malta’s Political Future** Valletta – As the sun set over the Grand Harbour and the city’s iconic limestone walls glowed amber, Nationalist Party MP Alex Borg remained holed up inside the Opposition headquarters in Pietà, locked in what has become…
Victoria’s Heartbreak: Gozo’s Capital Mourns as Centuries-Old Buildings Crumble in Weekend Deluge It started with a low rumble that echoed through the narrow alleys of Victoria just after dawn on Saturday, a sound locals describe as “the city sighing.” By the time the church bells of the Basilica of St George rang for the 7…
Victoria’s Heart Breaks: 150-Year-Old Palazzo Crumbles After Three Days of Relentless Rain The storm that parked itself over Gozo last weekend did more than flood valley roads and drown potted plants—it tore a hole in Victoria’s soul. At 4:37 a.m. on Monday, the sandstone façade of Palazzo Debrincat, the cherry-pink corner mansion that has watched…
In pictures: Airshow wows the crowds despite inclement weather By Hot Malta Staff Żonqor Point, Marsascala – Grey skies and a brisk north-westerly swell did little to dampen Maltese spirits on Sunday as the Malta International Airshow roared back into life after a three-year pandemic hiatus. Rain ponchos replaced sunscreen, pastizzi were eaten under umbrellas…
Burmarrad’s fields fell silent at 3:47 a.m. on Tuesday when the last tongue of flame was finally drowned by a chain of beaters, backpacks and brine. What began as a spark on a stone-wall edge at 22:30 the previous night turned into a five-hour pitched battle between 34 firefighters, Civil Protection volunteers and a wind…
For the first time in Malta’s 5,000-year artistic story, painters, dancers, actors and musicians can wake up, clock-in and pay rent without waiting tables or scanning boarding passes. After decades of precarious project contracts, the national arts companies – Teatru Manoel, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, ŻfinMalta and the national dance school – have quietly converted 42…
**Mother’s Plea Shakes Malta: ‘Our Baby Only Calms With His Father’ Sparks Soul-Searching Over Domestic Violence** A courtroom in Valletta fell silent last week when a 26-year-old Maltese mother, her lip still split from a punch delivered in front of their toddler, asked Magistrate Marse-Ann Farrugia to spare her ex-partner prison. “Jien ma nridux ħabs…
**Watch: Italy seizes over 300 tons of counterfeit cigarettes – what it means for Malta** Italy’s Guardia di Finanza made headlines this week after confiscating a staggering 310 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes in the port of Gioia Tauro, Calabria – enough to fill 13 forty-foot containers and evade €60 million in excise tax. Hidden inside…
