Vanishing Malta: The real-life magic trick erasing islands’ heritage overnight
Now you see it, now you don’t – the phrase that once belonged to circus magicians has become the unofficial soundtrack to Maltese life in 2024. One week a…
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Are We Really Independent? Inside Malta’s 60-Year Struggle With Freedom
Are we really independent? The question hangs over Malta like the August humidity—familiar, heavy, impossible to swat away. Every 21 September the islands…
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Undocumented Boxer Charged After 16 Years in Malta: ‘He’s Maltese in Every Way But on Paper’
Boxer Charged Over Fake Certificates Living ‘Irregularly’ in Malta Since 2008 Valletta – A 35-year-old professional boxer from Cameroon, who has been…
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5,481 Goodbyes: How Malta’s Migrant Removals Are Quietly Reshaping Island Life
5,481 Departures: The Human Story Behind Malta’s Migrant Returns The figure lands like a slap: 5,481 people escorted off the island since 2021. Enough to…
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Il-Malti vs English: The Battle for Malta’s Linguistic Soul in a Globalized World
Il-Malti is our identity, not English: Why our language matters more than ever The elderly man at the Ħamrun bus stop switches effortlessly from Maltese…
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Beyond the Knights: Why Malta Needs a New Mythos of Deep Listening
Language, Deep Listening and the Need for a New Maltese Mythos By Lara Pace, Valletta On any given evening in Strait Street, the chatter ricochets from…
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For love of country
For love of country – in Malta, the phrase is never abstract. It echoes from honey-coloured bastions at sunset, flickers on festa fireworks over Għaxaq,…
