**Why the PN Can Win Again: A Maltese Political Phoenix Rising** The Nationalist Party’s headquarters in Pietà hums with a different energy these days. Where once hung an air of defeat, there’s now the unmistakable buzz of possibility. After nearly eleven years in opposition, the PN might just be positioning itself for a comeback that…
**Islanders Pause as September’s Final Friday Unfolds: What Today’s Announcements Mean for Malta** Valletta’s bronze bells had barely finished chiming nine when Prime Minister Robert Abela stepped up to the Auberge de Castille microphone, flanked by a turquoise backdrop that echoed the September sea. The date—26 September 2025—will be bookmarked in local diaries as the…
Skills for the Rock: How Malta is Rewiring its Workforce for the Next Decade By Hot Malta Correspondent On a Tuesday evening in Birkirkara, while most cafés are shutting up, the old police station on Triq il-Wied is buzzing. Teenagers in hoodies and pensioners in cardigans share the same long table, heads bent over Arduino…
**To boycott Eurovision or not? Former contestants weigh in** As calls to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest grow louder across Europe, Malta finds itself at a crossroads between its cherished Eurovision tradition and mounting pressure to take a stand against Israel’s participation. With decades of Eurovision passion woven into Malta’s cultural fabric, the debate has…
Aparthotel in Sliema to rise from seven to 10 storeys: Another slice of skyline gone? Sliema’s skyline is about to stretch a little higher. A seven-storey block on Cathedral Street is poised to sprout three extra floors, morphing into a 10-storey aparthotel that will loom over the traditional townhouses and 1960s apartment boxes below. The…
Brussels has bitten back. On a humid Tuesday morning, while most of Malta was still debating whether the first ħobż biż-żejt of the season needed more ripe tomatoes, the European Commission quietly fired off a letter of formal notice: Malta is being hauled into EU court for failing to police the very plants that paint…
**Bells Ring Again: 61,000 Maltese Students Return to Classrooms in Traditional September Rush** The familiar chorus of school bells echoed across Malta and Gozo this morning as over 61,000 students streamed through school gates, marking the official start of the 2024-2025 academic year. From the historic streets of Valletta to the quiet villages of Gozo,…
**French Navy Seizes 10 Tons of Cocaine Off West Africa – What Malta’s Role Reveals About Europe’s Drug Highway** The French Navy’s audacious seizure of 9.8 tonnes of cocaine aboard a rusty fishing trawler 700 km off West Africa last week sent ripples far beyond the Gulf of Guinea. Hidden among 3,000 sacks of rice,…
Amazon signals ‘strong interest’ in deeper collaboration with Malta ——————————————————– From Valletta’s limestone alleyways to Gozo’s quiet farmhouses, whispered speculation is turning into audible excitement: the world’s largest online marketplace has told Maltese officials it wants “much more than a warehouse” on the islands. In a closed-door briefing at Auberge de Castille last week, Amazon’s…
# Farsons shares pop 6% after record H1 profit: ‘The beer that built Malta’ is back at the bar Valletta – Simonds Farsons Cisk shares jumped more than six percent in brisk trading on the Malta Stock Exchange yesterday after the Birkirkara brewer posted a 19% surge in first-half profits, reassuring islanders that the company…
EU Green-Lights Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi: What It Means for Malta’s 7,000 Families Living With Dementia By Christiana Micallef, Hot Malta Health Correspondent Valletta – While Brussels bureaucrats shook hands on the 19 July decision, the real applause this week echoed down the narrow limestone alleys of Żabbar, where 72-year-old Marlene Camilleri has just learnt that…
**Malta Proposes Lampuki Season Should Start in July to Combat Illegal Fishing** The Maltese government has proposed moving the official lampuki season start date from August to July in a bid to combat illegal fishing and protect one of the Mediterranean’s most prized catches. The proposal, which has sparked heated debate among fishermen, restaurateurs, and…
