Brussels has bitten back. On a humid Tuesday morning, while most of Malta was still debating whether the first ħobż biż-żejt of the season needed more ripe tomatoes, the European Commission quietly fired off a letter of formal notice: Malta is being hauled into EU court for failing to police the very plants that paint…
**Malta’s Sunny Economy Faces Storm Warning: EU Report Flags Islands Among Most Weather-Exposed** Valletta – For generations, Maltese children have been warned that “ix-xemx mhux dejjem tidħol bieb it-tieqa” – the sun doesn’t always shine through the same window. Now Brussels has turned the proverb into hard numbers: Malta ranks third among all EU economies…
Valletta’s Grand Harbour usually greets cruise-ship horns and summer fireworks, but last Tuesday the harbour-front bar TVs were tuned to a different spectacle: ARTE Europe Weekly’s sobering report “Is Russia’s hybrid war entering a new phase?” Patrons who expected the usual Euro-drama found themselves watching analysts trace disinformation arcs from the Baltic to the Mediterranean….
Clyde Caruana warns EU risks social unrest if defence spending cuts into welfare ================================================================================ Valletta – Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has fired a blunt warning shot across the bows of Europe: if the Union plugs its new defence ambitions by raiding the same pot that pays for pensions, health and social housing, “the streets will…
# EU says Israel’s Gaza City assault spells ‘death’, ‘destruction’ – Maltese MEPs lead calls for ceasefire as islanders rally in Valletta Valletta’s Republic Street fell silent for 60 seconds on Tuesday evening as hundreds of Maltese protesters—grandmothers clutching rosaries, students waving Palestinian keffiyehs, and tourists who had wandered into the candle-lit vigil—stood outside Parliament…
**Polish Skies, Maltese Minds: How Russian Drones Over Poland Echo in Valletta’s Cafés** Valletta’s Republic Street was buzzing with more than the usual Friday-night chatter last weekend. Between clinking Ċisk bottles and heated debates over pastizzi crumbs, the talk wasn’t only about the latest festa fireworks or whether Malta will ever get a metro. Instead,…
**Watch: Von der Leyen gives her 2025 State of the Union speech – What it means for Malta** As Ursula von der Leyen took to the European Parliament podium on Wednesday morning to deliver her fifth State of the Union address, Maltese eyes were fixed on Brussels with more than casual curiosity. The Commission President’s…
EU Chief’s Sanction Threat on Israel: How Gaza Turmoil is Reaching Malta’s Shores By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta’s Grand Harbour was calm at dawn on Tuesday, but the chatter inside city cafés was anything but. Over steaming cups of Kafè fit-Tazza, patrons swapped reactions to Brussels’ bombshell: EU High Representative Josep Borrell is formally asking…
Watch live: Von der Leyen gives her 2025 State of the Union speech – why every Maltese living-room is tuned in tonight By 8 p.m. the village band clubs have gone quiet, the festa fireworks are on pause, and even the usually boisterous ħobż-bi-żejt debate at the corner kazin has been suspended. Instead, televisions from…
