Hidden behind a stack of dusty ledgers in the sacristy of the Archbishop’s Palace in Valletta, a rolled canvas no wider than a church candle has sent ripples of excitement through Malta’s art world. Signed boldly in the bottom-right corner “Sylvester Querius fecit 1709”, the small oil painting—a luminous Nativity bathed in Mediterranean moonlight—has just…
Emergency Care Talks at ‘Advanced Stage’: Malta’s Pet Parents Breathe a Little Easier By Hot Malta Newsroom | 24 June 2024, 09:30 CEST It’s 2 a.m. in Żabbar. Maria Vella’s six-year-old French bulldog, Bruno, has started gasping for air after swallowing a chicken bone at a family bbq. A frantic call to the nearest 24-hour…
Valletta, 11 July – The amber glow of a Mediterranean sunset over the Grand Harbour last night felt almost surreal against the backdrop of news that Russia had unleashed its largest air assault of the war on Kyiv, striking the very seat of Ukraine’s government. In cafés along Strait Street, where tourists usually clink Cisk…
PN leadership election result a sign of party chaos – Abela Hot Malta, Valletta Prime Minister Robert Abela did not mince words as he stepped off the Auberge de Castille’s sweeping staircase Monday evening, minutes after Bernard Grech scraped through a confidence vote that keeps him at the helm of the Nationalist Party. “What we…
**Jarmusch’s Indie Triumph Resonates in Malta’s Creative Circles as Gaza War Film Misses Out** Valletta – While the lagoon city of Venice basked in late-summer spotlight last weekend, filmmakers on Malta’s own sun-bleached stones followed every update from the Lido. The reason? Jim Jarmusch, patron saint of off-beat cinema, walked away with the Golden Lion…
Two men arrested following late-night argument outside Ta’ Qali establishment Hot Malta | 5 min read The usually placid night air of Ta’ Qali was broken just after 1 a.m. on Sunday when an argument between two patrons outside a well-known entertainment venue escalated into a scuffle loud enough to wake residents in the surrounding…
Watch: ‘Have faith, we can win’, Borg tells supporters in first speech Valletta’s iconic Triton Fountain was bathed in red and white last night as hundreds gathered to hear the first major address from newly-crowned Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech Borg. In a speech that lasted just under 25 minutes, Borg leaned into Maltese folklore,…
On a balmy evening in Sliema, 23-year-old gaming artist Martina Pace was sipping a ħelwa tat-Tork latte when her phone buzzed with a message that made her heart sink: “Your Apple ID has been compromised.” Within minutes she realised the message was a scam, but the panic lingered. “I grew up here thinking nothing bad…
Language, Deep Listening and the Need for a New Maltese Mythos By Lara Pace, Valletta On any given evening in Strait Street, the chatter ricochets from Maltese to English, with sudden detours into Italian, French and the occasional Arabic greeting. Tourists hear music; locals hear history. Yet beneath the polyglot surface, something subtler is happening:…
From the honey-coloured bastions of Valletta to the quiet village cores of Gozo, Malta’s built environment is more than stone and mortar—it is the diary of a nation. Yet as our islands sprint toward a 21st-century economy, the question is no longer simply “What are we building?” but “How are we building it together?” Enhancing…
CX is not a department − it’s the service chain that keeps us relevant By Hot Malta Correspondent, Valletta Waterfront Walk into any pastizzi kiosk at 6 a.m. and you will see Malta’s most honest lesson in Customer Experience (CX). The baker knows Mrs. Camilleri wants her ftira ħobż biż-żejt sliced thin because her dentures…
The Data Act: a new era for Europe’s data economy – what it means for a Maltese family running a pastizzeria from their kitchen in Żabbar, a Gozitan start-up gamifying village history, and every tourist tapping free Wi-Fi outside the Tritons fountain. Picture Marija Psaila, 29, juggling a tray of ricotta pastizzi in her grandmother’s…
