Paschalino Cefai and Mario Mifsud, two names that have dominated Maltese headlines for weeks, stepped out of the shadows of Valletta’s law courts yesterday and into an unexpected embrace that left onlookers whispering like extras on a film set. Moments earlier, both men had formally withdrawn their respective charges—Cefai’s accusation of assault and Mifsud’s counter-claim…
“Il-Quws” Walks Free After Victim’s Silence in Paola Courtroom Hot Malta Exclusive | By Maria Pace PAOLA – The small courtroom on Triq il-Bahar felt more like a parish hall than a place of justice on Tuesday morning. Elderly women in black clutched rosaries, teenagers live-streamed on TikTok, and the smell of ftira from the…
Science by sea: new luzzu route connects Sliema and Valletta to Esplora By Hot Malta Correspondent At 8:30 on a brisk April morning, the first passengers clambered onto a freshly painted luzzu moored below the Sliema Ferries kiosk. Instead of the usual jaunt to Comino, the boat’s bright red, blue and yellow bow pointed south-east,…
Woman jailed after admitting to stealing €250 in tips from Mellieħa kiosk The quiet seaside village of Mellieħa woke up yesterday to the kind of headline that feels almost surreal in a place where shop doors still stay open and neighbours still greet each other by name. A 34-year-old local woman has been handed a…
Malta Tops EU List for Pollution Concerns in Households – and the Gap is Eye-Watering Walk down any street in Sliema after 7 p.m. and the smell hits you first: a cocktail of frying oil, cheap incense and, more often than you’d like, the sharp tang of diesel generators humming in garages. According to the…
Persistent threats to human rights defenders in Malta flagged in new report by Hot Malta Newsroom The narrow backstreets of Valletta may look postcard-perfect at dusk, but for many Maltese activists the golden limestone walls can feel more like a maze of watchful eyes than a UNESCO backdrop. A new briefing published today by the…
Man involved in Tarxien garage fight granted bail Tarxien, Wednesday – The quiet cul-de-sac off Triq il-Bahar in Tarxien was buzzing again this afternoon after Magistrate Marse-Ann Farrugia granted bail to 42-year-old Kevin “Kev” Spiteri, the man at the centre of a fist-fight that turned a sleepy village garage into a Saturday-night boxing ring. Spiteri,…
Fuelling sexism: AI ‘bikini interview’ videos flood internet – and Maltese creators are cashing in By Maria Grech, Hot Malta Scroll through TikTok or Instagram Reels at 11 p.m. on any weekday in Sliema and you’ll probably see it: a bronzed, bikini-clad “influencer” reclining on a luzzu-red towel at St Peter’s Pool, nodding earnestly while…
Australia Vows to Slap Down Deepfake Nudes and Digital Stalkers – What Malta Can Learn From the Crackdown By Maria Pace, Valletta MELBOURNE might be 15,000 kilometres away, but when Australia’s federal government announced sweeping new laws this week to criminalise AI-generated “deepfake” nudes and online stalking, the ripple was felt almost immediately in Maltese…
