Kathryn Bigelow Returns to Venice with Political Thriller – Why Malta Should Watch Closely By Hot Malta Staff Writer VENICE – As the 81st Venice Film Festival unfurls its red carpet this week, American director Kathryn Bigelow storms back into the Lido with “Requiem for the Fallen,” a pulse-quickening political thriller set against a fictional…
Trump’s “Exciting” Defense News: Why Malta is Watching Across the Med By Hot Malta Correspondent | 14 June 2025 Valletta’s early-morning café chatter turned from yesterday’s festa fireworks to a very different kind of blast radius when the White House announced that President Donald Trump will unveil an “exciting” defense initiative next week. In a…
Maltese NGOs Rally Solidarity as Rights Group Reports 20 Missing After Deadly Indonesia Protests By Lara Pace, Valletta As the last ferry from Gozo glided into Ċirkewwa on Monday evening, mobile phones across Malta lit up with grim headlines: at least 20 Indonesian students and labour activists have vanished following violent protests in Jakarta. The…
Trump Waves Off Health Rumours as “Fake News” – How a Maltese Twitter Storm Turned into Café Chatter Overnight By Luke Briffa | Hot Malta VALLETTA – “President Trump is 78, eats like a pastizz addict and still insists he’s ‘healthier than ever’,” joked Carmel Zahra over a mid-morning espresso at Caffé Cordina. The 67-year-old…
Australia Vows to Slap Down Deepfake Nudes and Digital Stalkers – What Malta Can Learn From the Crackdown By Maria Pace, Valletta MELBOURNE might be 15,000 kilometres away, but when Australia’s federal government announced sweeping new laws this week to criminalise AI-generated “deepfake” nudes and online stalking, the ripple was felt almost immediately in Maltese…
