**Living but at what cost?** *From €900-a-month rabbit-warren bedsits to €1,200 “luxury” car-ports with a fold-out sofa, Malta’s rental market has become a national blood-pressure spike. We talk to the families, students and pensioners who are “making it work” – and the economists who warn the island is pricing its own soul out of existence.*…
# MSE Wraps Week with €2.9m Turnover as Maltese Families Check Their ‘Sant’Anna’ Nest-Eggs **Valletta, Friday 19 September 2025 – 17:45** – The bronze bells of the Jesuit church had barely finished tolling when the last trade of the week flickered across the Malta Stock Exchange screen: 1,000 Bank of Valletta shares at €2.63, nudging…
A 34-year-old Birkirkara man is facing up to 20 years behind bars after police seized €10,000 worth of cocaine, heroin and cannabis from a lock-up in the shadow of the Santa Maria church, casting a fresh spotlight on Malta’s shifting drug corridors and the tight-knit communities caught in their cross-fire. Officers from the Drugs Squad…
**MTA Launches Second Edition of Malta Tourism Awards: Celebrating the Islanders Who Welcome the World** Valletta’s Grandmaster’s Palace buzzed with more than the usual tourist chatter yesterday as the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) unveiled the second edition of the Malta Tourism Awards, an initiative that locals are already calling “the Oscars of the hospitable island.”…
**Digital Platforms and Their Consequences for Democracy: A Maltese Wake-Up Call** On a humid August evening in Valletta, while tourists sip spritzes on Strait Street, a different kind of intoxication is unfolding on Maltese smartphones. Facebook groups buzz with political conspiracy theories, TikTok influencers shape youth opinions on abortion, and Telegram channels coordinate protests against…
**52-Year-Old Pedestrian Fighting for Life After Żabbar Crash: A Wake-Up Call for Malta’s Road Safety** A 52-year-old man is fighting for his life after being struck by a car in Żabbar on Monday evening, in an incident that has shaken the tight-knit southern community and reignited calls for safer streets across Malta. The accident occurred…
**Boom Times: 2.2 Million Visitors Choose Malta, Injecting €2 Billion into Island Life** Valletta’s cruise-liner horns haven’t stopped blushing. From January to July, 2.2 million travellers stepped onto Maltese tarmac, gangways and ferry decks—enough to fill the Granaries in Floriana five times over—and left behind €2.02 billion in their sun-baked wake. The figures, released yesterday…
**Sciortino Brothers Plead Guilty to Threatening Magistrate and Police Officers in Shocked Malta** In a case that has sent ripples through Malta’s tight-knit community, the Sciortino brothers this week pleaded guilty to threatening a magistrate and several police officers, bringing to a dramatic close a saga that has dominated local conversations from Valletta’s cafés to…
**Paola’s Health Centre Moves to Long-Awaited Hub: “Finally, a Clinic That Matches Our Pride”** After years of makeshift corridors and queues that spilled onto the pavement, Paola’s primary health services will finally shift into their long-promised, €14 million health hub this Monday, 24 June. Doors open at 07:00 sharp—nurses have already stocked the fridges, pharmacists…
**Justice Delayed: Maltese Man Cleared After 14 Months Behind Bars for Crime He Didn’t Commit** A Maltese father’s 14-month nightmare has ended after Malta’s Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his conviction for stealing, exposing critical flaws in the island’s justice system and sparking urgent calls for reform. Joseph* (name changed to protect identity), a 42-year-old…
From the honey-coloured limestone of Valletta classrooms to the sun-washed courtyards of Gozo’s primary schools, a quiet revolution is taking place. Over one hundred Maltese educators have just completed the first island-wide “Classroom Peace” training programme, an initiative that blends Mediterranean values of community and respect with cutting-edge emotional-intelligence techniques. The result? Calmer corridors, kinder…
Letters to the Editor: Malta’s Sunday-Morning Pulse 7 September 2025, Valletta – While the rest of Europe is still rubbing sleep from its eyes, Malta is already arguing over coffee. The Times of Malta’s letters page today is thicker than a ftira at a village festa, and the ink is barely dry before copies are…
