Floriana’s Independence Arena was already humming by 06:30 this morning as Prime Minister Roberta Pace took to the dais for the first of three back-to-back announcements that will shape Malta’s autumn. With the Knights’ banners overhead still flapping from last night’s village festa fireworks, Pace unveiled a €42 million “Green Roofs Initiative” that will subsidise…
**”Slime” Sensation: Marsascala’s Coastal Mystery Solved, But Questions Remain** Marsascala, the sun-kissed fishing village turned weekender magnet, woke up to an alien invasion last Sunday. By dawn, social media was frothing like a badly-poured Kinnie: photos of a glistening, khaki-coloured slick hugging the inner bay, captioned “#SlimeInMalta” and “something’s fishy in Marsa-scare-la”. Parents yanked toddlers…
No smoke on the horizon: Golden Bay and Ramla l-Ħamra stub out beach cigarettes Golden Bay’s sunset watchers and Ramla l-Ħamra’s early-morning swimmers have one less thing to cough about this summer. As of 1 June, both beaches are officially smoke-free except for small, sign-posted zones tucked behind the dunes. The ban, issued by the…
**‘Slime’ off Marsascala coast is foam, fish farm industry says** MARSASCALA – Early risers on the south-eastern promenade got more than their usual dose of sea breeze last weekend when a viscous, khaki-coloured film began creeping onto the rocky shoreline between St Thomas Bay and Żonqor Point. Videos of children poking the mystery goo with…
Archbishop Charles Scicluna startled worshippers on Sunday when, from the steps of St John’s Co-Cathedral, he catalogued what he called the “betrayals of independence” that have corroded Malta since 1964. Preaching at the annual pontifical Mass that marks Independence Day, the usually soft-spoken Bishop of Malta ditched the customary polite homily and delivered a stinging…
Survey vessel deployed for second Malta – Italy undersea cable: A new lifeline beneath the waves The azure channel between Malta and Sicily is more than a picturesque backdrop for sunset selfies; it is Malta’s umbilical cord to Europe. This week, the 85-metre survey vessel Ievoli Ivory dropped anchor off Marsaxlokk, her hull bristling with…
Fortina and the real cost to the State By Hot Malta Staff The first time most Maltese children see Fortina, it is from the upper deck of a yellow school bus crawling along the Tigné seafront: a jagged white wall that looks as if someone has glued a slice of Miami to the edge of…
Floriana’s Independence Arena was already humming at 07:30 this morning when Education Minister Dr. Justyne Caruana stepped up to the dais and declared 21 September 2025 “a textbook example of how Malta does more than mark history—we make it.” Against a backdrop of vintage luzzu sails dyed in the new national palette of white, red…
Feast of St Matthew, Pope’s Climate Plea and a New Nadur Band: How Sunday’s Religious Buzz is Re-wiring Malta Sliema’s 6 a.m. fishermen swear the sea was glass-calm on 21 September 2025, the kind of stillness locals call “ħarsa ta’ qaddis” – a saint’s own gaze. By 7 a.m. the same harbour was humming with…
Żepp’s Wake-Up Call: How One Man’s September 21 Protest Became a National Conversation Valletta’s Republic Street was still yawning itself awake on the morning of 21 September 2025 when Żepp Pisani, 67, parked his sky-blue 1979 Bedford van sideways across the City Gate archway, unfurled a hand-painted banner reading “Kif se nsalvaw il-futur?” and switched…
**Endling and Flash: Malta’s Quiet Gaming Revolution Signals a New Era of Quality** Valletta’s Republic Street was still yawning itself awake last Saturday when a queue began to curl outside the new GO outlet. Teenagers in hoodies clutched hand-painted cardboard foxes; grandparents asked if “this was the one about the last tiger on Earth?” They…
Court confirms sanctioning of illegalities at Fortina’s Sliema lido By Hot Malta staff The Court of Appeal has upheld a planning tribunal’s decision to sanction years of illegal development at the Fortina Lido on Sliema’s once-pristine foreshore, closing a chapter that many residents hoped would end with demolition rather than forgiveness. In a 42-page judgment…
