‘Mama, I just need €20 more, I swear I’ll stop tomorrow.’ Those words—repeated for years—left an elderly Gozitan couple so desperate that their kitchen cupboards were bare except for a half-empty jar of għasel tal-ħarrub. Yesterday, at the Gozo Courts in Victoria, their 32-year-old son admitted to “habitually extorting” his parents, forcing them to choose…
A brazen mid-morning hold-up in Victoria sent shockwaves through Gozo on Tuesday when a lone robber stormed a popular boutique on Republic Street, brandishing what turned out to be an imitation pistol and fleeing with a small haul of cash. Within forty minutes, the 27-year-old Żebbuġ resident was in handcuffs aboard the Gozo Channel ferry,…
Harbour Horror at Dawn: Mġarr Reels After Boat Blast Leaves Skipper Critical By Luke Briffa | Hot Malta | 07:45 CET Mġarr Harbour, the postcard-perfect gateway to Gozo that usually wakes to the clatter of fishing pots and the soft thud of ferry ropes, was jolted awake just after 5.30 a.m. today by a thunderous…
Letters to the Editor – September 5, 2025 Hot Malta readers have once again filled our inbox with the raw, unfiltered pulse of the islands. From the scent of ħobż biż-żejt cooling on a Sliema balcony to the roar of motorbikes zipping through Valletta’s silent streets at 3 a.m., these letters capture a Malta in…
Ryanair adds six new routes to Malta’s winter schedule – and Għawdxonjin are smiling widest Ryanair’s announcement on Tuesday that it will plant six new winter routes on Malta’s departure board is more than an airline spreadsheet exercise; it is a lifeline for village band clubs, a boost for Gozo’s silent winter guesthouses, and a…
Great Siege of Malta to be commemorated in Xagħra The cobbled alleys of Xagħra will echo with drums and musket fire this weekend as the village stages its most ambitious historical re-enactment yet, bringing the epic 1565 Great Siege of Malta to life against the honey-coloured backdrop of Gozo’s oldest parish square. From Friday evening…
Watch: PM hints at financial compensation for family of Mirabelle Falzon Valletta – In a brief but loaded aside caught on camera during Tuesday’s parliamentary adjournment, Prime Minister Robert Abela appeared to open the door to “a measure of reparation” for the relatives of Mirabelle Falzon, the 20-year-old Gozitan woman whose 1980 disappearance remains one…
Couple trade accusations in Gozo holiday row that left both slightly injured By Hot Malta Newsroom Victoria, Gozo – What should have been a tranquil mid-week escape to Gozo’s honey-coloured villages turned into a very public spat on Wednesday afternoon, when a British-Maltese couple’s simmering tensions boiled over in front of the Citadel’s panoramic café…
Have You Seen This Man? How One Missing-Person Poster Became a National Mirror By now the black-and-white flyer is everywhere: taped to bus shelters in Valletta, wedged under windscreen wipers outside the Gozo ferry, wedged between pastizzi trays at the Naxxar band club. “HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?” the headline demands in bold block letters….
