Alex Borg’s “shadow cabinet” is no longer whispers in the Valletta cafés. On Sunday, flanked by the limestone façade of the Nationalist Party headquarters, the newly minted Opposition leader unveiled the team he says will hold Robert Abela’s government to account “from day one”. In a country where politics is a national sport, the line-up…
**10 Hours Later: Alex Borg Still Locked in Marathon Shadow Cabinet Talks as MPs Debate Malta’s Political Future** Valletta – As the sun set over the Grand Harbour and the city’s iconic limestone walls glowed amber, Nationalist Party MP Alex Borg remained holed up inside the Opposition headquarters in Pietà, locked in what has become…
Alex Borg begins shadow cabinet reshuffle By Hot Malta Newsroom | 09:42 • 24 June 2025 Valletta’s early-summer haze had barely lifted on Monday when Alex Borg, the Nationalist Party’s freshly re-elected leader, strode out of the doors of the Auberge d’Aragon and announced the first shake-up of his shadow cabinet. In a seven-minute press…
Robert Abela ‘shocked’ to hear Alex Borg’s comments on towers in Gozo By Hot Malta Newsroom VALLETTA – Prime Minister Robert Abela has declared himself “genuinely shocked” after Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri read aloud, in Cabinet, a private WhatsApp voice-note in which developer Alex Borg boasts that “every crane in Gozo is mine” and jokes…
Valletta’s historic Grandmaster’s Palace courtyard was packed to the rafters last night as Alex Borg stepped up to the makeshift stone podium and addressed his first mass meeting as leader of the tiny but influential Partit Demokratiku. Fireworks from a nearby festa lit the sky in accidental sync with his opening words—“Malta, tonight we turn…
Watch live: Alex Borg addresses his first mass meeting as party leader By Hot Malta Newsroom | 19:45 • 14 June 2024 Valletta’s Republic Street is already humming two hours before show-time. Pensioners perch on plastic yellow chairs clutching paper fans printed with the new party logo; teenagers in sleeveless tops weave between them selling…
Alex Borg finds common ground with Malta Chamber in first meeting as PN leader By Hot Malta Newsroom | 09:45 • 18 June 2025 Floriana’s historic Palazzo Ferreria was buzzing long before 8 a.m. yesterday, as Pastizzi Express scooters lined the pavement and suited CEOs queued alongside shop-floor stewards. They were all there for the…
**”We can win” – Alex Borg fires up PN in first Sunday speech to party** In a packed PN club in Mosta, newly elected Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg delivered his first Sunday morning speech to party faithful, declaring “we can win” as he outlined his vision for returning the party to power after more…
‘I’m in nobody’s pocket’ – Alex Borg The maverick Maltese snooker ace who refuses to be a puppet in anyone’s theatre By Hot Malta Staff Valletta – Walk into the Qawra Snooker Club on any given Tuesday night and the first thing you’ll hear is the clack of resin balls. The second is Alex Borg’s…
Alex Borg sworn in as Opposition leader: “I will be the people’s megaphone” Valletta – In a crisp noon ceremony inside the austere Parliament chamber, Alex Borg placed his right hand on the Maltese Constitution, repeated the oath of office, and instantly became the youngest-ever Leader of the Opposition in Malta’s post-independence history. The 36-year-old…
Prime Minister Robert Abela has extended a surprise invitation to firebrand radio host and self-styled “voice of the common man” Alex Borg for a closed-door meeting at Labour Party headquarters in Ħamrun, sending political tongues wagging across the islands and sparking a thousand WhatsApp voice notes before lunch. The summons, delivered by text message on…
Borg, Delia hold first meeting after PN election: a coffee, a handshake, and the ghost of 2017 Valletta’s Café Cordina was still perfumed with pastizzi steam yesterday morning when Bernard Grech’s two erstwhile rivals met for the first time since Saturday’s bruising Nationalist Party leadership contest. Adrian Delia, the ousted leader who refuses to leave…
