Valletta’s baroque balconies were draped in rainbow flags long before the first hymn echoed inside St John’s Co-Cathedral last Saturday. Inside, Archbishop Charles Scicluna had just proclaimed a “Jubilee of Grace” for LGBTQ+ Catholics—an historic concession that turned the island’s most hallowed nave into a technicolour tapestry of tears, cheers, and nervous genuflections. For many…
**See, Hear and Speak Out: How Malta’s Communities Are Turning Up the Volume on Justice** Valletta’s Republic Street at noon is a symphony of honking horns, clattering coffee cups and vendors hawking pastizzi. Yet beneath the everyday racket, a quieter chorus is swelling—one that invites every Maltese citizen to *see* injustice, *hear* the vulnerable and…
On the road not taken: How Malta’s forgotten routes are shaping our future The morning mist still clings to the limestone walls of Siġġiewi when 73-year-old Ċikku Camilleri swings open the iron gate that has guarded his family’s fields since 1897. Instead of turning left onto the freshly-laid tarmac that would whisk him to Rabat…
Watch: Alex Borg confident he can win election in less than a year By Hot Malta Staff | 7 min read “Give me eleven months, a rented Qormi garage and a WhatsApp group that never sleeps, and I’ll give you a seat in Parliament.” That’s the swaggering promise Alex Borg served up last night in…
**Albania’s AI Minister: Could Malta’s Next Cabinet Pick Be a Bot?** Valletta woke up yesterday to news that sounded like a *Black Mirror* pitch: Albania’s newest cabinet member, “Minister AIA,” is literally lines of code—an AI-generated avatar tasked with stamping out graft in infrastructure tenders. While Tirana celebrated its pixelated under-secretary for public works, Maltese…
Notte Bianca returns to Valletta ‘stronger and more inclusive’ – Owen Bonnici By Hot Malta Staff Valletta is set to reclaim its title as the island’s after-dark cultural capital when Notte Bianca lights up the fortifications on 5 October, promising what Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici calls “the…
**MFSA Review Finds Gaps in Payment Accounts Offered by Financial Institutions** In a small island nation where cash is still king at village festas and where your local barber greets you by name, the way we pay for things carries more cultural weight than most tourists realise. That’s why the Malta Financial Services Authority’s latest…
**Ireland threatens Eurovision boycott if Israel takes part** *Malta’s Eurovision community watches nervously as political storm clouds gather over 2024 contest* By [Author Name] | Hot Malta Valletta – While Malta’s Eurovision fans are still buzzing from The Busker’s feel-good trip to Liverpool, a fresh political storm is brewing that could split the contest down…
FBI Releases Picture of ‘Person of Interest’ in Charlie Kirk Killing: How a Far-Away Murder is Reverberating in Malta’s Living Rooms VALLETTA – When 29-year-old Charlie Kirk’s face flashed across TVM’s Tuesday night bulletin, Maltese viewers did a double-take. The American conservative activist wasn’t on air to debate EU migration policy—he was the victim of…
ADPD unveils ‘Green Vision’ as alternative to government’s Vision 2050 ————————————————————— By [Author Name], Hot Malta Floriana’s leafy Argotti Gardens were an apt stage on Sunday morning as ADPD chairperson Sandra Gauci unfurled a banner reading “A Green Vision for Malta, not a concrete delusion.” Flanked by cyclists, farmers from Żebbiegħ, and Gozitan students clutching…
**UK Seeks Extradition of Maltese Mother Accused of Assaulting Son: A Nation Divided** A quiet morning in a sleepy Gozo village has spiraled into a national conversation about justice, motherhood, and Malta’s place in an increasingly interconnected world. The UK’s formal request for the extradition of 38-year-old Maltese mother-of-two Marisa* (name changed to protect the…
Valletta’s evening television bulletins flickered with an image that looked alien yet chillingly familiar: a grainy FBI flyer bearing the face of a “person of interest” in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk. Within minutes, Maltese social media timelines were awash with side-by-side comparisons to video-game villains, memes of “The…
