**”I Counted on My Fingers Until Sixth Form” – Malta Dyslexia Association Shatters Maths Shame** Valletta – On a humid Thursday evening, the old torch-lit hall of the Casino Maltese filled with parents clutching supermarket-brand calculators and teachers still dusted with chalk. They had come to hear the Malta Dyslexia Association (MDA) deliver a talk…
“Don’t worry, have another pastizz.” That half-joking refrain, overheard in every village café from Żejtun to Żebbuġ, suddenly sounds less like cheeky self-indulgence and more like folk wisdom. A sweeping 2023 global meta-analysis led by Canadian researchers has found that modestly overweight people—those with a Body-Mass Index between 25 and 29.9—show no higher death risk…
# “I’m Sorry I Threatened to Behead Your Dog”: Maltese Courts Hand Down Suspended Sentence in Chilling Ex-Harassment Case A 34-year-old Birkirkara man broke down in court yesterday and publicly apologised to his former partner after admitting he had bombarded her with hundreds of calls, lurid insults and, in a grotesque climax, threatened to decapitate…
**PN Reiterates Call for Full Year of Parental Leave: A Bold Push for Family-Centric Malta** In a move that could reshape the fabric of Maltese family life, the Nationalist Party (PN) has once again thrown down the gauntlet, demanding a full year of parental leave for all parents. This isn’t just another political soundbite—it’s a…
**14 Killed by Lake Burst in Taiwan as Super Typhoon Ragasa Wreaks Havoc** As Malta basked in its final weeks of summer sunshine this week, the western Pacific island of Taiwan was being torn apart by Super Typhoon Ragasa, whose record-breaking rainfall burst a mountain lake and killed at least 14 people. The tragedy, unfolding…
**”We wasted our time”: Magistrate scolds couple for ignoring protection order** A Maltese magistrate has delivered a scathing rebuke to a couple who ignored a court-issued protection order, highlighting growing concerns about domestic violence enforcement in Malta and the strain placed on an already overburdened judicial system. The incident, which occurred at the Valletta courthouse…
Union registers dispute over shortage of learning support educators By Hot Malta Staff Valletta – The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) has officially registered a trade dispute with the Education Ministry, warning that the “chronic” shortage of learning-support educators (LSEs) is pushing children with special needs to the margins of the classroom—and pushing their own…
**Thirty-five hours without food, water, or shade: Valletta vigil links Malta to Gaza’s hunger** By 8am yesterday the plastic chairs outside Malta’s Prime Minister’s office already looked baked by the sun. A circle of activists—some barefoot, some in kufiyyas, one cradling a toddler—sat in silence, refusing the bottles of water passers-by offered. They had been…
**Motorcyclist Fighting for Life After Cospicua Collision as Three-Cornered Village Reels** A 27-year-old motorcyclist from Żabbar is in critical condition at Mater Dei Hospital after a horrific crash on Triq il-Wied in Cospicua late Monday evening, plunging the tight-knit Three Cities community into shock and reigniting calls for safer streets in Malta’s historic dockyard towns….
**Man Who Has Never Visited Malta Wants Italian as Official Language** A 42-year-old Italian man who has never set foot on Maltese soil has launched an online petition demanding Italian be made an official language of Malta, sparking both amusement and irritation among locals who see it as yet another case of cultural tunnel-vision from…
# Trump-Starmer Summit: What Malta Stands to Gain as Two Titans Meet After Royal Red Carpet Buckingham Palace’s grand chandeliers had barely cooled after Tuesday’s pomp-filled welcoming ceremony for U.S. President Donald Trump when the real heat moved indoors. Over white-gloved tea service, King Charles III smiled politely; across the Atlantic, Maltese policymakers leaned closer…
# Was Charlie Kirk Killed by Social Media? A Maltese Wake-Up Call The Mediterranean sun was already baking the limestone balconies of Valletta when newsfeeds across Malta lit up with a rumour that felt both distant and uncomfortably close: Charlie Kirk, the 30-year-old American conservative firebrand, had allegedly been “cancelled to death” by social media….
