Traffic flowing smoothly as children head back to school By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s narrow streets were unusually calm at 07:30 this morning as the island’s 42,000 primary and secondary pupils returned to classrooms after the summer lull. Instead of the customary horn-symphony of September, drivers found themselves gliding through Marsa’s traffic lights in under…
Palma, Newcastle, Glasgow: Ryanair’s New Winter Routes Put Malta on the European Weekender Map Valletta’s honey-coloured bastions are about to feel a chillier breeze. Ryanair’s freshly-unveiled winter timetable drops six new routes onto the Maltese tarmac, and three of them—Palma de Mallorca, Newcastle and Glasgow—are already sending WhatsApp groups into overdrive. From 29 October, islanders…
Maltese Socialist MEP Alex Agius Saliba has thrown Malta into the global debate over sport and conflict, urging FIFA and UEFA to suspend Israeli football clubs and national teams from international competition until a lasting cease-fire is reached in Gaza. Agius Saliba’s appeal, tabled in the European Parliament this week, mirrors a landmark resolution adopted…
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s on-air blast against “anti-American” pressure on comedians has struck a chord in Malta, where satirists, script-writers and stand-ups are watching Washington’s war on wisecracks and wondering if Valletta could be next. “If the government starts threatening comedians, that’s anti-American,” Kimmel told his ABC audience after the White House floated new “civility…
Momentum challenges PN and PL MPs to rescind Fortina concession ————————————————————- Valletta – Green pressure group Momentum has thrown down the gauntlet to both major parties, demanding that every Nationalist and Labour MP publicly pledge to tear up the 2019 Fortina Hotel concession if elected in June. The call comes after leaked documents revealed the…
**Claudia Cardinale, 87: Valetta’s Golden-Weekend queen who taught Malta how to dream in Technicolor** Valletta’s vintage cinemas fell silent yesterday as news broke that Claudia Cardinale—Italy’s eternal star who once flickered across Maltese screens in the swinging Sixties—had died in Rome aged 87. Within minutes, Facebook groups like “Malta Memories” and “Cinema Royal Valletta” were…
St Thomas Hospital Eye Clinic introduces ‘life changing’ new lens implants By Hot Malta Staff | 09 June 2025, 07:00 Żejtun’s parish priest jokingly calls it “the miracle on Triq il-Kbira,” but for the 73-year-old fisherman from Marsaxlokk who regained perfect vision after 40 years of trawling at dawn, the new lens-implant programme at St…
# HSBC Strike Suspended Amid Payout Dispute: Relief for Customers but Tensions Simmer The threat of widespread disruption to Malta’s banking services has been temporarily averted after HSBC Malta employees suspended their planned strike action, though underlying tensions over compensation remain unresolved in a dispute that has captured national attention. The Malta Bank Employees’ Association…
**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…
Borg vs Buttigieg: The Quiet Power Struggle Reshaping Maltese Football’s Backyard By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s Republic Street was still yawning itself awake last Saturday when the first WhatsApp voice-note landed: “U iva, who’s really running the Malta FA – Alex or Johann?” By the time the kiosks had clipped the weekend papers to their…
The Beauty and the Beast: St John’s Co-Cathedral Museum By [Hot Malta Staff] Valletta’s Republic Street hums with espresso steam and phone-light faces, but step through the limestone portal of St John’s Co-Cathedral and the city’s soundtrack drops to a reverent hush. Inside, the 16th-century knights’ church still preaches with gold leaf instead of words,…
**Once Upon a Maltese Childhood: How Stories Shape Our Children’s Future** In a small apartment overlooking Valletta’s Grand Harbour, three-year-old Elena Zammit snuggles against her nanna as they turn the pages of “Il-Ħut Tal-Plajja.” The Maltese children’s classic, with its colourful illustrations of local fish and fishing boats, has become their evening ritual. But this…
