Malta’s Hospitals Swamped by Summer H1N1 Wave Targeting Grandparents
Mater Dei’s corridors are filling with the sound of coughing again, but this time it isn’t tourists keeled over by July heat—it’s nanniet who danced at…
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Eight Seconds and Dropping: How Malta’s Attention Span Became Shorter Than a Pastizzi Queue
Eight Seconds and Dropping? Can You Hold Out Longer? It’s 7:43 a.m. On a Tuesday in Msida. The bus app swears your ride is “8 min away,” yet the dot on…
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Malta’s media at crossroads: How AI, SLAPPs and TikTok are reshaping island journalism
Journalism in an uncertain age: Malta’s newsrooms navigate AI, lawsuits and a public that scrolls faster than it reads Valletta – The telex machine that…
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Malta’s Triple Shock: Free Contraception, Floating Wind Farm & Rent Freeze Hit on Feast Day
Floriana’s Independence Arena was already humming by 07:30 this morning as Prime Minister Roberta Metsola stepped up to the microphone and declared 15…
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Was Charlie Kirk killed by social media?
Was Charlie Kirk Killed by Social Media? A Maltese Wake-Up Call The Mediterranean sun was already baking the limestone balconies of Valletta when…
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When magical thinking meets reality: How Malta’s village festas confront the age of Instagram
When magical thinking meets reality: How Malta’s village festas confront the age of Instagram The brass band strikes up a triumphal march, confetti…
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Pastizzi & Power Politics: How Malta Reacts When Empires Cry ‘Legitimate Interests’
Valletta’s Grand Harbour has seen every empire come and go—Phoenicians, Knights, French, British—each claiming “legitimate interests” while the islanders…
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Victoria School Reunion: Gozitan Alumni Turn Villa Rundle into Living Yearbook
Past Victoria school students get together The narrow streets of Victoria, Gozo, echoed with laughter last Saturday as more than 200 former students of…
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Malta CrediaBank Shareholder Confirms Foreign Probe, Vows Name Will Be Cleared
CrediaBank Probe: Maltese Shareholder Speaks Out, Island Waits for Fallout A Maltese shareholder in the embattled CrediaBank has broken his silence,…
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Malta’s Ink Rebellion: How Letters to the Editor Still Shake the Islands in 2025
Letters to the editor – September 15, 2025 By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s 17th-century printing press at the National Library is humming again, but this…
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Malta’s Grandparents Under Siege: Summer Flu Strain H3N2 Sparks Festa Cancellations and Nursing-Home Lockdowns
Ġuvni Nanna? Influenza A(H3N2) is sweeping through Malta’s over-65s at twice last summer’s pace, leaving families scrambling to reschedule festa…
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Malta’s Next Central Bank Chief? Alexander Demarco Set to Take the Helm
Alexander Demarco, the softly-spoken lawyer who has spent the last seven years whispering monetary policy into the Prime Minister’s ear, is odds-on to…
