Thank you to all who believed in me – Adrian Delia on leadership defeat Valletta – The grand doors of the Nationalist Party headquarters in Pietà swung open shortly after midnight, and Adrian Delia stepped out into the humid June air looking lighter than he had in months. Behind him, the yellow façade of Dar…
From the sun-washed limestone balconies of Valletta to the fragrant back-alleys of Bangkok, a single headline is sending ripples across the globe: Thailand’s new Prime Minister is none other than cannabis mogul-turned-politician Anutin Charnvirakul. For Malta—a Mediterranean island that only last year opened its first legal, non-medical cannabis clubs—the news feels both distant and oddly…
New PN leader Alex Borg pledges to work ‘side by side’ with Adrian Delia The Pietà headquarters of the Nationalist Party (PN) echoed with applause on Saturday evening as Alex Borg, a 42-year-old lawyer from Rabat, took the stage as the freshly elected leader and immediately pledged to govern “shoulder to shoulder” with his former…
As it happened: Alex Borg wins PN leadership contest by just 44 votes By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta’s Freedom Square was still echoing with church bells at 10:03 p.m. last night when the Nationalist Party’s electoral commission chair read out the final tally: Alex Borg 3,887, Stanley Zammit 3,843. A collective gasp rippled through the…
Alex Borg – from Mr World Malta to the PN’s new leader By Hot Malta Newsroom Sliema’s seaside promenade was unusually busy at 7 a.m. on a humid Tuesday; fishermen still mending nets, pensioners power-walking in numbered bibs, and a small scrum of journalists outside Café du Parc. They were waiting for the man who,…
**Live: Alex Borg wins PN leadership contest by just 44 votes** In a nail-biting finish that will be remembered for years, Alex Borg has clinched the Nationalist Party leadership by a razor-thin margin of just 44 votes, marking one of the closest political contests in modern Maltese history. The extraordinary result came after a tense…
Live: Alex Borg declares ‘new PN chapter’ amid leadership vote chaos By our political desk | 20 June 2025, 20:47 CEST VALLETTA – In the humid courtyard of the Nationalist Party’s Pietà headquarters, Alex Borg raised a clenched fist above the crowd of flag-waving supporters and shouted, “Tonight we turn the page!” His declaration, delivered…
Live: Alex Borg declares ‘new PN chapter’ in dramatic race with Adrian Delia By Aria Zammit, Hot Malta Newsroom Floriana’s Granaries were still echoing with the brass-band strains of a village festa when Alex Borg stepped onto the impromptu stage, sleeves rolled, voice hoarse, and declared, “Il-PN tiegħu spiċċa – il-PN tagħna għadu kif beda.”…
Valletta, Malta – As dawn broke over the Grand Harbour on Wednesday, Maltese commuters scrolling through their phones were confronted with a chilling video: a 14-storey tower in Gaza City collapsing into grey dust after an Israeli airstrike. Within minutes, the same footage was looping on ONE Radio’s breakfast show and filling parish WhatsApp groups…
Ballot boxes across Malta and Gozo shut at 8 p.m. sharp, but the buzz in village band clubs, parish squares and family WhatsApp groups is only getting louder. Tonight, the Nationalist Party chooses between two battle-scarred warriors: Alex Borg, the fresh-faced lawyer from Rabat who promises “a new page,” and Adrian Delia, the firebrand ex-leader…
Alex Borg, Adrian Delia in Final Appeal for Votes as New Leader Elected Today Valletta’s narrow limestone alleys echoed with last-minute arguments and the rustle of party flyers this morning as the Nationalist Party (PN) closes one of the most turbulent leadership races in its modern history. By 6 p.m. today, either Alex Borg or…
Fitch Retains Malta’s A+ Rating: Strong Economy, but Governance Shadows Still Linger Over the Rock Valletta’s honey-coloured bastions were bathed in early-summer sunshine yesterday as credit-rating agency Fitch handed Malta its annual report card—and once again stamped an A+ on the little archipelago. The decision keeps the country among the top-tier borrowers of the EU,…
