Fontana’s beloved parish priest, Fr. Gabriel Camilleri, has swapped Gozo’s limestone lanes for Melbourne’s tram-lined boulevards this week, touching down in Australia on a three-week pastoral pilgrimage that is already sending ripples of excitement through the Maltese diaspora. The 48-year-old priest, who has shepherded the Fontana flock since 2017, was invited by the Archdiocese of…
While Valletta’s streets sizzle and Sliema’s cafés overflow, Gozo quietly turns up the volume on something far more important than summer playlists: mental health. Between June and September, the Foundation for Social Welfare Services (FSWS) parked its colourful pop-up gazebo in village squares from Nadur to Xlendi, launching a grassroots awareness blitz that swapped bureaucratic…
Flour from Malta reaches Gaza ahead of recognition of Palestinian state By Hot Malta Staff VALLETTA – On a humid Tuesday morning, the MV Lifeline 3 slipped out of Malta Freeport with 500 tonnes of Maltese-milled flour bound for Gaza. By Friday, the sacks—stamped with a discreet eight-pointed cross and the words “Il-Ħobż tal-Paċi, Malta”—were…
Barocco Foundation opens new season with film music concert ============================================================ The Barocco Foundation kicked off its 2024 cultural season last Saturday with a dazzling “Cinema under the Stars” concert that turned the historic Hastings Gardens into an open-air movie theatre—minus the popcorn, plus a full chamber orchestra. As the sun set over the Grand Harbour…
A celebration of European stories on screen By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s Republic Street was briefly louder than usual last Saturday evening, but the cheers weren’t for a festa band or a political rally—they were for a 14-year-old Gozitan actor, Leah Portelli, who had just stepped onto the red-carpet squares laid in front of the…
**Pedestrian Injured in Pietà Traffic Accident: A Wake-Up Call for Malta’s Road Safety Culture** A pedestrian was injured in a traffic accident in Pietà on Tuesday morning, prompting renewed concerns over road safety in one of Malta’s busiest commuter hubs. The incident occurred at around 8:15am near the Msida Yacht Marina junction, a notorious bottleneck…
MCAST welcomes first ERA fellow: A Maltese milestone in European research By Hot Malta Staff The Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology (MCAST) has just chalked up a national first: Dr. Lara Pace, a 29-year-old molecular biologist from Żejtun, has been awarded the European Research Area (ERA) Fellowship—becoming the only Maltese researcher, and the…
**Rock Classrooms to Rock Stages: Malta’s Own School of Rock Storms MCC This October** Valletta’s Mediterranean Conference Centre is about to get a whole lot louder. This October, the aisles that once echoed with ecclesiastical chants will reverberate with power chords when Malta’s first licensed production of *School of Rock – The Musical* premieres, bringing…
Valletta’s Republic Street was already buzzing with late-afternoon shoppers yesterday when the push-notification lit up phones: the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada will formally recognise Palestinian statehood within the 1967 borders. By the time the church bells struck six, the foyer of the Mediterranean Conference Centre had morphed into an impromptu forum—Maltese students still in…
**Watch: Man critically injured in Vittoriosa shooting** A man is fighting for his life after a shooting in the historic heart of Vittoriosa late Monday night, sending shockwaves through the normally tranquil Three Cities community. The victim, identified by sources as a 42-year-old Senglea resident, was found with multiple gunshot wounds on Triq il-Mina l-Kbira…
**Man critically injured in Vittoriosa shooting: Silent streets in Malta’s historic maritime heart** Vittoriosa’s winding alleys, usually echoing with the clack of heels on limestone and the clink of wine glasses spilling onto cobbled squares, fell unnaturally silent last night after a 34-year-old Bormla man was shot twice in the chest outside the old Armeria…
# Fourth Edition of Oratories Cultural Programme Brings Village Squares to Life Across Malta The narrow streets of Malta’s historic villages will once again echo with music, debate, and children’s laughter as Arts Council Malta unveils the fourth edition of the Oratories Cultural Programme, a summer-long festival that turns centuries-old parish halls into pop-up stages…
