**Echoes Across the Med: How Jerusalem’s 800-Year-Old Organ Strikes a Chord in Malta** Valletta’s church bells had barely finished their Sunday cascade when the video landed in Maltese WhatsApp groups: a cedar-wood organ, silent since the Crusades, exhaling a chord that seemed to rise straight from the stone of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre….
Maltese MEPs back Gaza ceasefire, sanctions on Hamas, urgent humanitarian aid By [Author Name], Hot Malta Valletta – All six Maltese members of the European Parliament have thrown their weight behind a cross-party resolution demanding an “immediate and sustained” ceasefire in Gaza, targeted EU sanctions on Hamas leaders, and a humanitarian corridor that would allow…
Gay rights activists disrupt Rebecca Buttigieg speech after member detained ===================================================================== Valletta – A routine parliamentary outreach event turned confrontational on Wednesday evening when activists from Malta’s LGBTQ+ community interrupted a public address by Labour MP Rebecca Buttigieg, protesting the brief detention of a fellow campaigner outside the University of Malta conference hall. The activist,…
**Paola’s Health Centre Moves to Long-Awaited Hub: “Finally, a Clinic That Matches Our Pride”** After years of makeshift corridors and queues that spilled onto the pavement, Paola’s primary health services will finally shift into their long-promised, €14 million health hub this Monday, 24 June. Doors open at 07:00 sharp—nurses have already stocked the fridges, pharmacists…
Project Green begins work on new park in Fgura By Hot Malta Staff Fgura’s skyline of honey-coloured blocks and parish-dome glitter is about to get its first real lung. On Monday morning, bulldozers painted in the fresh mint livery of Project Green rolled onto a 4,500-square-metre wedge of disused government land just off Triq il-Fgura…
Motorcyclist Fighting for Life After Żebbuġ Crash Re-ignites Island-Wide Safety Debate A 27-year-old rider from Siġġiewi is in critical condition at Mater Dei Hospital after losing control of his Honda CBR on the winding stretch of Triq il-Kbira, Żebbuġ, just after 6 a.m. yesterday. The impact, which scattered debris across the 17th-century village core, has…
**Justice Delayed: Maltese Man Cleared After 14 Months Behind Bars for Crime He Didn’t Commit** A Maltese father’s 14-month nightmare has ended after Malta’s Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his conviction for stealing, exposing critical flaws in the island’s justice system and sparking urgent calls for reform. Joseph* (name changed to protect identity), a 42-year-old…
Adrian Delia deletes ‘racist’ post, claiming he was misinterpreted: how a midnight meme lit Malta’s internet on fire By 2 a.m. on Tuesday, the WhatsApp forwards had already reached Gozo. A grainy screen-grab—Nationalist MP Adrian Delia sharing a Facebook meme that juxtaposed a photo of a crowded Ħamrun street with the caption “Is this Malta…
Peter Mandelson Sacked as UK Ambassador to US Over Epstein Links: Why Malta Should Care Valletta woke up to diplomatic tremors this morning as news broke that Lord Peter Mandelson has been abruptly recalled from Washington, the first time a British ambassador has been dismissed mid-post since the Suez Crisis. The official line from Whitehall…
**Gay Rights Activists Interrupt Rebecca Buttigieg After Member Detained: A Defining Moment for Malta’s Pride Movement** Valletta’s Republic Street fell silent for a split-second on Saturday evening when Equality Minister Rebecca Buttigieg took the mic at the Labour Party’s Festa Labrittanija. Within moments, chants of “Shame! Shame!” erupted from a cluster of rainbow-flagged protestors who…
**Malta’s Animal Lovers Rally as Japanese Donors Distance Themselves from ‘Cat Killer’** Valletta – When news broke last week that a 30-year-old Japanese tourist had been caught on CCTV drowning a stray cat inside a plastic bag at St Julian’s Spinola Bay, the clip went viral across both islands within hours. But while Magistrate Monica…
**Gozo’s Azure Window may be gone, but Malta is about to flex its own global muscle.** Former World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall— the 2017 champion who once dead-lifted 500 kg and can flip a Mini Cooper like a pancake— has chosen the Maltese Islands as the backdrop for his newest sports-entertainment series, tentatively titled *Hall…
