# Euro Slide, Cruise Surge & Festa Hangovers: The Maltese Wallet’s Week That Was *Weekly economic review for the week ended 26 September 2025* Valletta’s morning cannon may have fired at 08:00 sharp, but the real shot heard across the islands this week came from Frankfurt. On Tuesday the European Central Bank trimmed its deposit…
Sweeping UN sanctions return to hit Iran after nuclear talks fail By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s Grand Harbour was still yawning awake on Monday when the news flashed across phone screens in cafés from Sliema to Għajnsielem: the latest, and probably final, round of Vienna talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal had collapsed. Within…
Valletta cafés fell unusually quiet yesterday evening as televisions tuned to Al Jazeera showed Israeli jets wheeling above Doha’s glittering skyline. Patrons who had come for rabbit stew (fenkata) and mid-week Premier League replays instead watched the first flashes of what Israel terms “precision interdiction” and Qatar labels “a stab to the heart of diplomacy”….
Poland Shoots Down Russian Drones: What a NATO Skirmish Means for Malta’s Christmas Markets and Winter Fuel Bills Żabbar grandmother Maria Pace was ladling rabbit stew for her grandchildren when her phone pinged with a Reuters alert: “Poland scrambles F-16s after Russian drones enter airspace.” She looked up, half expecting to see contrails over the…
