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Malta’s Revolutionary Dementia Course: How October Programme is Transforming Family Care Across the Islands
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

**At Home with Dementia: October Course Brings Hope to Maltese Families** As autumn’s golden light bathes Malta’s honey-coloured limestone buildings, hundreds of local families are preparing for a different kind of seasonal transition. This October, the Malta Dementia Society launches its pioneering “At Home with Dementia” course—a four-week programme that promises to transform how Maltese…

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Business | Local News

Malta pilots offered to halt protests ‘four times’ as Air Malta stand-off deepens
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

ALPA: Union offered to suspend directives ‘several’ occasions, but talks with Malta International Airport remain grid-locked The tarmac at Malta International Airport (MIA) has been quieter than usual, and not because of off-season schedules. For the third week running, Air Malta pilots—members of the Airline Pilots’ Association (ALPA)—have stuck to a work-to-rule that is rippling…

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Community | Local News

Malta’s ageing cats are getting dementia: 8 warning signs every owner must know
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

**Cats get dementia too – here are the eight signs to look out for** Valletta retiree Maria Camilleri first noticed something was off when 17-year-old Tigger strolled onto her Sliema balcony and forgot how to use the cat-flap he’d flown through for a decade. “He just sat there, meowing at the glass, as if the…

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Community | Culture

How Hedymeles, a Dark Maltese Fairytale, Is Saving Bees and Memories
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

**Hedymeles: A Fairytale for Adults That’s Enchanting Malta’s Creative Scene** In a country where Baroque facades meet TikTok trends, a new hybrid creature has landed: *Hedymeles*, a limited-edition art-and-text volume that reads like a Brothers Grimm tale after three shots of local honey liquor. The project—half illuminated manuscript, half graphic novel—was quietly launched last month…

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Community | Local News

Malta’s Favourite Blood Sport: Inside the September 17 Letters Avalanche
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

Letters to the editor – September 17, 2025 By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s morning sun had barely hit the honey-coloured stones of Republic Street when the first email landed in our inbox. By 09:30, the digital pile numbered 47; by deadline, 123. In a country where the population could fit inside a medium-sized Italian stadium,…

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Community | Local News

Malta’s Hidden Crisis: Why Domestic Violence Survivors Face More Chaos Than Justice
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

**Domestic Violence Cases Need Management, Not Mayhem: Malta’s Urgent Call for Systemic Change** The echo of breaking glass at 3 AM on a narrow Valletta street. A neighbour’s whispered phone call to 179. The blue flashing lights that follow. These scenes have become tragically familiar across Malta’s townhouse-lined villages, where behind centuries-old limestone façades, domestic…

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Culture | Foreign

From Valletta to Buckingham Palace: How Epstein Protest Echoes Malta’s Fight for Justice
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

**Protesters Beam Epstein Video at UK Castle Before Trump Visit: A Maltese Lens on Global Power and Accountability** As protesters projected images of Jeffrey Epstein onto the walls of Buckingham Palace ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to the UK, the spectacle resonated far beyond British shores—reaching the sun-drenched limestone balconies of Valletta and prompting Maltese…

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Community | Culture

From Valletta to Seville: How Malta’s Festa Fire Took Over Spain’s Holy Week
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

A Maltese Feast Tradition in Spain: How Valletta’s Band Club Brought Festa Fire to Seville By Luke Caruana The April air in Seville’s Macarena district crackled with saffron and brass. Locals leaned from wrought-iron balconies as a red-and-white confetti storm swirled above the procession. At first glance it looked like any Spanish Semana Santa march:…

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Business | Local News

Malta’s Triple Threat: How a Tiny Island Turns Crisis into Superpower
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

Valletta’s morning light catches the honey-stone of the bastions and, for a second, the capital looks unchanged since 1565. Look closer, though, and you’ll spot rooftop solar panels glinting beside baroque statues, delivery drones skimming the Grand Harbour where galleys once moored, and a start-up crew live-streaming their pitch from a 17th-century palazzo. That contrast—antique…

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Malta’s Game-Changing September 17 Announcements: From Bluer Seas to Free Museums and a 2027 Games Bid
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

# Announcements – September 17, 2025: A Maltese Mosaic of Change, Celebration, and Community Spirit Valletta’s morning sun glinted off the baroque balconies as Prime Minister Robert Abela stepped up to the microphone in St George’s Square, flanked by the scarlet-coated Malta Philharmonic Orchestra brass section. The date—17 September 2025—will be etched into parish logbooks…

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Malta architects sound alarm: ‘Our construction addiction is destroying 7,000 years of heritage’
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

**Architects warn Malta’s construction frenzy is ‘eating the future’ – and the past** Valletta – Walk down any village street at 6 a.m. and the soundtrack is identical: pneumatic hammers, steel cutters and the low rumble of trucks dumping limestone dust into the dawn. To many Maltese, the noise has become the heartbeat of a…

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Local News | Politics

Muscat sparks fury defending dead judge in Fortina scandal: Malta split over honour vs accountability
ByHot Malta 17 September 2025

‘In bad taste’: Joseph Muscat defends dead judge in Fortina report scandal By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s seafront was still buzzing with Tuesday-afternoon ice-cream queues when former prime minister Joseph Muscat took to Facebook to slam a parliamentary report that blamed the late Judge Antonio Mizzi for the 1990s Fortina hotel concession. Within minutes, the…

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