Petromal’s New Chairman Was Part of Committee That Recommended Vitals – and the Island Is Already Grumbling By Hot Malta Staff | 07 June 2025 | Local News, Politics Valletta’s summer haze hadn’t even properly settled when the appointment landed like a pastizz that’s been left in the fryer too long: Petromal – the state…
Marsascala’s skyline has been dominated by the skeletal silhouette of the Jerma Palace Hotel since 2007, the year the five-star resort closed its doors for good. Once a by-word for 1980s glitz—think penthouse suites, a casino where tuxedos outnumbered T-shirts, and wedding receptions that spilled confetti onto the seafront promenade—the building is now a 12-storey…
**Man Seriously Injured After Fall in St Julian’s: A Wake-Up Call for Paceville’s Party Strip** A man is fighting for his life after a serious fall in St Julian’s early Sunday morning, reigniting concerns about safety in Malta’s premier nightlife district. The incident occurred at approximately 3:30 AM on Triq Sant’Andrija, near the bustling heart…
# Malta’s Place in a Turbulent World: How Global Shocks Ripple Through Our Tiny Island Valletta’s morning traffic still hums along Republic Street, café terraces are full of tourists sipping €3 cappuccinos, and the 8 a.m. Gozo Channel ferry leaves Ċirkewwa on the dot. From a distance, Malta looks unchanged. Yet behind the pastel façades,…
**Mother Vera: one to watch out for** Valletta’s Strait Street has seen it all—sailors on 48-hour shore leave, jazz trios sweating through August nights, and, more recently, drag brunches that spill onto Facebook feeds faster than you can say “Pastizzi and Prosecco.” But even this hardened artery of Maltese nightlife wasn’t ready for Mother Vera….
Can One Pay Packet Still Keep a Maltese Roof Over Your Head? The reality of single-income living in 2024 By Kristina Zammit VALLETTA – On the surface, Malta’s job market is booming. Unemployment is stuck at a historic 3 %, cranes puncture every skyline and recruiters still plaster bus stops with “Urgently Needed” stickers. Yet…
**Dreams from Malta: Four Visual Narratives Capture Island Life Through Local Eyes** In a dimly lit Valletta studio, four Maltese photographers are transforming personal visions into collective memory. Their exhibition “Dreams from Malta,” opening this Friday at Spazju Kreattiv, offers more than aesthetic pleasure—it’s a mirror held up to contemporary Maltese identity, reflecting both aspirations…
**Watch: Investigators plead for public’s help in Charlie Kirk killing** The grainy CCTV footage flickers across Maltese screens like a scene from Netflix, but this is no crime drama. Charlie Kirk – the 23-year-old British tourist whose smile lit up TikTok feeds from Paceville to Pembroke – is dead, and Malta’s summer of carefree parties…
Floriana’s Independence Arena was already humming by 07:30 this morning as school bands tuned their drums beneath the orange-flecked ħarruba trees. By the time the Chief Herald stepped onto the stone dais at 08:00 sharp, the crowd—grandparents clutching plastic bottles of Kinnie, toddlers waving paper Maltese crosses—had swollen well past the 5 000 mark. The…
Letters to the editor – September 12, 2025 By Hot Malta staff The traditional “letters to the editor” page has always been Malta’s most democratic square metre of newsprint, but this morning’s bundle in the Times of Malta, Malta Today and L-Orizzont feels less like a polite column and more like a national group-chat that…
Valletta’s baroque balconies were draped in rainbow flags long before the first hymn echoed inside St John’s Co-Cathedral last Saturday. Inside, Archbishop Charles Scicluna had just proclaimed a “Jubilee of Grace” for LGBTQ+ Catholics—an historic concession that turned the island’s most hallowed nave into a technicolour tapestry of tears, cheers, and nervous genuflections. For many…
**See, Hear and Speak Out: How Malta’s Communities Are Turning Up the Volume on Justice** Valletta’s Republic Street at noon is a symphony of honking horns, clattering coffee cups and vendors hawking pastizzi. Yet beneath the everyday racket, a quieter chorus is swelling—one that invites every Maltese citizen to *see* injustice, *hear* the vulnerable and…
