**British Tourist Dies in Blue Lagoon: Idyllic Cove Shaken by Summer Tragedy** Comino’s crystalline waters turned sombre yesterday afternoon when a 67-year-old British man lost consciousness while swimming and could not be revived, marking the third foreign-fatality in the Blue Lagoon this season and prompting fresh soul-searching across the islands about the price of postcard…
Alien of the Deep: First Bigfin Squid Sighted Off Gozo, Sending Shockwaves Through Malta’s Fishing Community By Hot Malta Correspondent A creature straight out of science fiction has slipped into Malta’s azure backyard. Last Tuesday, at 03:17 a.m., Gozo Channel fisherman Darren “Dudu” Saliba felt his nylon long-line go piano-wire tense. Expecting a dentex or…
Italian court orders extradition of Ukrainian in Nord Stream case – what it means for Malta ======================================================================================== Valletta, 14 June 2025 – When Magistrate Gabriella Vella read out her judgment on a small-time crypto fraud in Malta’s Courts of Justice last month, few realised the same building might soon echo with the fallout from an…
A sleek grey quadcopter lifts off above the Grand Harbour, its four rotors humming like an oversized wasp. From the Upper Barrakka Gardens, tourists point their phones skyward, expecting another influencer’s sunset reel. Instead, the drone suddenly freezes mid-air, shudders, and executes a neat U-turn back to the helipad of a nondescript white van parked…
**Pedestrian Injured in Victoria Accident: A Wake-Up Call for Gozo’s Capital** A 67-year-old local man was rushed to Gozo General Hospital yesterday evening after being struck by a car while crossing Republic Street in Victoria, sending shockwaves through the tight-knit community and reigniting long-standing concerns about pedestrian safety in the island’s bustling capital. The incident…
Robert Redford, the golden-haired icon who turned “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” into the cinematic equivalent of a Mediterranean sunset, has died at 89. News of his passing reached Malta just after dawn on Tuesday, flickering across phone screens in Sliema cafés and on fishing boats bobbing off Marsaxlokk. Within minutes the island did…
Robert Redford, the sun-creased icon who taught a generation how to grin against the odds, has ridden off into his final sunset. The 89-year-old actor, director and environmental crusader died peacefully at his California home on Thursday night, his publicist confirmed, leaving behind a canyon-deep legacy that stretches from Sundance to Sliema, from Butch Cassidy’s…
Court hears how suspect described Baħrija double murder to arresting officers ================================================================================ Valletta – The silence that normally settles over Baħrija at dusk was shattered two weeks ago when two gunshots echoed across the vine-laced valley. On Tuesday, a magistrate’s court learned exactly how the man accused of pulling the trigger allegedly explained those shots…
# EU says Israel’s Gaza City assault spells ‘death’, ‘destruction’ – Maltese MEPs lead calls for ceasefire as islanders rally in Valletta Valletta’s Republic Street fell silent for 60 seconds on Tuesday evening as hundreds of Maltese protesters—grandmothers clutching rosaries, students waving Palestinian keffiyehs, and tourists who had wandered into the candle-lit vigil—stood outside Parliament…
**’We pulled the children out in pieces’: Israel pummels Gaza City** The Mediterranean has always been Malta’s window to the world, but this week that window frames a horror show. While Valletta’s baroque balconies still drip with bougainvillea and Gozo’s churches echo with Sunday bells, our sea-view cafés flicker with footage that turns cappuccinos cold:…
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE has dropped a political bombshell that is reverberating inside Maltese living-rooms: if Israel is allowed to compete in next May’s Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Spain will stay home. The ultimatum—delivered late on Tuesday in Madrid—has pitched the festival we love to hate-watch into its sharpest crisis since Russia was expelled…
Watch: How Blue Lagoon will look after rehabilitation By Hot Malta Staff COMINO – The first drone footage dropped at 07:02 this morning and within minutes every family WhatsApp group from Siġġiewi to Xagħra was buzzing. In the 42-second clip the Blue Lagoon looks almost unrecognisable: the chrome-blue skin of water is still there, but…
