Survey vessel deployed for second Malta – Italy undersea cable: A new lifeline beneath the waves The azure channel between Malta and Sicily is more than a picturesque backdrop for sunset selfies; it is Malta’s umbilical cord to Europe. This week, the 85-metre survey vessel Ievoli Ivory dropped anchor off Marsaxlokk, her hull bristling with…
Football-mad Malta woke up to a new era yesterday as the long-awaited National Football Centre was officially opened at Ta’ Qali, flanked by two bona-fide Italian legends who know what it takes to reach the very summit of the game. World-Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro and former Inter & Juventus striker Christian Vieri swapped the San…
**Malta Marks September 16 with Pride, Promise and a Pinch of Pagentry** *by our newsroom | Tuesday, 16 September 2025* Valletta’s Grand Harbour cannon boomed at noon today, heralding a raft of national announcements that blended heritage, hard cash and high hopes for the future. While the rest of Europe treated Tuesday as routine, Malta…
Two gleaming, nine-metre electric buses slid silently onto Republic Street this morning, their turquoise-and-yellow livery catching the early spring sun like a pair of oversized ħarīsa sweets. In a country where the morning commute is still soundtracked by the diesel growl of 30-year-old Bedfords, the unveiling felt less like a press event and more like…
Watch: Heaviest piece of Msida flyover is installed By Hot Malta staff A hush fell over the Msida yacht marina at 05:47 this morning as the last slab of caramel-coloured concrete—78 metres long, 4.2 metres high and weighing more than a Boeing 747—inched into place like a giant Lego brick. By 06:12 the deed was…
Pre-budget reflections: fixing the basics, building the future By Hot Malta staff Valletta’s baroque balconies are glowing amber in the late-October sunset, but inside the Auberge de Castille the mood is spreadsheet-grey. Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has spent the week “listening” to unions, hunters, hoteliers and TikTok-ing teens who want cheaper bus fares. In cafés…
Gozo Aquatic Complex opening sparks row over costs and delays By Hot Malta staff | 09 June 2025, 07:30 Xewkija’s new Gozo Aquatic Complex finally threw open its sliding glass doors last Saturday, but the ribbon-cutting was drowned out by whistles, jeers and a lone kazoo from a cluster of Gozitan pensioners who had come…
Move Malta’s Airport? Geologists Float an Offshore Island Plan That Could Redraw the Map Valletta – For a nation whose airport runway ends metres from the sea, the idea of shifting the whole operation to a man-made island sounds like science-fiction. Yet a panel of local and Italian geologists told Parliament’s Environment Committee yesterday that…
# After 15 Years of Promises, Gozo’s Olympic-Size Pool Makes a Splash **Victoria, Gozo** – The air on Triq it-Tuffiera smelled of chlorine and celebration this morning as Prime Minister Robert Abela cut a ribbon made from recycled fishing nets and declared the €22 million Gozo Aquatic Complex officially open. Teenagers who had learned to…
**WSC issues €17m pipeline tender after cancelling €7m contract** The Water Services Corporation has launched a €17 million tender for new pipeline infrastructure just months after abruptly cancelling a €7 million contract for the same project – a move that has left Gozitan residents questioning the financial prudence of Malta’s water authority. The tender, issued…
