Our leaders say they are outraged… really? A Maltese reality check beneath the fireworks and façades By [Hot Malta Staff] Valletta’s balconies were still dripping red after last week’s spontaneous protest, yet by the time the cannons fired for the Sette Giugno ceremony, the Prime Minister was already tweeting about “national outrage” over yet another…
**Ex-Steward Malta CEO Armin Ernst Pleads Not Guilty to Hospitals Deal Charges as Nation Watches Courtroom Drama Unfold** The ghosts of Malta’s most controversial healthcare deal returned to haunt the nation yesterday as former Steward Malta CEO Armin Ernst pleaded not guilty to charges ranging from money laundering to fraud in connection with the hospitals…
Court experts deny having input in freezing orders issued in Vitals case ====================================================================== Valletta – In a twist that has Maltese cafés buzzing louder than the espresso machine at Café Cordina, the three court-appointed experts who combed through the Vitals Global Healthcare concession have formally denied recommending the €30 million freezing orders slapped on 13…
**Criminal report filed against ex-OPM, Lands chiefs on €13m Fortina case ‘fraud’** A criminal complaint has been lodged with Malta’s police commissioner accusing two former senior public officials of fraud, misappropriation and criminal conspiracy over the controversial €13 million expropriation of the Fortina Hotel’s seafront footprint in 2018. The report, signed by Repubblika president Robert…
Ian Borg vows to recover ‘every cent owed to the people’ after Fortina scandal By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s iconic seafront was unusually quiet yesterday morning, save for the clatter of camera shutters and the low hum of ministers’ motorcades. Inside the Fortina Spa Resort’s glass-walled conference room, Foreign and Tourism Minister Ian Borg fixed…
Fortina land deal shows ‘systemic corruption’ – Repubblika ———————————————————- Sliema’s glittering promenade, where elderly residents still recite rosaries on sea-front benches while influencers pose for sunset selfies, has become the latest theatre in Malta’s never-ending drama over public land. On Tuesday morning, as cruise passengers queued for ftira stalls nearby, activists from Repubblika laid a…
**‘Ban donations from big business’, Richard Cachia Caruana says** In a rare public intervention, veteran strategist Richard Cachia Caruana has called for an outright ban on corporate donations to Maltese political parties, warning that the island’s “kitchen-table democracy” is being quietly suffocated by board-room money. Speaking to students at the University of Malta’s Valletta campus…
Nepal’s Bloodshed Echoes in Valletta: How a Himalayan Massacre Strikes Home in Malta’s Fight for Digital Freedoms Valletta’s evening air was thick with chatter outside Café Cordina last night, but the espresso cups paused mid-sip when the news flashed across phone screens: Nepalese police had opened fire on demonstrators, killing at least 17 people who…
