**Pedestrian Injured in Victoria Accident: A Wake-Up Call for Gozo’s Capital** A 67-year-old local man was rushed to Gozo General Hospital yesterday evening after being struck by a car while crossing Republic Street in Victoria, sending shockwaves through the tight-knit community and reigniting long-standing concerns about pedestrian safety in the island’s bustling capital. The incident…
Robert Redford, the sun-creased icon who taught a generation how to grin against the odds, has ridden off into his final sunset. The 89-year-old actor, director and environmental crusader died peacefully at his California home on Thursday night, his publicist confirmed, leaving behind a canyon-deep legacy that stretches from Sundance to Sliema, from Butch Cassidy’s…
Court hears how suspect described Baħrija double murder to arresting officers ================================================================================ Valletta – The silence that normally settles over Baħrija at dusk was shattered two weeks ago when two gunshots echoed across the vine-laced valley. On Tuesday, a magistrate’s court learned exactly how the man accused of pulling the trigger allegedly explained those shots…
# EU says Israel’s Gaza City assault spells ‘death’, ‘destruction’ – Maltese MEPs lead calls for ceasefire as islanders rally in Valletta Valletta’s Republic Street fell silent for 60 seconds on Tuesday evening as hundreds of Maltese protesters—grandmothers clutching rosaries, students waving Palestinian keffiyehs, and tourists who had wandered into the candle-lit vigil—stood outside Parliament…
Watch: How Blue Lagoon will look after rehabilitation By Hot Malta Staff COMINO – The first drone footage dropped at 07:02 this morning and within minutes every family WhatsApp group from Siġġiewi to Xagħra was buzzing. In the 42-second clip the Blue Lagoon looks almost unrecognisable: the chrome-blue skin of water is still there, but…
**“All busy”: Wardens’ frantic radio calls lay bare Bidnija’s darkest hour** The pine-scented lanes of Bidnija were supposed to echo with nothing louder than farm dogs and the clink of horse bridles last Sunday morning. Instead, at 06:17, two local wardens parked near the village’s honey-coloured chapel stared at a motionless figure on the tarmac…
Robbie Williams to Touch Down in Malta: Special Buses Lay On the Glitz for Aftersun Festival Valletta, Malta – When the news broke that Robbie Williams—Brit-pop’s ultimate showman—will headline Aftersun Festival on 14 July, the collective heartbeat of the Maltese islands skipped a syncopated beat. Within hours, Transport Malta and Malta Public Transport unveiled a…
**MHRA Slams Pilots’ Industrial Action, Warns of Lasting Damage to Malta’s Tourism Lifeline** The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) has issued a blistering critique of the latest industrial action by pilots operating under Malta Air Traffic Services (MATS), warning that the escalating disruption is “chipping away at the very backbone of our economy” and…
Aftersun Festival’s Late-Night Bus Lifeline: How Malta Is Keeping Partiers (and Parents) Happy St. Julian’s, 02:15 a.m. A gaggle of glitter-dusted teenagers tumble out of Café del Mar, phones dead, heels in hand, chanting the last drop of “Festa Aftersun” that still booms across St. George’s Bay. In any other July they would be bargaining…
**Criminal report filed against ex-OPM, Lands chiefs on €13m Fortina case ‘fraud’** A criminal complaint has been lodged with Malta’s police commissioner accusing two former senior public officials of fraud, misappropriation and criminal conspiracy over the controversial €13 million expropriation of the Fortina Hotel’s seafront footprint in 2018. The report, signed by Repubblika president Robert…
**Pilots’ Strike Sparks Fury: MHRA Warns Malta’s Reputation as Reliable Holiday Haven Is on the Line** Valletta – The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) has unleashed a blistering broadside against the latest wave of pilots’ industrial action, warning that every delayed flight is “another crack in Malta’s carefully polished postcard image” just as the…
Ian Borg vows to recover ‘every cent owed to the people’ after Fortina scandal By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s iconic seafront was unusually quiet yesterday morning, save for the clatter of camera shutters and the low hum of ministers’ motorcades. Inside the Fortina Spa Resort’s glass-walled conference room, Foreign and Tourism Minister Ian Borg fixed…
