**Hot Malta: Early ‘Indian Summer’ Expected as Temperatures Soar to 29°C This Weekend** Malta is gearing up for an unexpected ‘Indian summer’ this weekend, with temperatures set to hit a balmy 29°C. While the term ‘Indian summer’ is traditionally used to describe a brief period of warm weather in late autumn, Maltese residents are more…
Burmarrad’s fields fell silent at 3:47 a.m. on Tuesday when the last tongue of flame was finally drowned by a chain of beaters, backpacks and brine. What began as a spark on a stone-wall edge at 22:30 the previous night turned into a five-hour pitched battle between 34 firefighters, Civil Protection volunteers and a wind…
A Maltese legacy for global climate justice ================================================ The afternoon sun is still fierce when 73-year-old Toni Briffa locks the heavy wooden door of the family boathouse in Marsaxlokk. Inside, nets that once carried lampuki are folded next to a brand-new set of solar panels that will power the winch next season. “My father fished…
**Letters to the Editor – September 16, 2025: The Pulse of Malta Speaks** The letters page of any newspaper is often described as the nation’s diary, and this morning’s edition of the Times of Malta is no exception. As the island wakes to another golden September dawn, the voices of fishermen in Marsaxlokk, pensioners in…
**UK’s Largest Lake ‘Dying’ as Algae Blooms Worsen — What Malta Can Learn from Windermere’s Silent Collapse** By *Hot Malta Newsroom* | *Published 09:00, 14 June 2025* WINDERMERE, Lake District – The postcard-perfect waters that once inspired Wordsworth’s sonnets are now slipping beneath a fluorescent green shroud. Britain’s largest natural lake, Windermere, is being strangled…
