**Let Heritage Trust Run Fort Tigné, Malta UNESCO Ambassador Says** In a recent statement that has sparked discussions across the Maltese cultural landscape, Malta’s UNESCO ambassador, Dr. Mario Cutajar, has called for the Fort Tigné to be entrusted to the Heritage Malta agency. This proposal is not merely administrative; it represents a pivotal moment in…
In a recent development that has sparked considerable interest and discussion within the Maltese community, Heritage Malta has categorically rejected what it describes as “unfounded” claims regarding the authenticity of certain ancient teeth found in Għar Dalam, a significant archaeological site on the island. This response has not only addressed concerns about the integrity of…
**Ancient wisdom, modern solutions: Sustainability family day at Tarxien temples** The prehistoric stones of Tarxien Temples have witnessed 5,000 years of Mediterranean sunrises, but last Saturday they framed something entirely new: hundreds of Maltese children learning to make seed bombs while their grandparents compared notes on water-harvesting techniques that once kept island gardens green through…
Neurodivergent youth lead conservation efforts at Dwejra Lines ================================================————- ĦAĠAR QIM – While most teenagers were still asleep on Saturday morning, a small army of neurodivergent volunteers was already scrambling over the limestone bastions of Dwejra Lines, clutching trowels, seed trays and an encyclopaedic knowledge of Malta’s endemic flora. By the time the first tour…
**From Valletta to Via Montenapoleone: How Milan’s Armani-Renaissance Fusion Sparks a Maltese Rethink of Fashion and Heritage** Milan’s latest cultural cocktail—Giorgio Armani’s haute couture threaded through the rooms of the newly restored Palazzo Reale—has set Italian social media alight, but the ripples are being felt far beyond the Po Valley. In Malta, where baroque balconies…
# Announcements – September 17, 2025: A Maltese Mosaic of Change, Celebration, and Community Spirit Valletta’s morning sun glinted off the baroque balconies as Prime Minister Robert Abela stepped up to the microphone in St George’s Square, flanked by the scarlet-coated Malta Philharmonic Orchestra brass section. The date—17 September 2025—will be etched into parish logbooks…
Cave dig expands to learn more about hunter-gatherers —————————————————- Għar Dalam’s ancient whispers are about to get louder. This week, Heritage Malta and the University of Malta announced a three-year extension of the “First Malta” project, a €1.2 million excavation that is burrowing deeper into the island’s only known Mesolithic rock shelter. For the first…
Floriana’s Granaries shimmered under a honey-gold September dawn as cannon-fire from the Saluting Battery echoed across Valletta’s bastions. By 07:00 CEST on 14 September 2025, Malta had already digested the first wave of national announcements—some expected, others slipped in quietly while the country was still rubbing sleep from its eyes. From bus lanes to beatifications,…
Hidden behind a stack of dusty ledgers in the sacristy of the Archbishop’s Palace in Valletta, a rolled canvas no wider than a church candle has sent ripples of excitement through Malta’s art world. Signed boldly in the bottom-right corner “Sylvester Querius fecit 1709”, the small oil painting—a luminous Nativity bathed in Mediterranean moonlight—has just…
