Traffic Overtakes Cost of Living as Malta’s Biggest Concern
Traffic Overtakes Cost of Living to Become People’s Single Biggest Concern In recent years, Malta has witnessed a significant shift in the concerns that…
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Malta’s Letters to the Editor Ignite National Debate: Lampuki, Language and the Price of Rabbit
Letters to the editor – September 29, 2025 By Luke Caruana, Hot Malta staff writer The Monday print run of Times of Malta may have landed on doorsteps at…
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€150 to watch Malta play? Fans cry foul as Netherlands match tickets cost more than rent
Tickets for Malta-Netherlands clash priced higher than monthly rent, fans fume By Hot Malta Newsroom Football-crazy Maltese families were left…
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Boomerang Kids: Why More Maltese Adults Are Moving Back Home (and How They’re Surviving It)
Back to the Nest: Why More Maltese Adults Are Moving Back Home (and How They’re Surviving It) The limestone steps that once echoed with the thud of…
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Malta’s Student Stipends Secured: Education Minister Promises 5% Boost and New Rent Top-Up
Stipends will stay and will only be strengthened – Education Minister In a move that has sent waves of relief through lecture halls and family kitchens…
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Malta’s Smallest Parliament: How Today’s Letters to the Editor Are Rewriting the Island
Letters to the editor – September 24, 2025 By Hot Malta staff Valletta’s morning sun had barely gilded the limestone balconies when the first email landed…
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Living but at what cost? How Malta’s rental crisis is eroding the island’s soul
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…
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Malta’s Money Mirage: When the Gospel Spoils the GDP Party
From the Gospel: Money… not funny at all By a Hot Malta Correspondent It’s Sunday morning in Birkirkara. The church bells have just finished echoing…
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Valletta diners priced out: Malta capital now 4th least affordable EU city to eat out, study shows
Valletta among least affordable EU cities for locals to dine out, study finds For generations of Maltese, the ritual was sacred: knock off work, meet…
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Malta’s Inflation Crisis: Why Your Pastizzi Costs More as Prices Surge Past EU Average
Inflation Bites: Maltese Families Feel the Squeeze as Prices Outpace EU Average The aroma of fresh pastizzi wafting through Valletta’s morning air now…
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Malta’s Global Crossroads: How War, Chips & Grain Prices Shape Your Hobż biż-żejt
Malta’s Place in a Turbulent World: How Global Shocks Ripple Through Our Tiny Island Valletta’s morning traffic still hums along Republic Street, café…
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Pastizzi Price Shock: Malta’s 60-Cent Crisis Sparks National Soul-Searching
“Pastizzi may be the death of us” – the WhatsApp voice note that ricocheted through Maltese group chats last week wasn’t warning about a new cholesterol…
