Man who emptied 82-year-old mother’s life-savings walks free after Court of Appeal quashes 18-month jail term In a decision that has sent shock-waves through tight-knit Maltese neighbourhoods, the Court of Criminal Appeal has overturned the conviction of a 56-year-old man from Żejtun who siphoned more than €100,000 from his widowed mother’s BOV account over three…
From the sun-washed limestone balconies of Valletta to the fragrant back-alleys of Bangkok, a single headline is sending ripples across the globe: Thailand’s new Prime Minister is none other than cannabis mogul-turned-politician Anutin Charnvirakul. For Malta—a Mediterranean island that only last year opened its first legal, non-medical cannabis clubs—the news feels both distant and oddly…
Why Mirabelle Died: A Maltese Tale of Loss, Nostalgia and the Price of Progress By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s harbour cranes still hum at dawn, but in the back streets of Gżira the silence feels louder than ever. Mirabelle is gone. The tabby cat that spent sixteen years sun-bathing on the doorstep of the former…
**Police and Priests Are Human Too: Malta’s Unrealistic Expectations of Its Authority Figures** In a nation where the parish priest still commands front-row respect at village festas and where a police constable’s whistle can clear a street faster than any traffic light, Maltese society clings to an old, unspoken contract: authority figures are supposed to…
**Targeting ALS through collaboration across continents** *From Malta’s sun-baked limestone labs to the frosted windows of Boston’s biotech towers, a quiet alliance is forming against one of humanity’s cruelest neuro-diseases—and the island is punching far above its weight.* Valletta’s evening cannon had just boomed across the Grand Harbour when Dr. Rebecca Vella, neurologist at Mater…
# A Financial Flex Too Far: When Maltese Opulence Bites Back The Balzan villa was supposed to be the crown jewel—three floors of imported Carrara marble, a subterranean cinema that seats 20, and a rooftop infinity pool that spills toward the twinkling lights of Valletta. Instead, it has become a cautionary tale whispered over pastizzi…
From the honey-coloured limestone of Valletta classrooms to the sun-washed courtyards of Gozo’s primary schools, a quiet revolution is taking place. Over one hundred Maltese educators have just completed the first island-wide “Classroom Peace” training programme, an initiative that blends Mediterranean values of community and respect with cutting-edge emotional-intelligence techniques. The result? Calmer corridors, kinder…
Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: How Malta’s Quiet Ones Are Finally Being Heard By Luke Briffa On a Wednesday evening in Birkirkara, the parish hall is bathed in golden light and the aroma of imqaret. Folding chairs scrape against the tiles as a hush falls over the room. Carmela, 72, steps up to the…
Board games “have the power to transform our view of the world” – and nowhere is that truer than on the sun-bleached limestone streets of Malta. On any given Wednesday evening, the back room of The Comic Conspiracy in Msida rattles with laughter and the clatter of meeples. Students, pensioners, off-duty chefs and government clerks…
Lorenzo Agius brings Hollywood celebs and global icons to Valletta ————————————————————- Valletta’s limestone bastions have seen everything from Ottoman cannon-fire to NATO warships, but last week they bore witness to an invasion of a gentler kind: a flash-mob of A-listers, supermodels and music legends summoned by British-Maltese photographer Lorenzo Agius. In less than 48 hours,…
Virtual Assets and Fintech: The Mediterranean Wave Malta Can Still Ride By Ariadne Micallef, Valletta On a sun-drenched Monday in May, the usual chatter at Nenu the Artisan Baker is no longer about ftira toppings but about Bitcoin. “My nephew just sold an NFT of a Maltese fishing boat for €4,000,” beams 68-year-old Ġanni from…
Suicide: proactive prevention How Malta is swapping silence for solidarity By Laura Vella | 09 June 2024 The limestone walls of Valletta glow amber at sunset, but behind the honey-coloured facades many Maltese families carry a private shadow: suicide. For decades the subject was wrapped in a lace curtain of hushed whispers, Our-Lady-of-Sorrows novenas and…
