**Academic Demands Answers After Child Mental Health Unit ‘Fails Malta’s Most Vulnerable’** A leading Maltese psychologist has broken ranks to demand a full public inquiry into “systemic failures” at the country’s only in-patient child and adolescent mental health unit, warning that children as young as nine are being restrained, sedated and discharged prematurely because beds…
**Watch: Madrid Bar Explosion Injures 21 People – A Stark Reminder for Malta’s Hospitality Scene** A powerful explosion at a popular bar in Madrid’s tourist-heavy La Latina district has left 21 people injured, five of them seriously, after what authorities suspect was a gas leak. The blast, which tore through the two-storey building on Friday…
Watch: Hundreds march for Pride in Valletta as rainbow flags paint the capital Valletta’s limestone streets pulsed with colour on Saturday afternoon as more than 800 people marched from City Gate to St George’s Square for Malta’s first post-pandemic Pride parade since 2019. Drag queens in seven-inch heels clicked past 16th-century palazzos, families waved hand-painted…
**Ċirkewwa Fights Back: Over Half a Ton of Rubbish Hauled Away in Community Clean-Up** The sea at Ċirkewwa was glinting like polished glass on Saturday morning, but the real sparkle came from dozens of yellow-vested volunteers who fanned out across the peninsula to reclaim one of Malta’s most beloved gateways to Gozo. By the time…
A 61-year-old man is fighting for his life after a fierce blaze tore through a ground-floor maisonette in Pembroke in the early hours of Monday, sending shock-waves through a neighbourhood more accustomed to the clink of coffee cups than the wail of sirens. The fire broke out at 3:15 a.m. on Triq il-Patrijiet, a quiet…
Local plan revision to ‘hopefully’ start in two years’ time – PA CEO The man who effectively writes Malta’s planning rule-book has admitted that the long-overdue overhaul of the island’s Local Plans will “hopefully” begin only in 2026 – a full 17 years after they were last updated and six years after government promised a…
KATHMANDU – When 58-year-old school-teacher-turned-politician Onsari Gharti Magar was sworn in on Monday as Nepal’s first female Prime Minister, the Himalayan republic exhaled. After weeks of violent street protests that left 17 dead and hundreds injured, the capital’s usually grid-locked ring road fell quiet; shopkeepers rolled up their shutters and, in a symbolic break from…
**In photos: 15 images of Malta’s natural beauty in running for global prize** Fifteen stunning photographs showcasing Malta’s raw natural beauty have made it to the shortlist of an international photography competition, putting the islands’ hidden gems in the global spotlight. From the dramatic cliffs of Gozo to the crystal-clear waters of Comino, these images…
‘All hell broke loose’: Marsa resident recounts crash that damaged his home By Hot Malta Staff | 09 June 2025, 07:30 CEST MARSALFORN LANE, MALTA – At 02:17 last Sunday, Joseph “Ġoxx” Micallef was drifting off to the metallic hum of late-night drag-racers on Triq il-Marsa when the unmistakable crunch of twisting steel replaced the…
1,000 Police Lock Down London As Far-Right And Anti-Racist Crowds Clash—What It Means For Maltese Living In The Capital By Hot Malta Correspondent Valletta time: 16:45. While Sliema ferries bob gently in the afternoon sun, WhatsApp groups linking Maltese students in Camden and nurses in Hammersmith are pinging non-stop: “Avoid the Strand, tubes closed.” “Stay…
From the Bench – ‘Hurt Not the Trees’: When Malta’s Courts Became the Last Line of Defence for Our Last Greeneries By [Hot Malta Staff] Valletta, Malta – “Hurt not the trees,” wrote Mr Justice Toni Abela in a landmark sentence last week, quoting Revelation 7:3 as he upheld an injunction against a Sliema hotel…
**Man Arrested After Allegedly Leaving €100,000 Worth of Cannabis at the Airport** In a blunder that has left both law enforcement and locals shaking their heads, a man was arrested at Malta International Airport after allegedly abandoning a suitcase containing an estimated €100,000 worth of cannabis. The incident, which occurred earlier this week, has sparked…
