New watchdog on the block: Malta unveils patient-safety squad Floriana – In a small country where a single medical error can ricochet from one village feast to the next, the government has finally pulled together a dedicated committee to turn Malta’s first-ever Patient Safety Strategy from glossy PDF into day-to-day reality. Announced on Monday at…
Giorgio Armani, the soft-spoken tailor from Piacenza who turned a single bolt of beige fabric into a global empire, died peacefully at his Milan home on Thursday night, aged 91. While the news rippled across runways from Paris to Tokyo, the loss feels personal in Malta, where the designer’s sun-drenched palettes and unstructured jackets have…
Watch: PM defends Neville Gafà and Chris Cardona’s new appointments By Hot Malta Newsroom VALLETTA – Prime Minister Robert Abela stood firm this afternoon in a press conference that crackled with palpable tension, insisting that the controversial appointments of Neville Gafà and Chris Cardona to senior public posts are “entirely merit-based and in the national…
Man pleads not guilty to iron-bar assault on relative in Qormi, sending shockwaves through Malta’s tight-knit family culture A 37-year-old man from Qormi was arraigned on Thursday afternoon after allegedly striking a close relative with an iron bar during a heated argument that spilled out of a traditional townhouse onto Triq it-Tuff, one of the…
From the honey-coloured streets of Valletta to the ever-expanding skyline of St Julian’s, Malta has always been a place where old stone and fresh concrete jostle for space. Yet in the past decade the building boom has left more than just cranes on the horizon; it has littered the islands with half-finished shells—ghosts of apartments,…
Woman tells court she feared for her life as client allegedly raped her By HOT MALTA 18 June 2024 Valletta – A 26-year-old Maltese woman broke down in court yesterday as she recounted how a man who had paid her for consensual sex turned violent, pinned her against the wall of a Sliema flat and…
Malta Developers Association Slams Affordable Housing Scheme in Courtroom Showdown By Hot Malta Newsroom The marble corridors of the Palace of Justice in Valletta echoed with more than just footsteps this morning as the Malta Developers Association (MDA) served a judicial protest against the government’s Foundation for Affordable Housing (FAH). The move throws a Molotov…
Natasha Meli Daudey Appointed Malta’s New UN Representative: A Sliema Girl Takes Manhattan The WhatsApp groups of Sliema’s tight-knit community lit up before the official press release even dropped: “U ejja, our Tash is going to the UN!” By lunchtime, the village band club had already rehearsed a celebratory marċ, and the kiosk by the…
Malta sees biggest improvement in foreign investment ranking: A Mediterranean triumph that’s already reshaping village life Valletta – The latest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index, released this week by global consultancy Kearney, has delivered the sweetest of surprises to our sun-splattered archipelago: Malta leapt twelve places to 24th out of 25 ranked economies—the single…
Catechist who allegedly used fake profile to lure under age boys is granted bail A 36-year-old parish catechist from Żebbuġ walked out of the Valletta courthouse on Monday evening after Magistrate Astrid May Grima granted him bail against a €10,000 personal guarantee and a €20,000 third-party guarantee. The man, whose identity is still protected by…
For love of country – in Malta, the phrase is never abstract. It echoes from honey-coloured bastions at sunset, flickers on festa fireworks over Għaxaq, and hums beneath every conversation at the village kazin. But what does “love of country” actually look like on an island smaller than most European cities, where everyone knows your…
Maltese MEPs Meet Former Palestine Prime Minister Amidst Gaza ‘Genocide’: A Mediterranean Island’s Cry for Justice In a dimly lit conference room at the European Parliament’s Brussels headquarters last Tuesday, Maltese MEPs Alex Agius Saliba and Josianne Cutajar sat opposite Dr. Rami Hamdallah, former Prime Minister of the State of Palestine. Over strong Arabic coffee…
