Xemxija residents left fuming after repeated power cuts ——————————————————– By Luke Briffa – 09:45, 14 June 2024, St Paul’s Bay The summer sun had barely cleared the ridge above Mistra Bay when the lights in Xemxija blinked once, twice, then died. Again. For the third time in four days, the tiny seaside hamlet perched on…
A Night That Shook the Grand Harbour: One Man’s Fall, One Island’s Heart By Hot Malta Staff | 08:30 • 12 June 2024 It was just past 23:30 when the emergency call crackled over VHF Channel 12: “Urgent, man overboard—Valletta Waterfront, heavy fall.” Moments later, sirens sliced through the warm June air, racing along the…
Tourist fined and licence suspended after admitting to drink driving charges – but locals say the real damage is to Malta’s reputation A 28-year-old British tourist has been fined €1,200 and had his Maltese driving licence suspended for 18 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving in St Julian’s early Sunday morning. The incident, which unfolded…
Ballot boxes across Malta and Gozo shut at 8 p.m. sharp, but the buzz in village band clubs, parish squares and family WhatsApp groups is only getting louder. Tonight, the Nationalist Party chooses between two battle-scarred warriors: Alex Borg, the fresh-faced lawyer from Rabat who promises “a new page,” and Adrian Delia, the firebrand ex-leader…
ADPD turns up heat on Project Green in Mosta valley: “Who really benefits from this €50 million facelift?” The green benches of Parliament were barely warm on Monday afternoon when ADPD Chairperson Sandra Gauci strode out and handed the Office of the Ombudsman a thick dossier bound in recycled cardboard. Inside: photographs of uprooted carob…
Israel tells residents to leave Gaza City ahead of offensive: Malta watches, prays and mobilises By Luke Caruana, Valletta On a balmy Tuesday evening that normally belongs to after-work spritzes on Strait Street, televisions in every bar flickered with the same newsflash: Israel’s military has ordered the evacuation of all civilians from Gaza City ahead…
Grants for walking commuters and business tax breaks among SME budget proposals —————————————————————————– Valletta’s morning rush hour is no longer just a blur of honking horns and exhaust fumes. As the 2025 Budget Bill edges closer to debate, a quietly revolutionary clause is doing the rounds in the capital’s cafés: up-front grants of up to…
Seven developers have thrown their hats into the ring to deliver badly-needed affordable homes across Malta, the Planning Authority confirmed this week – the largest single response to any public land call in the last decade. The bids, submitted before Monday’s midnight deadline, cover three publicly-owned sites: the former Żonqor military barracks in Marsascala, the…
The Right to the Roof Over Our Heads: When Maltese Property Law Meets the Human Heart By Hot Malta On a narrow Sliema side-street, a 92-year-old woman named Maria* still hangs her washing from the same limestone balcony her mother used in 1948. Across the closed wooden door, a freshly printed court notice declares that…
Court overturns uninsured driving conviction after case is time-barred – a Maltese legal wake-up call By Sarah Vella, Hot Malta A €400 fine and six penalty points have been wiped off a Mellieħa driver’s record after Malta’s Court of Criminal Appeal ruled that prosecutors missed the two-year cut-off for pressing charges. The decision, handed down…
Alex Borg, Adrian Delia in Final Appeal for Votes as New Leader Elected Today Valletta’s narrow limestone alleys echoed with last-minute arguments and the rustle of party flyers this morning as the Nationalist Party (PN) closes one of the most turbulent leadership races in its modern history. By 6 p.m. today, either Alex Borg or…
# From Bondi to Balluta: How a Sydney Shark Attack is Sending Ripples Through Malta’s Summer Plans MALTA — When the Maltese sun is scorching and the sea beckons like a sapphire promise, nothing feels safer than a plunge off Sliema’s rocky shelves or a sunset snorkel at St. Peter’s Pool. Yet, 16,000 kilometres away,…
