**HSBC Malta Foundation breathes new life into Anton Inglott masterpiece at MUŻA** The HSBC Malta Foundation has announced a €15,000 grant to restore a significant work by Maltese modernist painter Anton Inglott, marking another crucial investment in the island’s cultural heritage that will see the masterpiece return to public display at MUŻA after years in…
**Aldo Micallef-Grimaud’s Legacy Comes Home: Landmark Retrospective Opens at MUŻA** Valletta—The city’s baroque balconies were still dripping from an early-summer shower when the doors of MUŻA swung open on Friday night for the first comprehensive retrospective of Aldo Micallef-Grimaud, the Maltese artist who painted the island’s post-war soul in hues of terracotta and cobalt. Curated…
**”Slime” Sensation: Marsascala’s Coastal Mystery Solved, But Questions Remain** Marsascala, the sun-kissed fishing village turned weekender magnet, woke up to an alien invasion last Sunday. By dawn, social media was frothing like a badly-poured Kinnie: photos of a glistening, khaki-coloured slick hugging the inner bay, captioned “#SlimeInMalta” and “something’s fishy in Marsa-scare-la”. Parents yanked toddlers…
No smoke on the horizon: Golden Bay and Ramla l-Ħamra stub out beach cigarettes Golden Bay’s sunset watchers and Ramla l-Ħamra’s early-morning swimmers have one less thing to cough about this summer. As of 1 June, both beaches are officially smoke-free except for small, sign-posted zones tucked behind the dunes. The ban, issued by the…
**‘Slime’ off Marsascala coast is foam, fish farm industry says** MARSASCALA – Early risers on the south-eastern promenade got more than their usual dose of sea breeze last weekend when a viscous, khaki-coloured film began creeping onto the rocky shoreline between St Thomas Bay and Żonqor Point. Videos of children poking the mystery goo with…
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s off-the-cuff remark during Sunday’s political rally—“It’s Indian nurses who take care of them”—has set island tongues wagging faster than a festa firework. Speaking about his ageing parents’ home-care arrangements, Abela unwittingly distilled a microcosm of modern Malta: a nation where the traditional “familja” unit now leans on Kolkata and Kerala as…
Maltese Dominicans Re-Elect Provincial for a Second Term: A Vote of Continuity in a Changing Archipelago The narrow cobblestones of Valletta’s Republic Street were unusually hushed at dawn last Saturday, but inside the 16th-century cloister of the Dominican Priory of St Dominic, the air crackled with anticipation. By 7:30 a.m., the chapter hall—its walls still…
Robert Abela ‘shocked’ to hear Alex Borg’s comments on towers in Gozo By Hot Malta Newsroom VALLETTA – Prime Minister Robert Abela has declared himself “genuinely shocked” after Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri read aloud, in Cabinet, a private WhatsApp voice-note in which developer Alex Borg boasts that “every crane in Gozo is mine” and jokes…
Golden Bay and Ramla l-Ħamra, two of Malta’s most cherished stretches of sand, are about to smell a lot less like an ashtray. The government will ring-fence small “smoking zones” on both beaches this summer, leaving the rest of the shoreline smoke-free for the first time in living memory. For locals who grew up with…
Żejtun’s squeezebox heroes have done it again. Sixteen accordionists from the village’s renowned Stella Maris Band Club have swapped the limestone alleys of their hometown for the canal-lined streets of the Netherlands, turning heads—and ears—during a four-day tour that ended on Sunday night. From a rousing set in Amsterdam’s Dam Square to a candle-lit concert…
Archbishop Charles Scicluna startled worshippers on Sunday when, from the steps of St John’s Co-Cathedral, he catalogued what he called the “betrayals of independence” that have corroded Malta since 1964. Preaching at the annual pontifical Mass that marks Independence Day, the usually soft-spoken Bishop of Malta ditched the customary polite homily and delivered a stinging…
**Abela at UN General Assembly as Malta Prepares to Recognise Palestinian State: A Defining Moment for Malta’s Foreign Policy** Prime Minister Robert Abela’s address at the United Nations General Assembly this week marked a pivotal moment for Malta’s international standing, as he announced the island nation’s intention to formally recognise the State of Palestine. The…
