**10 Hours Later: Alex Borg Still Locked in Marathon Shadow Cabinet Talks as MPs Debate Malta’s Political Future** Valletta – As the sun set over the Grand Harbour and the city’s iconic limestone walls glowed amber, Nationalist Party MP Alex Borg remained holed up inside the Opposition headquarters in Pietà, locked in what has become…
Victoria’s Heartbreak: Gozo’s Capital Mourns as Centuries-Old Buildings Crumble in Weekend Deluge It started with a low rumble that echoed through the narrow alleys of Victoria just after dawn on Saturday, a sound locals describe as “the city sighing.” By the time the church bells of the Basilica of St George rang for the 7…
Victoria’s Heart Breaks: 150-Year-Old Palazzo Crumbles After Three Days of Relentless Rain The storm that parked itself over Gozo last weekend did more than flood valley roads and drown potted plants—it tore a hole in Victoria’s soul. At 4:37 a.m. on Monday, the sandstone façade of Palazzo Debrincat, the cherry-pink corner mansion that has watched…
In pictures: Airshow wows the crowds despite inclement weather By Hot Malta Staff Żonqor Point, Marsascala – Grey skies and a brisk north-westerly swell did little to dampen Maltese spirits on Sunday as the Malta International Airshow roared back into life after a three-year pandemic hiatus. Rain ponchos replaced sunscreen, pastizzi were eaten under umbrellas…
Burmarrad’s fields fell silent at 3:47 a.m. on Tuesday when the last tongue of flame was finally drowned by a chain of beaters, backpacks and brine. What began as a spark on a stone-wall edge at 22:30 the previous night turned into a five-hour pitched battle between 34 firefighters, Civil Protection volunteers and a wind…
For the first time in Malta’s 5,000-year artistic story, painters, dancers, actors and musicians can wake up, clock-in and pay rent without waiting tables or scanning boarding passes. After decades of precarious project contracts, the national arts companies – Teatru Manoel, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, ŻfinMalta and the national dance school – have quietly converted 42…
**Mother’s Plea Shakes Malta: ‘Our Baby Only Calms With His Father’ Sparks Soul-Searching Over Domestic Violence** A courtroom in Valletta fell silent last week when a 26-year-old Maltese mother, her lip still split from a punch delivered in front of their toddler, asked Magistrate Marse-Ann Farrugia to spare her ex-partner prison. “Jien ma nridux ħabs…
**Watch: Italy seizes over 300 tons of counterfeit cigarettes – what it means for Malta** Italy’s Guardia di Finanza made headlines this week after confiscating a staggering 310 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes in the port of Gioia Tauro, Calabria – enough to fill 13 forty-foot containers and evade €60 million in excise tax. Hidden inside…
Three teenagers were hauled before a Maltese magistrate on Tuesday after police said they had dismantled a “mini-criminal ring” responsible for a spate of motorbike thefts that has left riders from Valletta to Victoria checking their locks twice before bed. The suspects – two 17-year-olds and one 19-year-old from Żejtun, Msida and Rabat – stood…
Your last chance to vote for your favourite restaurant By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s seafront was still glowing with Christmas lights when Nadine Camilleri, 34, tapped “submit” on her phone and watched the confirmation screen pop up: “Thank you for voting in the Malta Restaurant Awards 2024.” For the St Julian’s marketing executive it was…
Have you seen this woman? The question is suddenly everywhere—printed on A4 sheets taped to bus shelters from Valletta to Victoria, shared furiously on Maltese Facebook groups, whispered between mothers waiting outside San Ġwann primary school. The face staring back is unmistakably local: honey-toned skin, dark eyebrows, the kind of effortless smile you see on…
Elon Musk and Prince Andrew Named in New Epstein Files – What It Means for Malta’s Elite Circles By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta – When 900 pages of newly-released court papers linked Jeffrey Epstein to a fresh batch of global power-brokers this week, two names leapt off the docket: Elon Musk and Britain’s Prince Andrew….
