A late-night joy-ride across Gozo’s silent coastal roads ended in twisted metal and handcuffs early yesterday, after a 24-year-old Birkirkara man allegedly hot-wired a Honda CBR parked outside a Xlendi guest-house, crashed into a dry-stone wall near the Ta’ Ċenċ cliffs and was arrested while trying to limp back towards the Mġarr ferry. Police said…
Għadira’s Golden Summer: 319 Loggerhead Turtles Flipper-Power into the Mediterranean By Luke Caruana Sunday dawn at Għadira Bay broke to the sound of 47 tiny shells cracking in unison. By the time the last hatchling had skittered across the wet sand, Malta’s 2024 turtle season had clocked up 319 loggerhead babies—its most “successful” in a…
New dawn for Cana Movement as Dr. Andrew Consiglio elected president The Cana Movement, Malta’s best-known marriage-preparation and family-support NGO, has chosen a new leader. Dr. Andrew Consiglio, a 42-year-old lawyer and canon lawyer who has spent the last decade coordinating the organisation’s pastoral and legal teams, was confirmed as president on Saturday evening during…
**PN MP Sounds Alarm Over Deportation of Long-Time Ethiopian Residents After 15-18 Years in Malta** In a case that has sent shockwaves through Malta’s tight-knit migrant communities, Nationalist Party MP and home affairs spokesperson Beppe Fenech Adami has condemned the deportation of three Ethiopian nationals who had lived, worked, and built lives in Malta for…
**Malta Eyes Global Cultural Crown: Island Nation Seeks Seat on UNESCO’s Most Prestigious Stage** Valletta – In a move that could amplify Malta’s voice on the world’s most influential cultural stage, the island nation has formally submitted its candidacy for a seat on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the 21-country body that decides which monuments,…
European airports hit by cyber-related disruption, causing delays – Maltese travellers stranded as IT chaos ripples across the continent ———————————————————————————————————————————— Valletta – When 23-year-old Gżira gamer-turned-digital-nomad Luke Pace rocked up at Malta International Airport (MIA) at 04:00 on Tuesday, he expected the usual 30-minute hop to Rome, a quick espresso, and a morning meeting in…
Malta International Airport on High Alert as European Cyber Outage Sends Shockwaves Through Summer Travel Plans By [Author Name] Valletta – While tourists sipped their morning kafè and bit into still-warm pastizzi at the airport’s Costa Coffee, an invisible storm was brewing across Europe’s digital skies. A “cyber-related disruption” at Swiss aviation IT supplier SITA…
# Former MEP hopeful’s late expense return sent back to court in rare electoral replay Valletta – A former candidate who stood for Malta in last June’s European Parliament election has had her campaign-expense case sent for a full re-hearing after filing her declaration two weeks past the legal deadline, the Commissioner for Standards in…
Activists call for abortion law reform ahead of Valletta rally The façade of the Auberge de Castille was still blushing with the last rays of June sunshine when volunteers began stacking folding chairs and rolling out banners that read “My Body, My Choice – Malta 2024”. By 7 p.m. this Saturday, hundreds are expected to…
**Our leaders say they are outraged. Really?** Another week, another press conference where Malta’s political class lines up to express “shock”, “disgust” and “zero tolerance”. This time it was the footage of a 15-year-old caught on a construction site during school hours, dangling from three storeys up without a helmet. The Prime Minister called it…
**New bells to ring out over Gozo’s southern coast as St Anthony’s gets long-awaited upgrade** The sleepy village of Għajnsielem is about to sound a lot livelier. St Anthony the Abbot parish church, whose squat limestone silhouette has watched over Mgarr Harbour since 1734, will welcome three new bronze bells this summer — the first…
**Endling and Flash: Malta’s Quiet Gaming Revolution Signals a New Era of Quality** Valletta’s Republic Street was still yawning itself awake last Saturday when a queue began to curl outside the new GO outlet. Teenagers in hoodies clutched hand-painted cardboard foxes; grandparents asked if “this was the one about the last tiger on Earth?” They…
