Fortina land deal shows ‘systemic corruption’ – Repubblika ———————————————————- Sliema’s glittering promenade, where elderly residents still recite rosaries on sea-front benches while influencers pose for sunset selfies, has become the latest theatre in Malta’s never-ending drama over public land. On Tuesday morning, as cruise passengers queued for ftira stalls nearby, activists from Repubblika laid a…
**“Gaza is burning,” minister says as Israel unleashes major bombardment – Maltese streets echo with calls for peace** Valletta’s usually sun-drenched Republic Street fell unusually quiet yesterday evening as 300 Maltese – Palestinians, Arabs, Jews and Maltese citizens – stood shoulder-to-shoulder outside Parliament, candles flickering in the warm March breeze. Their silence was broken only…
A centuries-old canvas that survived Napoleonic plunder, damp limestone walls and even a misguided 1970s varnish has been returned to its rightful home in the heart of Gozo, and the village of Żebbuġ greeted it like a long-lost relative. On Sunday, after a 14-month conservation campaign financed entirely by local donations, the 1768 oil painting…
**Gozo’s Stone Saints Go Postal: New MaltaPost Festa Stamps Celebrate Island’s Living Tradition** Victor Camilleri’s garage in Xagħra smells of paraffin and sawdust. For 35 years the 68-year-old has carved, sanded and painted the statues that will be hoisted on shoulders in August for the feast of the Assumption. This summer, however, his workshop has…
**Malta Marks September 16 with Pride, Promise and a Pinch of Pagentry** *by our newsroom | Tuesday, 16 September 2025* Valletta’s Grand Harbour cannon boomed at noon today, heralding a raft of national announcements that blended heritage, hard cash and high hopes for the future. While the rest of Europe treated Tuesday as routine, Malta…
Rubio Asks Qatar to Stay as Mediator After Israeli Strike: What Malta’s Century-Old Neutrality Teaches the World Valletta’s Upper Barrakka gardens were unusually busy at sunrise on Tuesday. Joggers paused mid-stride, phones tilted toward the horizon where, beyond the bastions, a Malta-flagged frigate slipped silently out of Grand Harbour. On deck, sailors in white gloves…
**Has Your Clothing Been Produced Ethically? Malta’s Fashion Revolution Starts in Your Wardrobe** That €5 t-shirt hanging in your Sliema closet might seem like a bargain, but the real cost could be measured in someone else’s suffering. As Malta’s fashion-conscious consumers increasingly question where their clothes come from, a quiet revolution is unfolding across the…
Valletta’s evening air was thick with more than August humidity on Monday. As Parliament’s bells tolled six, a hush fell over the small crowd huddled outside the Israeli Embassy in Floriana. Candles flickered against posters that read “Għajnuna għal Gaza” – Help for Gaza – in Maltese, English and Arabic. By sunrise the vigil had…
Citizenship is not a commodity. It’s a commitment. A Maltese reflection on what it really means to belong By 8 a.m. on any given Sunday, the square outside Mosta basilica smells of incense, espresso and the last wisps of qassatat cooling in paper bags. Inside, old women recite the rosary in Maltese so thick with…
**Letters to the Editor – September 16, 2025: The Pulse of Malta Speaks** The letters page of any newspaper is often described as the nation’s diary, and this morning’s edition of the Times of Malta is no exception. As the island wakes to another golden September dawn, the voices of fishermen in Marsaxlokk, pensioners in…
Cave dig expands to learn more about hunter-gatherers —————————————————- Għar Dalam’s ancient whispers are about to get louder. This week, Heritage Malta and the University of Malta announced a three-year extension of the “First Malta” project, a €1.2 million excavation that is burrowing deeper into the island’s only known Mesolithic rock shelter. For the first…
**Are smokeless tobacco products the key to helping Malta quit cigarettes?** On any given evening in Strait Street, the scent of cigarette smoke mingles with the sea breeze as patrons spill out of bars, their glowing tips tracing conversations into the night. Yet beneath this familiar tableau, a quieter revolution is brewing: pouches of nicotine…
