**Tony Blair Could Lead Gaza Transitional Authority – What Malta Thinks** Valletta’s cafés are buzzing again, but this time it isn’t about Eurovision odds or the latest power-cut schedule. Over tiny glasses of Kinnie and ricotta-filled pastizzi, Maltese politicos, taxi drivers and TikTok activists are all asking the same question: could Tony Blair really be…
Valletta’s own Times of Malta newsroom fell unusually silent yesterday evening as editors, photographers and layout designers paused to watch a joint video appeal released by the world’s leading news agencies—AP, Reuters, AFP, BBC and CNN—begging Israel to open Gaza’s doors to foreign correspondents. In a country where 92 % of adults follow the news…
**Valletta Vigil Echoes Across the Med as Gaza Flotilla Claims Drone Harassment** Valletta’s Grand Harbour fell silent for 60 seconds on Tuesday evening as 300 Maltese activists, fishermen, and grandmothers linked paper boats to form a floating chain of lights. They were answering a pan-pan call from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, whose three-craft aid convoy—now…
Flour from Malta reaches Gaza ahead of recognition of Palestinian state By Hot Malta Staff VALLETTA – On a humid Tuesday morning, the MV Lifeline 3 slipped out of Malta Freeport with 500 tonnes of Maltese-milled flour bound for Gaza. By Friday, the sacks—stamped with a discreet eight-pointed cross and the words “Il-Ħobż tal-Paċi, Malta”—were…
Activists fast for 35 hours outside Castille in solidarity with Gaza By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s Republic Street is no stranger to protest, but the scene that unfolded outside the Prime Minister’s Office this weekend felt different: a circle of Maltese citizens, students, grandparents and children sitting quietly on fold-up chairs, sipping only water, their…
Israeli Conductor Ilan Volkov Arrested at Gaza Border Protest: What Malta’s Arts Community Is Saying Tel-Aviv—In a twist that has ricocheted from the Israel-Gaza buffer zone to the baroque halls of Valletta’s Manoel Theatre, world-renowned Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov was arrested on Friday while taking part in a small anti-occupation protest near the Erez crossing….
# Heritage evidence in Gaza lost forever: Malta’s cultural guardians watch in despair as centuries of shared Mediterranean history vanish The bombs that have pulverised Gaza’s streets have not only claimed lives but have also obliterated millennia of Mediterranean heritage that once bound Malta to the Levant through trade, conquest and culture. As Maltese archaeologists…
Watch: ‘No Malta airspace violation’ in alleged Gaza drone incident – minister By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta – A late-night video clip that lit up Maltese WhatsApp groups on Monday – showing what looked like an armed drone gliding low over a moonlit coastline – has turned out to be footage shot 2,000 kilometres away,…
**US again vetoes UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire call** The United States has once again wielded its veto power at the United Nations Security Council, blocking a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The move, which comes as civilian casualties continue to mount, has reverberated across Malta’s tight-knit community, where Palestinian solidarity runs…
**“A Real-Estate Bonanza”: When Gaza Becomes a Trump-Style Deal and Valletta Listens In** Sliema balconies were still dripping from last night’s storm when the headline flashed across Maltese phones: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had called Gaza “the greatest real-estate bonanza in the world” and claimed the file was already on Donald Trump’s…
# 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…
**’We pulled the children out in pieces’: Israel pummels Gaza City** The Mediterranean has always been Malta’s window to the world, but this week that window frames a horror show. While Valletta’s baroque balconies still drip with bougainvillea and Gozo’s churches echo with Sunday bells, our sea-view cafés flicker with footage that turns cappuccinos cold:…
